for their rights, among the first to ever beat isis on the battlefield. from nbc news world headquarters in new york, i m joshua johnson, welcome to the week. president biden s covid package is one big step closer to becoming law. but what s after that? how will democrats govern with republican support uncertain at best? it could depend on this senator, democrat joe manchin of west virginia. the stimulus package has smaller unemployment packets to gain his support, not $400 per person but $300. even with his support, there s getting over republican filibuster in future. takes every democrat and ten republicans to stop it. has a number of democrats calling to end of the filibuster. more you learn about them, easier it is to see why. they re not nearly as hard as they once were, if you re thinking of mr. smith goes to washington, jimmy stewart talking continuously, that s old-fashioned. today you just email the floor leader, no stamina required. emerged after the senat
laws are applied as written. this report is titled if you ain t first, you re last. one of the co-authors joins me now. he s a practicing attorney and professor at the college of william and mary. thank you for being here. share with me the conclusion beyond which i have described. you took a look at all 50 state laws and what did you find? so in 28 state, the sore loser laws would prohibit somebody who lost the primary from running as an independent or a third-party candidate. for somebody like donald trump, what that means if it he were able to get ballot acts is in every state that he basically won in either 16 or 20, less the ones that would bar him under the sore loser law, he would only win 81 electoral votes. that puts a road block. a felon looked at this issue and came to a different