Tara Ross is nationally recognized for her expertise on the Electoral College. She is the author of Why We Need the Electoral College (2019), The Indispensable Electoral College: How the Founders’ Plan Saves Our Country from Mob Rule (2017), We Elect A President: The Story of our Electoral College (2016), and Enlightened Democracy: The Case for the Electoral College (2d ed. 2012). She is also the author of She Fought Too: Stories of Revolutionary War Heroines (2019), and a co-author of Under God: George Washington and the Question of Church and State (2008) (with Joseph C. Smith, Jr.). Her Prager University video, Do You Understand the Electoral College?, is Prager’s most-viewed video ever, with more than 60 million views.
Tara often appears as a guest on a variety of talk shows nationwide, and she regularly addresses civic, university, and legal audiences. She’s contributed to several law reviews and newspapers, including the National Law Journal, USA Today, the Washington Examiner, The Hill, The Washington Times, and FoxNews.com. She’s appeared before institutions such as the Cooper Union, Brown University, the Dole Institute of Politics, and Mount Vernon. She’s appeared on Fox News, CSPAN, NPR, and a variety of other national and local shows.
Tara is a retired lawyer and a former Editor-in-Chief of the Texas Review of Law & Politics. She obtained her B.A. from Rice University and her J.D. from the University of Texas School of Law. She resides in Dallas with her husband and children.
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The Electoral College in 2020
Detroit Mercy & Wayne State Student Chapters
Zoom Webinar -- Detroit Mercy & Wayne StateN/A
Detroit, MI 48226
Everything is Bigger in Texas, Including Your Vote: A Discussion on the Electoral College
Baylor Student Chapter
Zoom Webinar -- Baylor1114 South University Parks Dr.
Waco, TX 76706
Should We Throw Away the Electoral College?
Michigan State Student Chapter
Zoom Webinar -- Michigan StateZoom
East Lansing, MI 48824
Panel Three: Election Issues Roundtable
2019 Texas Chapters Conference
AT&T Executive Education and Conference Center1900 University Avenue
Austin, TX 78705
Do We Still Need the Electoral College?
Texas Student Chapter
University of Texas at Austin School of Law727 E Dean Keeton St
Austin, TX 78705
Should the Electoral College Be Abolished? [POLICYbrief]
Short video featuring Tara Ross and John Koza
The electoral college was designed to balance democracy and federalism. Does it still serve that...
Panel Three: Election Issues Roundtable
2019 Texas Chapters Conference
On September 14, 2019, The Federalist Society held a roundtable on election issues during its...
Panel Three: Election Issues Roundtable
2019 Texas Chapters Conference
On September 14, 2019, The Federalist Society held a roundtable on election issues during its...
Enlightened Democracy - Faculty Book Podcast
Faculty Division Podcast 11-19-12 featuring Tara Ross and Derek Muller
With the 2012 presidential election now behind us, the unique American presidential election system is...
Free Speech: The Electoral College vs. The National Popular Vote Plan
2012 National Lawyers Convention
The Free Speech & Election Law Practice Group hosted this panel on "The Electoral College...