Of course we all know we are preparing to vote in a huge election collecting all sorts of folks and not just the president of the United States by congress and state legislators. Fascinating new book written by our guest today takes a look at the unelected , unaccountable elite and it is amazing and along to talk about it. Senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute also leader of legal policy you have read his book all over National Media and by the way he was a jd and mba from yale where he was a fellow in law and economics mba from unc chapel hill. So glad to have you with us. Thank you for joining us at the john locke society. So is an honor i said it before as a National Think tank so much policy happens on the state level and the John Locke Foundation gives the Gold Standard to help to shape North Carolina in such a positive direction and then to be in the midst of a pandemic. Thanks for having me spin thank you for those comments i appreciate that. Your book writes about federal po
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Police also protesters in hong kong on the day a local election was too stupid to help. Socalled excess deaths figures in mexico raise questions over the real scale of the corona Virus Outbreak that well have a live update. And im leah harding with all of your sports news clear ghastly is just a few laps away from winning his 1st formula one grand prix and 3 in a williams battles past Sloane Stephens at the u. S. Open shes still on course to equal the record 24. 00 grand slam singles titles. Tens of thousands of by the russians staging another huge mot sure the capital minsk keeping up the pressure on president Alexander Lukashenko whos responding with increased force hes refusing to quit weeks off the disputed elections others took him to. For help to stay in power to serious bona smith is monitoring developments for us from neighboring the few waiting up to 4 weeks of protests then despite increased intimidation out a rests what are we to make of the old. Calling in those protesters
The coronavirus threatens to break the countrys health system. Better Russian Security forces have detained dozens of protesters at a massive antigovernment rally in the capital midscale president Alexander Lukashenko has repeatedly issued threats of violence against the demonstrators who in turn are defying those warnings zeros Bernard Smith has the latest now from neighboring lithuania. There is still some safety in numbers for the 10s of thousands of protesters on the streets of minutes the ministry of interior valorous has warned them that demonstrations are illegal closing off city squares and streets but that hasnt stopped people descending on the capital for a 4th week of protests against the continued leadership of president Alexander Lukashenko he claims he was. Election with 80 percent of the vote the opposition say the Police Report and they want to read. Theres been intimidation of protestors across the bell and loose these people were trying to march in the western city of