Who Holds the Sword: Federal Agents at the Polls, Socialism, and the Constitution

Thursday the Speaker sent the House home. Four working days left before the election. 295 recorded votes this year, on pace to come in under last year's record low. Same week: the Secretary of Homeland Security said federal agents could be at polling places if there is "a threat," a new poll found a majority of Americans under 30 view socialism favorably, and the President, asked about a third term, said "I'd love to run, but the law is very strong."

Tonight is a theory show. Three blocks. Who guards the polls. Why socialism is winning the under-30 vote. And the growing case, from the left and the right, that the Constitution should be set aside.

Each block gets two dead men. One wrote the manual for how this is supposed to work: Madison, Jefferson, Washington. The other described how it is actually working: Schmitt, Marx, Hobbes. Then the panel tells you what it looks like from inside a uniform. Every one of us lived in the most socialist institution in America and swore an oath to the paper the whole country is now arguing about. That is the expertise in the room.

Ninety minutes on the three blocks, thirty each. Then Action and What's Next and the Safety Brief. Fire for Effect returns Saturday with a full mailbag.

Wednesday, 2000 ET. Questions for the panel at 50501vets.com/ask.

Issues over party. Straight talk over spin.