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In 1969, after a proposal to abolish the Electoral College by constitutional amendment passed in the House, it was only very narrowly defeated in the Senate, mostly due to the surprising opposition of strange bedfellows: the NAACP and Southern segregationists.
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Nothing is improper, even though you know something isn’t right. Still, the accountants have done their job.
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Laws govern people; constitutions govern governments.
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