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Turley, Jonathan - Professor
CONTINUES. HOST: JONATHAN TURLEY IS A LAW PROFESSOR AT GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. YOU HAD A RECENT COLUMN IN...
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Casey, Libby - Host
MONOPOLY OF POWER BY THE TWO PARTIES. IF YOU GET RID OF THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE, YOU WILL NOT HAVE THE DEATH STAR EXPLODE 4 THE TWO
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Turley, Jonathan - Professor
PARTIES, BUT YOU WILL WEAKEN THEIR MONOPOLY ON POWER. I THINK THAT IS A GREAT MOTIVATOR OF KEEPING THE INSTITUTION RIGHT NOW. HOST: JONATHAN TURLEY,...
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Casey, Libby - Host
THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE. CLEVELAND AND WILSON WERE ELECTED TWICE WITHOUT 50% OF THE VOTE. JOHN QUINCY ADAMS WAS ELECTED WITH ONLY 32% OF THE VOTE. THAT...
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CALLER, -
ELECTORAL COLLEGE, HERE ARE THE NUMBERS. LET'S GO TO LINDA, AND JOINING
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Turley, Jonathan - Professor
US FROM OHIO. REPUBLICAN. CALLER: I AGREE WITH THIS GENTLEMAN, MR. JONATHAN TURLEY, AND THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE WAS INSTITUTED TO HELP PEOPLE WHO COULD...
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Casey, Libby - Host
THEIR OPPONENTS. WOULD MAKE NO SENSE FOR OBAMA TO GO TO UTAH OR MY DOMAIN. UTAH HAS TO WONDER
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CALLER, -
THOUSAND DEMOCRATIC VOTES THAT WERE NEGATED -- 200,000 DEMOCRATIC VOTES THAT ARE NEGATED EVERY ELECTION. HOST: CLINTON, MARYLAND. ROBERT. DEMOCRAT...
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Casey, Libby - Host
CALLER:
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Turley, Jonathan - Professor
HOW OBLIGATED IS THE LEFT FOR COLLEGE TO FOLLOW THE LINE OF THE MAJORITY, AND SECONDLY, IF YOU GAVE ALL THE STATES AN EQUAL NUMBER OF ELECTORAL VOTES...
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Casey, Libby - Host
AND THAT MIGHT REQUIRE A RUN OFF, BUT OTHER COUNTRIES DO THAT, AND IT WORKS JUST FINE. THEIR LEADERS, WHEN THEY ENTER THEIR SERVICE, COME WITH THIS LEGITIMACY...
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Simpson, Alan K. - U.S. Senator, [R] Wyoming
DURING THIS ON THE PHONE TO GIVE A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE IS SENATOR ALAN SIMPSON, FORMER CHAIRMAN ON FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY AND REFORM. THANK YOU FOR JOINING...
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Casey, Libby - Host
USA TODAY" HOW THE DATA GOES GOES THE NATION. YOU THINK ANYBODY IS GOING TO MESS AROUND IN THE DATA IS
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Simpson, Alan K. - U.S. Senator, [R] Wyoming
TO GET RID OF THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE? -- NEVADA IF THEY GET RID OF THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE? HOST: HOW DO YOU MOTIVATE SOMEONE IN STATES THAT DO NOT HAVE...
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Casey, Libby - Host
BRIAN MOYNIHAN. THERE IS A LOT OF GROUND THAT HAS BEEN WHICH IT THE SAME VOTE AS DAN MOYNIHAN. -- THE SAME
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Simpson, Alan K. - U.S. Senator, [R] Wyoming
VOTE AS? MOYNIHAN. THERE IS A LOT OF GROUND HAS BEEN PLOWED. HOST: YOU SEE A WAY TO FIX THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE OR ARE YOU FIND WITH THE WAY IT IS TODAY?...
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Casey, Libby - Host
IT IS. YOU ARE GOING TO GET INTO THOSE THINGS, BLESS YOU, AND KEEP
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Simpson, Alan K. - U.S. Senator, [R] Wyoming
STRAPPING, BUT IT WILL NOT GET DONE, NOT IN MY
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Casey, Libby - Host
LIFETIME, OF COURSE, I AM STRETCHING A LITTLE.
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Turley, Jonathan - Professor
HOST: SENATOR SIMPSON, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. GUEST: I AM BACK ON THE WITNESS PROTECTION PROGRAM WITH SIMPSON- BOWLES. HOST: THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME....
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Casey, Libby - Host
SENATOR SIMPSON, I NEVER SEEN PEOPLE SO ANGRY. I SPEAK AROUND THE COUNTRY. WHETHER IT IS A BLUE STATE OR READ STATE, PEOPLE WANT A CHANGE, AND ONE WAY...
