The Awesome Responsibility of the Electoral College

...was the original title of my article just published in The Federalist.  Check it out!  Here is an enticing excerpt:

If each of the 306 Republican electors truly believes, in his or her heart of hearts, that Trump is the best man for the job, that he is the American with the greatest “abilities and virtue, in whom the people perceive just grounds for confidence,” who has all “the qualities adapted to the station” of the presidency… in that case, by all means, they should cast their votes accordingly, and Trump will become, on December 19, president-elect of the United States.

But if there is doubt; if, after deliberation with fellow electors, it seems clear that there are Americans better suited to serve as commander-in-chief, then each elector who feels that way has both the right and the duty, as officers of the Constitution of the United States, to vote for somebody else.

That is the system our Constitution demands. It is not a theft. It is not an error. It is by design.

Those of you who have seen all the hard thinking I've done about electors in the past couple of weeks probably aren't surprised it led to this, but I think I make a pretty good case.  Full article here.