Spots around the world. Iran. Russia. China. Also, elections matter. And this weekends vote in brazil could have rough repercussions all over latin america. Maybe around the world. I will explain why we all need to pay attention. First, here is my take. The most consequential casualty of the recent confirmation battle is not Christine Blasey ford or brett kavanaugh. Its the Supreme Court and thus, american democracy. The court was one of the last bastions that towered above the fray. Its now part of the dysfunction that has overwhelmed almost the entire american political system. When i wrote a book about illiberal democracy, what saved the country were checks and balances on majority rule from the bill of rights to the senate to the judicial system. I was struck that in surveys, the three governmental institutions that commanded the most respect were ironically all fundamentally nondemocratic. The armed forces, the Federal Reserve and the Supreme Court. Of these, the Supreme Court was
Waiting if are a through 00 p. M. Eastern news conference. Thats correct. The tragedy happened about an hour away from albany. Heres what we know. 20 people are dead after a crash involving just two vehicles and that happened about 24 hours ago. The National Transportation safety board that launched a go team to investigate that launched it as a limo crash. Multiple crews are responding to the scene, including the American Red Cross and the new York State Police and local sheriff. We know where the tragedy happened. Outside a local business called the Apple Barrel County store according to police. A witness described the scene here. I heard this loud bang. I came out and i saw a lot of people up here at the apple barrel. Out in the parking lot and i heard screaming and i walked up and see this large van, very unusual looking vehicle in the bushes. Really wrecked. Hit a true. On its facebook page, they are collecting donations for the emergency service. Heres what we are reporting out.