Connecticut is joining a national drive to effectively elect the president by popular vote. The state’s legislature passed a bill, pledged to be signed into law . . . that would bring the state into an arrangement in which states would deliver their electoral votes to the winner of the national popular vote, regardless of the state's results.

Once enough states join the agreement—it takes 270 electoral votes to win the presidency—it could have the effect of controlling the Electoral College.

–Eli Watkins, CNN, May 7, 2018

a) Identify the constitutional provision(s) at issue in the described scenario and discuss whether the proposed agreement would be constitutional.

b) In the context of the scenario, discuss what actions, if any, the federal government could undertake in response to such a multistate agreement.

c) In the context of the scenario, describe how a potential candidate might campaign differently than under current Electoral College rules.

a they donate money to humanitarian causes

c   they volunteer to alleviate suffering

d   they blame all muslims for not being able to keep their fellow muslims in line.

d. islands off the coast of newfoundland

when we think of a­ncient paga­n kings, the ideas of justice and fairness probably aren't the first things to come to mind. we moderns may be more likely to imagine fickle, power-hungry despots who were ready to put someone to death on a whim. but king hammurabi, who ruled a prosperous and thriving babyloniaalmost four millennia ago, doesn't quite fit that mold. he claimed to have protect the weak from oppression, and scholars believe he fostered an atmosphere of justice and righteousness for his people.

this belief is based on an object that was discovered only a century ago. it has already earned a place alongside the rosetta stone as one of the most important artifacts of the ancient world. this stela (stone pillar) bears the inscription of the code of hammurabi, and it has shed light on the laws, culture and life in babylonia.

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