and fair elections. it's become an article faith in the republican party to undermine elections rather than have them fair and square. >> you wrote an op-ed recently about days that protected democracy. we've been talking about scary things that are happening right now. we do so with we could expect more cases to be resolved before election day. give us a sense of why those for cases where significant winds, and what do you anticipate happening between now and day that either strengthens or weakens our democracy as we go into the next 72 hours? >> great question. i actually think that we have to take a step back, because very often we focus on all of the bad things, [inaudible] i marvel at a single day last week on thursday. one in the nipsey, new york, when in lansing, michigan, las vegas, and pennsylvania. all different cases, all different courts, but all four of them ruled in favor of the