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CALLER, -
TURLEYWE DID NOT ELECT OUR PRESIDENTS DEMOCRATICALLY PICTURES ANOTHER COMMENT COMING IN FROM TWITTER. VICTOR WRITES -- I SUPPORT THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE....
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Turley, Jonathan - Professor
WE DO NOT KNOW HOW THEY GET IN POWER. NO ONE KNOWS ANYTHING ABOUT THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE EXCEPT IT CONTROLS WHO GETS ELECTED. THAT WAS INVENTED BEFORE...
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Casey, Libby - Host
ELECT THEIR SENATORS. IT IS EVEN MORE IMPORTANT TO DO THAT IN TERMS
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CALLER, -
OF ELECTING A PRESIDENT. I THINK WE GOT IT IN REVERSE. AT THE 17TH AMENDMENT WAS CORRECT. WHAT WE SHOULD HAVE STARTED AS TO WHETHER DIRECT ELECTION...
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Casey, Libby - Host
WERE DIFFERENT COUNTIES BUT DIFFERENT WAYS, AT LEAST YOUR VOTE DOESN'T GET COMPLETELY THROWN OUT. AND MAYBE THERE IS MORE FAIRER PRESENTATION
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Turley, Jonathan - Professor
THAT WAY. HE COULD SPEAK TO THAT I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT. HOST: SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT GIVING VOTES TO A BURROW, REGION. GUEST: THE MOST OBVIOUS ALTERNATIVE...
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Casey, Libby - Host
A STOP THIS NONSENSE. WE WANT TO GO THAT ROUTE OF MAINE, NEBRASKA, CREATE A NON- WINNER TAKES ALL APPROACH. SO THAT EVERYONE'S A BOVOTE COUNTS. AS A...
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Casey, Libby - Host
POPULATION. CALIFORNIA, TEXAS HAVE MORE VOTES. THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE IS DIVIDED SO THAT
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CALLER, -
IT -- 100 SENATORS PLUS THE THREE ELECTORS FROM D.C. IT IS ALREADY WEIGHTED TOWARDS HAVE THE STATES IN TERMS OF POPULATION. HOST: GEORGE ON OUR LINE FOR...
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Casey, Libby - Host
LOSE. IT IS VERY, VERY DIFFICULT. THEY HAVE BOUNCED BACK. I DO NOT RECALL WHO. I. BUSH DID, AND A COUPLE OTHERS. BUT THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE IS REALLY...
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Casey, Libby - Host
CRISIS. THAT PERSON NEEDS. THE COURT'S LEGITIMACY OF A AMERICAN VOTING FOR HIM AS AN AMERICAN. THERE'S NO GREATER THING WE CAN CREATE SHORTER OF EMBRACING
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Turley, Jonathan - Professor
A DIRECT VOTING AS DO OTHER MAJOR NATIONS AROUND THE WORLD. HOST: JONATHON TURLEY, OUR TWITTER FOLLOWERS SAYS -- NO ALLOWED FOR COLLEGE SPELLS DOOM...
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Casey, Libby - Host
STATE LIKE KANSAS. OR UTAH. YOU ARE NOT GOING TO FORGET THOSE. IT IS GOING TO BE A SCRAMBLE TO GET THOSE VOTES. RIGHT NOW THEY ARE ALL BEING IGNORED....
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CALLER, -
BOTH PRODUCTIONS, IT GIVES THE STATES AND READ BETTER EXPECTED TO GO REPUBLICAN. THE ONES IN BLUE, A DEMOCRAT. AND THE OTHER IS THE LEADING STATES. JONATHON...
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Turley, Jonathan - Professor
UP HAVING AN EXTREMELY LOW TURNOUT BY DEMOCRATS, AND IF YOU HAD DONE A POPULAR VOTE COUNT, IT WOULD OF HAD A DIFFERENT OUTCOME, THIS IS MY CONCERN. MY...
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Casey, Libby - Host
THE LIFE OUT OF THIS COUNTRY. IF WE ARE BEING TOLD THERE'S NOTHING YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT. THIS IS THE MONOPOLY OF POWER. THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE WILL NEVER...
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Turley, Jonathan - Professor
HOST: STEPHEN WRIGHT'S ON TWITTER -- WHAT ARE THE STEPS TO CHANGE FROM THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE TO A POPULAR VOTE. WOULD YOU RECOMMEND INCREMENTAL CHANGE....
