The real Jan. 6 fight: Trump fires back at Pence as Joe Biden’s ‘conveyor belt’

The real Jan. 6 fight: Trump fires back at Pence as Joe Biden’s ‘conveyor belt’

by WorldTribune Staff, February 7, 2022 In an address to the Federalist Society on Friday, former Vice President Mike Pence said “there are those in our party who believe that as the presiding officer over the joint session of Congress, I possessed unilateral authority to reject electoral college votes. And I heard this week, President […]

Dershowitz: Trump would have advantage if election went to House

Dershowitz: Trump would have advantage if election went to House

by WorldTribune Staff, November 16, 2020 The legal team for the Trump campaign has filed challenges in key battleground states with a likely aim of denying Joe Biden 270 electoral votes, leading to a “contingent election,” Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz wrote. In a “contingent election,” state delegates in the House would choose the president. […]

Scheme to eliminate Electoral College now has 15 states on board

Scheme to eliminate Electoral College now has 15 states on board

by WorldTribune Staff, May 29, 2019 Nevada has become the latest state to sign onto a plan that would give the state’s Electoral College votes to the winner of the national popular vote regardless of how the state’s own citizens vote. The scheme, being led by an organization called National Popular Vote, would go into […]

Colorado Senate passes bill to ditch Electoral College system

Colorado Senate passes bill to ditch Electoral College system

by WorldTribune Staff, February 5, 2019 The state Senate in Colorado has passed legislation that would give the state’s electoral votes to the winner of the national popular vote. The legislation, SB-19, aimed at ditching the Electoral College passed Colorado’s Senate on Jan. 29 by a vote of 19-16, with all Democrats voting in favor […]