JESSE WEGMAN is a member of the New York Times editorial board, where he has written about the Supreme Court and legal affairs since 2013. He previously worked as a reporter, editor, and producer at outlets including National Public Radio, The New York Observer, Reuters, The Daily Beast and Newsweek. He graduated from New York University School of Law in 2005.
"Was it a mistake to create the Electoral College? Jesse Wegman
argues that it was. This timely and erudite work should interest
all who are interested in the future of the United States."
--Annette Gordon-Reed, author of The Hemingses of Monticello "Jesse
Wegman's urgent and ultimately irrefutable call to action is the
most readable and fully informed explanation of how the Electoral
College is wrecking America's great experiment in government of,
by, and for the people. It's not too late to rescue our democracy
from destruction. But it soon will be. Wegman makes a compelling
case that we must act now--and he explains what to do." --Laurence
H. Tribe, Carl M. Loeb University Professor, Harvard Law School
"Jesse Wegman is a shrewd analyst, brilliant researcher and
passionate writer, and here he tackles an issue important to our
system's legitimacy." --Nicholas Kristoff "People have been arguing
against the Electoral College from the beginning. But no one, at
least in recent years, has laid out the case as comprehensively and
as readably as Jesse Wegman does in Let the People Pick the
President." --Josh Chafetz, New York Times Book Review "Wegman
combines in-depth historical analysis and insight into contemporary
politics to present a cogent argument that the Electoral College
violates America's 'core democratic principles' and should be done
away with...this urgent and lucidly presented plea for change will
resonate with progressives." --Publishers Weekly
"A methodical, well-reasoned compilation of arguments on a
pertinent subject; recommended for readers interested in historical
and contemporary U.S. politics." --Library Journal
"Throughout, the author's confidence in his argument shines
through...An illuminating history and analysis." --Kirkus
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