The Electoral College comes in for a lot of drubbing these days as undemocratic. It is. Intentionally. Here is Law Prof. Richard Epstein defending the institution on a Ricochet.com podcast. He defends it "not because it is just, but because it is clear." Listen to these two minutes and see what you make of his arguments. The argument rests on practical grounds more than on moral or political ones. It assumes that the Nation is more than a collection of atomized individuals and that it has a history which includes prior agreements.