'More theoretical than real': Ginsburg dismisses calls to ditch Electoral College

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'More theoretical than real': Ginsburg dismisses calls to ditch Electoral College
by Tim Pearce
 | September 11, 2019 06:04 PM



Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg knocked attempts to end the Electoral College and move to electing presidents by popular vote alone.

Ginsburg urged a University of Chicago crowd Monday to focus on more constructive and realistic goals than ending the Electoral College, which is enshrined in the Constitution. She made the comments during an hourlong interview at the university, according to the Chicago Sun-Times.

Eliminating the Electoral College would require a constitutional amendment, Ginsburg explained, which is a goal "more theoretical than real."

"It's largely a dream because our Constitution is ... hard to amend," Ginsburg said. "I know that from experience." The 27th Amendment was the last to be ratified and concerned congressional compensation. It passed in 1789 but was not ratified until 1992.

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Ruth Bader Ginsburg SLAMS Ocasio-Cortez’s “Dream”


Ocasio-Cortez needs to wake up and look at reality…

Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, encouraged Americans to concentrate on genuine change rather than on more theoretical concepts, such as abolishing the Electoral College.

“It’s largely a dream because our Constitution is … hard to amend,” Ginsburg told a crowd while speaking at the University of Chicago. “I know that from experience.”

In the past, the liberal icon has expressed her approval for the measure, despite referring to the concept as “more theoretical than real.” While talking at Stanford University in 2017, Politico revealed that she included abolishing the institution on the list of stuff she wanted to alter about society.

https://conservativeunderground.net/2019/09/11/ruth-bade-ginsburg-slams-ocasio-cortezs-dream/