TY - BOOK ID - 14306749 TI - Who will be the next president? : a guide to the U.S. presidential election system PY - 2013 SN - 2192855X SN - 3642326358 3642326366 1283908638 PB - New York : Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Constitutional law. KW - Election law -- United States. KW - Law. KW - Presidents -- United States -- Election. KW - Election law KW - Presidents KW - Electoral college KW - Law - U.S. KW - Law, Politics & Government KW - Constitutional Law - U.S. KW - Law, General & Comparative KW - Election KW - Election. KW - Political science. KW - Private international law. KW - Conflict of laws. KW - International law. KW - Comparative law. KW - Private International Law, International & Foreign Law, Comparative Law. KW - Constitutional Law. KW - Political Science. KW - Private International Law, International & Foreign Law, Comparative Law . KW - Administration KW - Civil government KW - Commonwealth, The KW - Government KW - Political theory KW - Political thought KW - Politics KW - Science, Political KW - Social sciences KW - State, The KW - Constitutional law KW - Constitutional limitations KW - Constitutionalism KW - Constitutions KW - Limitations, Constitutional KW - Public law KW - Administrative law KW - Interpretation and construction KW - Choice of law KW - Conflict of laws KW - Intermunicipal law KW - International law, Private KW - International private law KW - Private international law KW - Law KW - Legal polycentricity KW - Civil law UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:14306749 AB - This book addresses the peculiarities of the current presidential election system not yet addressed in other publications. It argues that any rules for electing a President that may have a chance to replace the current ones should provide an equal representation of states as equal members of the Union, and of the nation as a whole. This book analyzes the National Popular Vote plan and shows that this plan may violate the Supreme Court decisions on the equality of votes cast in statewide popular elections held to choose state electors. Thus, the National Popular Vote plan may violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. The book proposes a new election system in which the will of the states and the will of the nation as a whole are determined by direct popular elections for President and Vice President in the 50 states and in D.C. This system a) would elect President a candidate who is the choice of both the nation as a whole and of the states as equal members of the Union, b) would let the current system elect a President only if no such candidate exists, and c) would encourage the candidates to campaign nationwide. ER -