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2017 Cardozo L. Rev. De-Novo 1 (2017)

handle is hein.journals/denovo2017 and id is 1 raw text is: d CARDozo LAW REVIEW delnovo CHANGING THE SYSTEM WITHOUT CHANGING THE SYSTEM: HOW THE NATIONAL POPULAR VOTE INTERSTATE COMPACT WOULD LEAVE NON- COMPACTING STATES WITHOUT A LEG TO STAND ON Jillian Robbinst [Y]ou win some, you lose some. And then there's that little-known third category. I TABLE OF CONTENTS IN TR O D U C TIO N ..................................................................................................... 2 I. A FRAGMENTED, NEW NATION CREATED THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE: HOW THE SYSTEM Is NOT SUITABLE TODAY ........................................... 5 A. The Electoral College Has Failed Us: Historical Considerations ........ 8 B. Common Criticisms of the Electoral College .................................. 9 T Articles Editor, Cardozo Law Review Vol. 38. J.D. Candidate, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, 2017; B.A., University of Michigan, 2014. I would like to thank Professor Kate Shaw for her guidance and expertise in helping me write this Note. I also would like to thank all of my friends and family for their constant support during the entire Note-writing process. 1 Al Gore, Former Vice President, Address at the Democratic National Convention (July 26, 2004) (referring to when he won the national popular vote but lost the presidency in the infamous 2000 presidential election).