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Casey, Libby - Host
WE GET THE SAME TIME PUSHED OUR POLITICIANS AND ARE GIVEN STATES TO
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CALLER, -
GET AWAY FROM THIS RIDICULOUS WINNER TAKES ALL APPROACH. AND PASS STRAIGHT LAWS REQUIRING THE DIVISION OF ELECTORAL VOTES ACCORDING TO THE ACTUAL VOTE...
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Casey, Libby - Host
WHEN WE VOTE IN OUR
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Turley, Jonathan - Professor
STATE, THE MAJORITY GETS TO SAY HOW OUR STATE, TO OUR STATE WANTS TO BE LEFT FOR PRESIDENT. SO MAJORITY VOTE STATE-BY-STATE -- NOT ON THE NATIONAL LEVEL...
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Casey, Libby - Host
BUT THAT IS WHAT YOU CURRENTLY HAVE. THE DIFFERENCE IS IS THAT IT IS UNLIKELY THAT THE GIVEN STATE IS GOING TO TURN THE ELECTION. WHEN YOU GO TO THE...
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Turley, Jonathan - Professor
ABRAHAM LINCOLN. JAMES GARFIELD AND GROVER CLEVELAND, ELECTED TWICE HAVING LESS THAN 50% OF THE VOTE. WOODROW WILSON ELECTED TWICE ABOUT HALF OF THE...
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Casey, Libby - Host
ADVOCATE OF FEDERALISM. I HAVE BEEN A HUGE ADVOCATE MY ENTIRE CAREER. YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT SOMEONE
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CALLER, -
WHO BELIEVES FERVENTLY IN STATES' RIGHTS. IS NOT ABOUT FEDERALISM. IT MAKES NO DIFFERENCE IN TERMS OF STATES' RIGHTS. IT PROTECTS TWO MONOPOLY PARTIES...
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Turley, Jonathan - Professor
OUR GOVERNMENT AND OUR POLITICS. HOST: RICK JOINS US FROM FLORIDA ON OUR LINE FOR DEMOCRATS. CALLER: GOOD MORNING. HAVE YOU AND THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE?...
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Casey, Libby - Host
IS YOU OUGHT TO GO TO YOUR POLITICIANS AND DEMAND THAT THEY NOT DO THIS WINNER TAKES ALL APPROACH. AND THAT WHEN YOU LOOK FOR COLLEGE
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Turley, Jonathan - Professor
VOTES ARE RECORDED TO WASHINGTON -- THEN THE REFLECT THE ROUGH DIVISION OF YOUR STATE. SO THAT EVERYONE'S VOTES AT LEAST INDIRECTLY COUNTS. HOST: ON...
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Casey, Libby - Host
DEAL WITH THAT IS TO HAVE ALL OF THEIR VOTES COUNT. IT WILL HAVE A TREMENDOUS EFFECT ON GETTING
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CALLER, -
CANDIDATES TO ARGUE TO THE ENTIRE NATION. RIGHT NOW YOU HAVE MOST OF THE CAMPAIGN FOCUSING ON ISSUES RELEVANT TO COLORADO, FLORIDA AND A
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Casey, Libby - Host
COUPLE OTHER STATES.
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CALLER, -
HOST: FORT LAUDERDALE ON OUR LINE FOR INDEPENDENTS, TONY. CALLER: THIS IS REALLY INTERESTING. I WISH YOU HAD AN ONLINE CLASS OR SOMETHING. I AGREE WITH...
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Casey, Libby - Host
LAST 50 YEARS. I FUNDAMENTALLY DISAGREE. I JUST CANNOT SEE IT. I THINK IT IS A CONVENIENT
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Turley, Jonathan - Professor
ARGUMENT THAT ACADEMICS PUTS UP. HOST: THANK YOU. I WILL AT A TWEET FROM ROY. IF WE EXPAND THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE WE WILL HAVE MANY PRESIDENT ELECTED...
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Casey, Libby - Host
AND ACTUALLY DID USES THE POWER OF PARTIES.
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CALLER, -
IT DIFFUSES THE POWER OF THE GIVEN STATE SPIRIT AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, WE HAVE GOT TO WATCH FOR THAT TYPE OF VOTER FRAUD NOW AND WE WILL DO ITS WITH...
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Turley, Jonathan - Professor
AND HAVE MORE AND MORE VOTER TURNOUT. AND NOT SO SURE THAT THE QUALITY OF THE COLLECTION IS NECESSARILY ENHANCED BY THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO TURN OUT...
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Casey, Libby - Host
WITH THAT. I WOULD SUGGEST FOR THOSE LISTENING, DID NOT PRESUME CRIMINAL, NOT AS THE REASON NOT TO ALLOW YOU TO VOTE DIRECTLY FOR THE PRESIDENT OF THE...
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