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the legislature can itself appoint the electors."
Historically, the State legislatures have passed laws to provide that the citizens vote for the Electors who choose the President. This is not a constitutional requirement but a political necessity. If the legislators in a State were to enact laws providing that the citizens could not vote for President, they probably would be thrown out of office in the next election.
While the above discussion is somewhat technical, it is necessary for us to understand the presidential election process. In a letter that appeared in your paper Nov. 29, it was suggested that it would be unconstitutional for the Florida legislature to ignore the citizens of Florida and select the Electors themselves. In fact, the constitution places in the legislature the exclusive right to select how Electors are elected, and it is not unconstitutional for them to select the Electors.
It was also suggested that the courts should decide the issues and not the legislature. This is not constitutionally correct, and it would create a constitutional crisis should the courts improperly insert themselves in this process. In fact, the founding fathers debated the question of whether the courts should involve themselves in the election process and determined that they should not. They decided that the State legislatures should have the sole right to determine how Electors are selected to elect the
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