AD“There is no mechanism for state officials to monitor, control, or dictate electoral votes,” said a brief filed by Harvard law professor Lawrence Lessig and his group Equal Citizens. The trio challenged the law and lost at the Washington Supreme Court. The Supreme Court in 1952 ruled that states could allow parties to require those running for elector to pledge to support their party’s nominees. The Washington Supreme Court extrapolated from that ruling. The Trump administration, and an order of nuns that has been active in fighting the contraceptive requirement for employees, asked the Supreme Court to intervene.

Source: Washington Post January 17, 2020 20:37 UTC