As between an invested in political structure on the one hand and hand wringing and finger pointing on the other hand, it's no surprise who's winning.

And that's where we are today.

Even if Section 4 isn't appropriate now, people turn to that and say, well, what happens if the

president is really sick? What happens if he gets worse?

Hi, and welcome to Amicus. I am Dahlia Lithwick, and I cover the courts and the law for Slate.

There is a whole lot happening, even as we are taping.

There's a lot happening.

So buckle in, and let's get to it.

Next week, confirmation hearings begin for Amy Coney-Barritt, and if Senate Republicans,

some of whom still refuse to be tested for COVID.

If they have their way, it will be quick and painless and in person and done.

Senator Mike Lee, one of the judiciary community members, who has the virus, was tweeting this week that democracy is overrated.

Sure looks that way.

We're going to talk to Robert Rabin, a former senior Hill staffer who's been running the Raven Group in Washington, D.C. since 2002.

He's been my Judiciary Committee Yoda for a long time.

And he's going to just tell us whether Senate Democrats are blowing this.

And of course, Donald Trump has been off the campaign trail all week.

He was at Walter Reed for several days, being treated for the coronavirus, and then in

semi-quarantine at a hollowed out White House where he has taken to both Twitter and to

calling into cable news shows to opine on, you know, the usual presidential things, locking up his rival and his predecessor and Hillary Clinton's emails and Kamala Harris and his glowing house.

Yeah, I just saw the doctors today. They think I'm in great shape. I'm in great shape.

His current electoral strategy appears to consist of not much more than wanting to cough on Joe Biden in person at the next debate.

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