with the clear intention o making sure that neither donal trump nor anybody else can use it to try, ever try to overtur an election again. joining me now is professor of law and political science in ucla, founding th election law block what s been calling consistently and loudl for formal electoral count act rick, this has been somethin we have talked about in this program, you have been talking about it to a lot of folks election law advocates and experts. what do you make of what congress did last week in that on the bus spending bill well, it is both absolutely necessary that it happened and also remarkable that i happened and it took to the last minute was of the very last thing the did before they left but they got it done and it is a considerable improvement of what we had the last law from 1887 was incomprehensible in parts. and, it did have these ambiguities that donald trum tried to exploit and that coul have been exploited again in the future so, it is really good news an
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higher growth is a better thing for the market. the market is thinking the fed will have to raise the rates more. add to that this 1.7 trillion only new bus spending bill. wall street thinks it s likely to pass the house. they don t look at the rights and wrongs. they can debate that but they don t. they take a clinical note. they see 1.7 trillion in spending and they re thinking more inflation, higher interest rates. that adding to the concerns that 2023 is being set up to be a difficult year economically and the fed piloting this soft landing where the country skirt as recession will be difficult. also, chip maker micron not only reporting poor results but warning there could be a glut in the semi conductor market, which is so ironic. we ve been worried about the semi conductor supply. it s coming back online to possibly another extreme that could impact prices. too much of something, price drops, companies make less