Just 1% of US Counties Have Had Nearly Half of All COVID-19 Deaths

Plus: How ‘Weaponizing’ Mail-In Ballots Could Create Constitutional Crisis September 24 2020 Good morning from Washington, where President Trump says COVID-19 is on the wane as a vaccine draws closer. Only 1% of counties are home to half the deaths, two Heritage Foundation experts write. As the president warns about a storm of unsolicited mail-in ballots, House Republicans describe a looming crisis. On the podcast, a friend introduces a top Supreme Court candidate. Plus: a mightier military; another NYT revision of history; and, on “Problematic Women,” remembering Ruth Bader Ginsburg. On this date in 1789, Congress passes legislation creating a six-member Supreme Court; that same day, President George Washington signs it and nominates a chief justice and five associates, all confirmed by the Senate two days later. COMMENTARY [Just 1% of US Counties Have Had Nearly Half of All COVID-19 Deaths]( [Just 1% of US Counties Have Had Nearly Half of All COVID-19 Deaths]( By Drew Gonshorowski The spread of COVID-19 in the U.S. has been heavily concentrated in a small number of states—and among a small number of counties within those states. [More]( NEWS [How ‘Weaponizing’ Mail-In Ballots Could Create Constitutional Crisis]( [How ‘Weaponizing’ Mail-In Ballots Could Create Constitutional Crisis]( By Fred Lucas “This expansive and late shift to all-mail voting will create conditions ripe for election crime, errors, inaccuracy, and delay,” states a new report from House Republicans. [More]( ANALYSIS [This Lawyer Has Known Supreme Court Finalist Barbara Lagoa for 20 Years. Here's What He Has to Say.]( [This Lawyer Has Known Supreme Court Finalist Barbara Lagoa for 20 Years. Here's What He Has to Say.]( By Rachel del Guidice “Her parents fled a communist dictatorship in Cuba and came to the United States,” says Justin Sayfie of Barbara Lagoa. [More]( COMMENTARY [Strengthening America’s Armed Forces]( [Strengthening America’s Armed Forces]( By Dakota Wood The current U.S. military remains near historically low levels of capacity, and this is especially worrisome because numbers really do matter in war. [More]( ANALYSIS [Problematic Women: Ginsburg’s Legacy and the Supreme Court’s Future]( [Problematic Women: Ginsburg’s Legacy and the Supreme Court’s Future]( By Virginia Allen “She weathered a tough confirmation battle already. She exhibited extreme grace under fire,” says Elizabeth Slattery of Amy Coney Barrett. [More]( COMMENTARY [History Comes to Call: The 1619 Project Cannot Deny Its Own Past]( [History Comes to Call: The 1619 Project Cannot Deny Its Own Past]( By Jonathan Butcher The project’s editors originally wrote that they understand 1619 to be “our true founding” because it was the year slaves arrived in the Virginia colony. Now that statement is gone. [More]( NEWS [ICYMI: 7 Things to Know About Possible Supreme Court Nominee Barbara Lagoa]( [ICYMI: 7 Things to Know About Possible Supreme Court Nominee Barbara Lagoa]( By Nathalie Voit “For lower court judges, all Supreme Court precedent, including Roe v. Wade … is settled law,” Lagoa wrote while being vetted for her current judgeship. [More]( [LOGO-CHARCOAL_75percent.jpg] The Daily Signal is brought to you by more than half a million members of The Heritage Foundation. [Donate to The Daily Signal]( [Find us on Facebook]( [Find us on Facebook]( [Follow us on Twitter]( [Follow us on Twitter]( How are we doing? We welcome your comments, suggestions, and story tips. Please reply to this email or send us a note at [comments@dailysignal.com](. The Daily Signal 214 Massachusetts Avenue, NE Washington, DC 20002 [(800) 546-2843]( Add [morningbell@heritage.org]( to your address book to ensure that you receive emails from us. You are subscribed to this newsletter as {EMAIL}. If you want to receive other Heritage Foundation newsletters, or opt out of this newsletter, [please click here to update your subscription.](