In modern US politics, the Electoral College has become a huge issue among young voters. With some very controversial and close elections in recent years including that of George W Bush and Al Gore. More recently Donald Trump won through an Electoral college system even though his rival, Hilary Clinton had over 2 million more votes.

I personally believe that the Electoral College should not be abolished and it is simply because of the reason it was first introduced. Every State should have an equal say in the votes and no single State should be able to completely sway the election.

For example, California is by far, the largest State in the US by population. If we only go by the number of votes, California can easily swing the whole election. This is unfair for proper representation in the Parliament.

The risk of abolishing the Electoral college is that it would mean that only 2 or maybe 4 States might have complete control over the election process and smaller states will be left behind

b) a state law could be declared illegal if it contradicted the constitution.

explanation:

the conflict of this case originated when james w. mcculloch, a cashier of the baltimore branch of the second bank of the united states that the congress had chartered in 1816, refused to pay a tax imposed by the maryland state.

in the case, the state of maryland appealed that the establishment of a second bank was unconstitutional since the constitution didn't say anything about granting that power to congress. however, the case determined that even if such right wasn't specifically stated in the constitution, it was part of the "implied powers" of the government enunciated in article i, section 8.

the case also eliminated maryland's legislation to impose taxes to a national bank, asserting that even though the states retained the power of taxation, the constitution's laws are supreme and can not be controlled by the states, therefore, if a state law contradicts the constitution, it should be declared illegal.

explanation:

the quote by walter cronkite contributes to the central idea of the text by supporting the central idea. cronkite argues that what is deemed “right” for and in america may not be good for other countries. this supports the central idea of the text, that the vietnam war was unpopular in america for multiple reasons- including cronkite’s.

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