Hello friends. I'm Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National

Constitution Center and welcome to We The People, a weekly show of

constitutional debate. The National Constitution Center is a

nonpartisan nonprofit chartered by Congress to increase awareness and

understanding of the Constitution among the American people. The Electoral

Count Act of 1887 is the law that sets out the congressional procedure

for certifying Electoral College results in a presidential election.

Now Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Senator Susan Collins of Maine have introduced a bipartisan bill.

They say we'll fix the Electoral Count Act and prevent future events like January 6th.

Joining us to discuss the Electoral Count Act, the proposed reforms, and the independent

state legislature doctrine that the Supreme Court is about to consider are two co-authors of

a piece on the election law blog called

Why Congress should swiftly enact the Senate's bipartisan

Electoral College Act Reform Bill.

They were part of a bipartisan group of scholars who wrote a piece on January 6th calling for Electoral Count Act reform and Congress has now answered their call.

Rick Pildis is the Sudler Family Professor of Constitutional Law at NYU Law

and the author of several books, including the law of democracy, legal structure of the political

process.

Rick, welcome back to We the People.

Thanks very much, Jeff, and I'm very glad to be here

with Professor McConnell as well.

And Michael McConnell is Richard and Francis Mallory,

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