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Wednesday, September 23, 2020

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1/ Trump predicted that the election “will end up in the Supreme Court,” tying the confirmation of a justice to the election. Trump, who has repeatedly and baselessly warned of voter fraud and corruption in the upcoming election, said: “I think this will end up in the Supreme Court and I think it’s very important that we have nine justices, and I think the system’s going to go very quickly.” Trump – again – claimed without evidence that Democrats are trying to rig the election and that he wants a Supreme Court that will agree with him, because “it’s a scam — the scam will be before the United States Supreme Court and I think having a 4-4 situation is not a good situation.” (Bloomberg / New York Times / Washington Post)

• poll/ 59% of Americans think the winner of the presidential election should be the one to fill the Supreme Court vacancy created by the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. March 2016, 57% said that Obama should have been the one to fill the vacancy created by the death of Antonin Scalia, rather than the president elected in November. (CNN)

• poll/ 63% of voters don’t expect to know the winner of the presidential election on Election Night, while 30% think the country will know. (Quinnipiac)

• [Speculation] The Trump campaign has reportedly discussed a contingency plan to bypass election results and appoint loyal electors in battleground states where Republicans hold the legislative majority. If Trump loses, he would then ask state legislators to ignore the popular vote on claims of rampant fraud, which experts have noted is extraordinarily rare, and instead choose electors directly ahead of the “safe harbor” deadline on Dec. 8. Electors don’t meet until six days later, Dec. 14. (The Atlantic / The Week)

• Ted Cruz blocked a Senate resolution to honor the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg after Democrats added language noting Ginsburg’s dying request that her seat not be filled until the next president is sworn in. Chuck Schumer tried to pass the resolution by unanimous consent, but Cruz objected,...

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