The most widely supported plan for reform of the electoral college is the
a. district plan.
b. proportional plan.
c. direct popular election plan.
d. national bonus plan.

The biggest problem in the USA is that many times, the people don't feel like their votes matter. Specially when the majority of the population does not get what it wants.

That being said, most of the alternatives share the same problem, except for one, which is the correct

c. direct popular election plan

with this system, each vote counts and in the end, the majority of the population would always get what it voted for

b) a state law could be declared illegal if it contradicted the constitution.

explanation:

the conflict of this case originated when james w. mcculloch, a cashier of the baltimore branch of the second bank of the united states that the congress had chartered in 1816, refused to pay a tax imposed by the maryland state.

in the case, the state of maryland appealed that the establishment of a second bank was unconstitutional since the constitution didn't say anything about granting that power to congress. however, the case determined that even if such right wasn't specifically stated in the constitution, it was part of the "implied powers" of the government enunciated in article i, section 8.

the case also eliminated maryland's legislation to impose taxes to a national bank, asserting that even though the states retained the power of taxation, the constitution's laws are supreme and can not be controlled by the states, therefore, if a state law contradicts the constitution, it should be declared illegal.

explanation:

b

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