Should presidential electors be permitted to vote for whomever they please?

[Polishprince]

There are 538 electors. These electors cast votes in the electoral college after a presidential election and those votes elect the president. The Supreme Court will soon hear a case concerning “faithless electors”. These are electors who do not vote for the person they were assigned to vote for. Some states have laws requiring electors to vote for the candidate they were appointed to represent. However, a district court has held that an elector can vote for whomever they please.

My view is that if 538 electors can choose to vote for whomever they choose then what was the value of the 150 million votes that were cast. Some will say well the popular vote does not elect the president. True, but the populate vote determines who wins the state and thus the electors.

Faithless electors have always been part of US history, however, they have been footnotes in history.

Now there are movements to change their votes after the election.

‘We may one day have a situation where someone wins the electoral vote in the election but loses in the electoral college.

Anything is possible.
Supreme Court will rule on whether electoral college voters have to support the popular vote winner | Daily Mail Online

Faithless electors are pretty rare, but this is by design. The folks that get chosen to be on the electoral slates are highly place party officials and employees, people that have donated a lot to the presidential candidate. The aren't random citizens, or random party members.

They are just political cronies getting patronage
Who needs them?

These are people who are vested with the idea of honoring the choice of the electorate of their state.

Sounds like team players that everyone would need

If they are just a rubber stamp, what purpose do they serve?

They aren't a "rubber stamp" , they are just committed party members who are in touch with their voters. Its just that if the party nominates a Tremendous candidate like the GOP did in 2016 , they will give serious consideration to them.