palate deadlines, thousands of absentee ballots uncounted events the city s new ranked choice system, the theory has been if you let voters top five candidates, it will produce a consensus winner. the problem is the latest eric adams is up by 2% and 14% of ballots active because they voted for somebody else is been eliminated. paul: bill. big hit to clarence thomas and descent from the supreme court decision not to hear a case involving the irs and medical marijuana dispensary. he called the federal law against marijuana contradictory and unstable. this astonished some liberals, he shouldn t have. in 2005, he issued another marijuana case in which he worried about the federal powers. the truth is, plant thomas is doing what he always does, applying clear constitutional principles letting the chips fall where they may.
claims that these restrictions make it harder for minorities to vote. let s bring in our panel. deputy editorial page editor, dan henninger. bill mcgurn had editorial board number, kyle peterson. bill, i thought this was a big decision and it being maligned as a guiding of the voting rights act, is that how you read what they did? not at all. i think you put your finger on it, paul. all the reporting i further weakening voting rights act. if you read the opinion, it doesn t stand out. a better description would be it came out for its reasonable state laws designed to ensure the integrity of these elections this is part of scare tactics. i think it was a huge decision and also what i did was provide
accelerate that considerably. paul: the implication of that, i m going to have to give you myself last work here but the implication is the middle class will end up over the long-term having to pay for higher taxes on that. thank you, appreciate it very much. still ahead, hiring picked up as employees scramble to fill job openings. a closer number at june numbers and what we learn from states that already ended the enhanced unemployment effects.
continue for a month so a little more passion that i think kavanaugh and barrett are both that way. paul: the fears expressed justice barrett was approved back somehow she would be a radical, those fears have been put to rest in your mind? particularly with respect to the obamacare case, the purpose of the demagogue at the hearing, that went 722, she joined throwing up the lawsuit so that was either disingenuous or not understanding terms, she has her own foreman, i think she s going to end up being very much like her mentor, justice scalia. paul: appreciate it. when we come back, a surgeon and private crime in cities across america democrats push a new narrative, republicans responsible for defunding police.
the city, it s in the ideological commitment that has real consequences and until that changes as mene was just suggesting, the crime rate isn t going to go away blaming republicans for posing joe biden s stimulus package is week political strategy. paul: mene, am i wrong, is it most police funding local? basically the cities by themselves up and not at the national level. right, that is exactly the case. again, i think it s giving a little president biden s credit, make it more possible for some of the stimulus funding to bolster the budget and local police but ultimately responsibly lies in the mayors hand and we saw bill defazio announced the budget up new york city for the coming year, he said he wasn t going to be using any of the stimulus funds to