TAKE with里克·克莱因
这不是一个恶作剧的问题。这回答大声说话对于任何考虑选举后噩梦般场景的人来说，不管他们的动机是什么。
总统唐纳德·特朗普已经跨越了一个新的门槛，破坏了选举。他在援引一种可能性有争议的选举作为他的论点的一部分已故法官鲁斯·巴德·金斯伯格-现在拒绝简单地承诺权力的和平过渡。
特朗普周三表示:“我们将不得不看看会发生什么。”
2020年9月21日，俄亥俄州斯旺顿，唐纳德·特朗普总统在尤金·克莱恩斯·托莱多机场的竞选集会上发表讲话。
是不是一个作秀的人在设置一个悬疑的赛季大结局?一个轻率的回答标志着一个场合，在这个场合，根据维护者，总统应该被认真对待，而不是字面上?
总统有责任解释。显而易见的是，他正在制造虚假声明，毫无根据指责民主党人的“骗局”更糟糕的是，投票已经开始了。
是特朗普散布谎言关于邮寄选票，特朗普错误地宣布获胜者必须在选举日确定，特朗普拒绝承诺遵守选举结果。总统和他的政党正在为法律挑战奠定基础，这可能会使选举陷入混乱。
末日场景可能是遥远的可能性-但是他们正在进行真正的对话。宾夕法尼亚州共和党主席在接受采访时证实《大西洋月刊》的巴顿·盖尔曼如果州议员认为选举结果不可信，正在讨论的一个选择是直接让州立法机关任命选举人。
“这是宪法规定的法律选项之一，”劳伦斯·塔巴斯在一份声明中说恐怖读物关于选举日之后会发生什么。
人们生活方式的改变各州进行投票今年是巨大的。政治世界正在适应现实大选之夜不太可能有一个完美的结局。
特朗普不接受这一现实;这是总统有意识的决定。对选举的担忧是真实的，也应该是真实的。总统正在煽动毫无根据的恐惧服务于一个更直接的潜在危险的目的。
的纲要玛丽·爱丽丝·帕克斯
美国律师协会称自己是“美国历史最悠久、规模最大的由非裔美国律师和法官组成的全国性网络”，并在周三晚上的一份声明中称正义“没有得到伸张”比如布莱娜·泰勒的死。
声明中写道:“自布莱娜·泰勒的无辜生命被发誓保护和服务她的粗心、疏忽和冷漠的执法官员毫无意义地夺走以来，已经过去了六个多月。”“在没有公众骚乱和抗议的情况下，地面上的公职人员采取适当和公正的行动，事实要清楚得多!”
2020年9月23日，肯塔基州路易斯维尔，人们聚集在杰斐逊广场，等待对警察的指控。
另一方面，特朗普对参议院的决定表示赞赏肯塔基州大陪审团只带对一名官员的指控因为他在杀害泰勒的警察枪击事件中危及邻居，而没有起诉对方与她的死有关的官员。
特朗普周三向记者宣读了当地司法部长的部分声明。
“伸张正义往往不容易。它不符合公众舆论的模式。而且不符合转移标准。它只对事实和法律负责。...如果我们只是凭情绪或愤怒行事，就没有正义可言。“暴民正义不是正义，”丹尼尔·卡梅伦在解释指控时说，他是共和党人，也是第一个当选该州州长的非洲裔美国人。
肯塔基州的决定已经导致更多的悲伤，创伤和许多人的抗议特别是那些为种族平等、刑事司法和警察改革而斗争的人。民主党提名人乔·拜登说，他理解走上街头的愿望。
“抗议很有道理。很明显，人们应该能够说话，但不能使用暴力，”他说。
离选举日只有几周了，投票已经开始，如果正义继续感到不平等或遥远，这个案子会导致年轻人重新下定决心去投票还是冷漠?
小费贾斯汀·戈麦斯
在总统提名某人之前填补空缺的座位副总统迈克·彭斯称赞鲁斯·巴德·金斯伯格大法官艾米·科尼·巴雷特法官。
2020年9月23日，美国广播公司新闻记者林西·戴维斯在华盛顿与副总统迈克·彭斯交谈。
“巴雷特法官是一位非凡的法学家，”彭斯周三告诉美国广播公司新闻直播主持人林西·戴维斯她补充说，她目前是一群女性中的一员正在考虑中。
巴雷特是前圣母大学法学教授，曾为已故大法官安东宁·斯卡利亚(Antonin Scalia)担任神职，也是一名虔诚的天主教徒。宗教保守派认为她是潜在的选择谁可能会推翻罗伊诉韦德案，但她从未就堕胎相关案件做出裁决。
彭斯在接受美国广播公司(ABC News Live)采访时，还批评了他所说的民主党人在她2017年的确认听证会上表现出的“不宽容”，当时有人建议她的宗教信仰可能会影响她对里程碑式的1973年裁决的思考。
“在她最近一次关于她的天主教信仰的确认听证会上表达的不容忍，我真的认为是对这个过程的伤害，也是对数百万美国人的失望，”他说。
The Note: Trump seeks to undermine election’s legitimacy with voting already underway
The TAKE withRick Klein
It wasn't a trick question. Theanswer speaks loudlyto anyone thinking about nightmare post-election scenarios -- whatever their motivations might be.
