James Madison’s impetus to form a better system of governance than the Articles of Confederation came from the observation that it had descended into a chaotic tyranny of the majority. The economies of the various States stagnated because the property of individuals was at risk to the will of the mob. One of many examples was that the law was fashioned to benefit the many debtors to the detriment of the few debt holders so that trade and banking came to a halt. The Constitution was devised as a federal system that protected individual rights under a unified rule of law and yet allowed States, “small republics with it leaders on a tight leash”, to practice their majority rule within the constraints of those rights. The Electoral College system was devised by the elites who drafted the Constitution to keep the unruly from power. Today with the plural majority having lost there is much questioning and consternation regarding how it was that this scheme of the establishment allowed the deplorable to enter into the halls of power. Nevertheless it can be argued that with 472 counties voting for Hillary Clinton and 2,874 counties voting for Donald Trump the Electoral College gave voice to a rural minority over the tyranny of the urban majority and that it is a just result with the clear message that the Federal Government overreached to become the giant, Roman, republic feared by our forefathers.