Hello and welcome to Background Briefing, available 24-7 at Background Briefing.org. I'm Ian Masters, and today we'll examine a number of stories and issues in the news.

We'll begin with the special counsel, Jack Smith, challenging the Trump-appointed judge on the

documents case to make a ruling in which she's likely to embrace her alternative reading of

the 1978 Presidential Records Act instead of the espionage acts, and thus will be immediately

appealed to the 11th Circuit

to overturn it or have Judge Cannon removed from the case.

Joining us is Harry Littman, a former United States Attorney and Deputy Assistant Attorney General

in the Justice Department.

He is executive producer and host of the Talking Fed's podcast and a senior legal affairs columnist

at the Los Angeles Times where his latest article is how Jack Smith just called out

Judge Arlene Cannon in the Trump classified records case.

Then we'll look into the Florida Supreme Court's ruling to reduce the state's 15-week abortion

ban to six weeks, as well as

its ruling to allow a ballot initiative that would enshrine abortion access in the state

constitution. Joining us is John Storr, who is a fellow at Yale's Ezra Stiles College, a

contributing writer at the Washington Monthly, and a contributing editor for

religion dispatches and a senior editor at Alternet and Raw Story.

He is the editor and publisher of the editorial board, a daily newsletter about politics in plain

English for the common good, and we'll discuss his article at Alternate.

The backlash against Dobbs could do more than defeat Trump.

Then finally, we'll speak with Jeet here, who is the National Affairs correspondent for the nation

and the host of the weekly nation podcast, The Time of Monsters.

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