(Bloomberg View) -- 1. David Lay Williams at the Monkey Cage on Donald Trump and Plato.
2. Rick Hasen on the Supreme Court and election law going forward without Antonin Scalia.
3. Eric Ostermeier at Smart Politics looks at possible Democratic gains in gubernatorial elections.
4. Peter Suderman at Reason on defending Trump.
5. Matt Fuller at the Huffington Post looks at how Paul Ryan is doing in the House.
6. My Bloomberg View colleagues Tyler Cowen and Noah Smith discuss growing the economy.
7. And the Washington Post's Alexandra Petri recaps the running-mate debate as only she can.
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