Links for 4/30/20

Links for 4/30/20
The call should not have been leaked, but you cannot hang up on the President, even when he is an idiot.

The only way this election is a nightmare is if Biden handles abortion as a women's rights issue without pointing out that the GOP would never raise the child tax credit to minum wage levels and make it refundable.

Bush v. Gore was about how citizens not having a constitutional right to a plebiscite. Gore conceded because the prospect of a GOP controlled legislature choosing electors would have been ruinous.

Also on the constitutional law front, the President does not have the authority to lock down states or impose martial law. Only governors can. Sadly, social distancing, even on a good day, will not keep the elderly with poor immune systems from dying. Its purpose is to not overwhelm hospitals.

Libertarians take votes away from Republicans. This will even happen if Pence is the nominee. Virginia's primary results show never Trumpers crossing party lines. Ask Steve Kornaki or Rachel Bitecofer. Only Warren on the ticket will make the election close. Too many of her supporters believe the words of the Internationale. Ironically, DSA quit the organization because too many of its members were too conservative.