The case concerned the election of the President of the United States of America who is elected by the Electoral College. In the 2016 election, Washington’s three electors voted inconsistent with the results of the general election in the state from which they were delegated. As a result, these electors were fined $ 1,000. The Supreme Court confirmed the constitutionality of this type of solution, because there is no provision in the Constitution of the United States of America that would explicitly prohibit states from depriving presidential electors of their freedom to vote.
Autor ma na celu zwrócenie uwagi na zagadnienie mandatu wolnego i jego granic poprzez wskazanie jego ewolucji na przestrzeni lat. W niniejszej pracy zawarto rozważania dotyczące cech przedstawicielskiego mandatu wolnego poprzez wskazanie jego podstawowych właściwości (uniwersalność, niezależność i nieodwoływalność) jak i formalnych i materialnych granic jego sprawowania. Autor skupia uwagę, przede wszystkim na analizie regulacji dotyczących przedmiotowego problemu, poszerzonej o liczny pogląd doktryny i aspekt historyczny.
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The author aims to highlight the issue of the free mandate and its limits by indicating its evolution over the years. This paper includes a consideration of the characteristics of the representative free mandate by indicating its basic properties (universality, independence and non-revocability) as well as the formal and material limits of its exercise. The author focuses his attention primarily on the analysis of the regulations concerning the problem in question, extended by a number of doctrinal views and the historical aspect.
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