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Re:15 states are trying to make the electoral college obselete by kd5bjo on Friday August 23, 2019 @11:17AM (#20778496)
> Supreme Court justices are picked by popularly elected Senators.

Not exactly; they’re selected by the President and then confirmed by the Senate, which wasn’t popularly elected until 1913.

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Re:15 states are trying to make the electoral college obselete by notfromhere on Tuesday August 27, 2019 @04:23PM (#20814067)
Senators were legitimized through popular elections since before the whole body was appointed via backroom deals with state legislatures, and have been popularly elected for over 100 years.
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