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On today's 'BradCast':\xa0 The governors of California, New York, Illinois and Pennsylvania are among the first to issue statewide 'stay-at-home' orders, and more are likely to do so, as the nation begins to self-quarantine due to the coronavirus pandemic. Hospital administrators are reporting that medical supply companies are price-gouging, seeking to profit from the critical shortage of personal protective equipment for health care workers. Just days after the Republican Party tarred the Democratic Party as "socialists," Republicans are now calling for major socialist giveaways to combat the COVID-19 crisis. Trump is even calling for the federal government to take ownership in private corporations, the very definition of socialism wherein the government takes over the means of production. Meanwhile, several states are postponing previously scheduled primary elections, but is it possible, legal or constitutional that Donald Trump could exploit the public health crisis to postpone or cancel this November's election?\xa0 Based on Trump's unhinged behavior at today's White House press briefing, would anybody be surprised if he attempted to invoke national emergency powers amid a global pandemic to cancel this November's presidential election altogether? Slate.com court reporter MARK JOSEPH STERN discusses the legal and constitutional concerns of a hypothetical question that might have seemed crazy just a few weeks ago, but no longer. Stern also explains how the nation's courts -- including the chaotic immigration court system \u2013 have failed to take appropriate action for weeks to prevent the spread of the virus, with both courtrooms and prisons turning into viral petri dishes. And he details what happens next in several important (now-postponed) Supreme Court cases involving the Trump and the administration that may play a key role in the November election...