PresidentDonald Trumphas crossed a new threshold in undermining the legitimacy of theelection. He is invoking the possibility of acontested electionas part of his argument to quickly fill the seat of thelate JusticeRuth Bader Ginsburg-- and now is refusing to simply commit to apeaceful transition of power.
"We're going to have to see what happens," Trump said Wednesday.
President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at Eugene F. Kranz Toledo Express Airport, Sept. 21, 2020, in Swanton, Ohio.
Is it a showman setting up a suspenseful season finale? A flip answer that marks an occasion where the president, according to defenders, should be taken seriously and not literally?
That's on the president to explain. What is clear is that he is makingfalse declarations, baselesslyaccusing Democrats of a "scam"and worse, while voting is already underway.
It's Trumpspreading falsehoodsabout mail-in ballots, Trump wrongly declaring that the winner must be settled on Election Day and Trump refusing to commit to abiding by the results of the election. It's the president and his party laying groundwork for legal challenges that could put the election into chaotic overtime.
Doomsday scenarios may beremote possibilities-- but they are bubbling into real conversations. The chairman of the Pennsylvania Republican Party confirmed in an interview withThe Atlantic's Barton Gellmanthat one option being discussed, if election results appear untrustworthy in the view of state lawmakers, is having the state legislature directlyappoint electors.
"It is one of the available legal options set forth in the Constitution," Lawrence Tabas is quoted as saying, in ascary readabout what might happen after Election Day.
The changes to how people live and howstates run their votesare immense this year. The political world is adjusting to the reality thata tidy end to Election Night is not likely.
Trump is not accepting that reality; that's a conscious decision by the president. Concerns about the election are and should be real enough. The president stokingunfounded fearsserves a more immediate -- and potentially dangerous -- purpose.
The RUNDOWN withMaryAlice Parks
The National Bar Association describes itself as the "the nation's oldest and largest national network of predominantly African American attorneys and judges," and said in a statement Wednesday night thatjustice was "not served"in the case of Breonna Taylor's death.
"It has been over six months since Breonna Taylor's innocent life was senselessly taken at the hands of careless, negligent and indifferent law enforcement officials sworn to protect and serve her," the statement read. "How much clearer do the facts have to be for public officials on the ground to take appropriate and just action without public unrest and protest!"
Trump, on the other hand, applauded the decision from theKentucky grand juryto only bringcharges against one officerfor endangering neighbors during the police shooting that killed Taylor and not charge the otherofficers involved in her death.
Trump read to reporters parts of the local attorney general's statement on Wednesday.
"Justice is not often easy. It does not fit the mold of public opinion. And it does not conform to shifting standards. It answers only to the facts and to the law. ... If we simply act on emotion or outrage, there is no justice. Mob justice is not justice," said Daniel Cameron, a Republican who was the first African American to be elected to the post in the state, when explaining the charges.
The decision in Kentucky has already led tomore grief, traumaandprotests among many-- especially those fighting for racial equality, criminal justice and police reform. Democratic nominee Joe Biden said he understood the desire to take to the streets.
"Protesting makes a lot of sense. It is clear people should be able to speak, but no violence," he said.
With Election Day just weeks away and voting already underway, could the case lead to renewed determination among young people to get to the polls or apathy if justice continues to feel unequal or far off?
The TIP withJustin Gomez
Ahead of the president nominating someone tofill the seat left vacantby Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Vice President Mike Pence is praisingJudge Amy Coney Barrett.
"Judge Barrett is an extraordinary jurist,"Pence told ABC News Live Anchor Linsey Davis on Wednesday, adding that she's among a group of women currentlyunder consideration.
Barrett, a former Notre Dame law professor who clerked for the late-Justice Antonin Scalia, is also a devout Catholic. Religious conservatives view her asa potential pick whocould overturn Roe v. Wade, but she's never ruled on an abortion-related case.
In his ABC News Live interview, Pence also criticized the "intolerance" he said he saw from Democrats during her 2017 confirmation hearing when it was suggested that her religious beliefs could sway her thinking on the landmark 1973 ruling.
"The intolerance expressed during her last confirmation hearings about her Catholic faith, I really think was a disservice to the process and a disappointment to millions of Americans," he said.
