re: Maine joins unConstitutional National Popular Vote states

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I don't know if it violates the Constitution because states have a lot of leeway in how they appoint their electors.

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Not enough leeway to send their electors based on how other states voted

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OK

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Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors, equal to the whole Number of Senators and Representatives to which the State may be entitled in the Congress: but no Senator or Representative, or Person holding an Office of Trust or Profit under the United States, shall be appointed an Elector.

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Please show us that limiting language in the Constitution,

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Send electors based on how the citizens of a SINGLE state voted

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Read carefully here. The Constitution does NOT mandate that EC delegates by selected by a vote or election. The state legislature could pick ANY means it wants for assigning its Electors, including lottery, rolling dice or throwing darts at a wall. Louisiana could pass a law saying "our Electors must vote however the Texas Electors vote."

FTR, I don't LIKE the "National Popular Vote" movement/statutes, but I acknowledge that it IS a clever attempt to bypass both the EC and the Interstate Compact provisions of the Constitution.

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Not enough leeway to send their electors based on how other states voted.

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I don't see that limitation:

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in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct

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The State's don't even have to hold elections for POTUS.

The Compact is certainly terrible and against the intent of the Constitution, and very may well be unconstitutional, but your reasons probably are not why.