How Liberals Got the Electoral College Wrong

A strange thing happened in the weeks between the presidential election and Monday's meetings of the electors who have now anointed Donald Trump as our 45th president: A bunch of liberals fell back in love with the Electoral College. Harvard Law professor Lawrence Lessig led the charge with his attempt to convince electors that Donald Trump should not become president. Lessig argued that the Electoral College was "meant to be a circuit breaker--just in case the people go crazy," and that Trump's...