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Case Study: Summarize the arguments about how the President should be elected from July 17th and 19th and Madison's argument from the debates on July 24th and 25th. Why do Sherman and Pinkney think the President should be appointed by the national legislature (by Congress)? Why do Morris and Wilson think the President should be elected by the people directly? How does Wilson's reply to Sherman's contention that direct election by the people will fail to produce a President who wins a majority of the votes? What is Madison's argument for direct popular election of the President? Be sure to include his argument against appointment of the President by the national legislature (i.e., Congress).
Question: Additional Instructions:
1. Your own post should not be one long paragraph. Break it into multiple paragraphs. Each paragraph should make one main point.
2. You must have at least 2 short, salient quotations from the assigned texts. But avoid over-quoting too. For the purposes of discussion, you answer should not be taken up by more than 20% quotation.
3. You must provide parenthetical references for everydirect quotations and for any specific passages to which you refer.
4. Citations should from the text of the assigned reading. Do not cite, draw on (with or without citation), or otherwise utilize general internet sources like Wikipedia, History.com, SparkNotes, which are not academic or scholarly sources. For Discussions, especially, stick utilizing, referencing, and citing the assigned readings.
5. Avoid opining or speculating. Stick to answering the prompt directly and answering it from the text.
6. Avoid generalizing. Avoid broad statements. Make your points as specific and as precise as possible--especially when putting a point from the text in your own words. When putting points in the text in your own words, don't strengthen or weaken the point in the text. Don't broaden points made in the text