Good morning, everyone. I'm Playbook co-author Eugene Daniels. It's Tuesday, August 8th. Here's what's

driving the day. Former President Donald Trump's legal team says that a protective order that was

proposed by Special Counsel Jack Smith would infringe on Trump's right to free speech. That's the

argument that his defense team is making.

In the filing late on Monday, the judge in the case also ordered the two sides to meet today,

and they have to agree on two possible dates for a hearing to be held no later than Friday on the

question on this protective order. You'll remember that Jack Smith, the special counsel in the case,

said that Trump could possibly improperly disclose confidential evidence before the trial.

Things that were given to the defense will be given to the defense in discovery.

Trump's team did say that they acknowledged that some court documents should be shielded from the public,

but in the documents, what they write is, quote, however, the need to protect that information

does not require a blanket gag order over all documents produced by the government.

And in response, the prosecutors say that President Trump has a plan to litigate, quote, this case in the media and point out that Trump's attorneys had discussed the case on major television networks since they even asked for the protective order.

So this is going to come to a head later on this week.

And if it's a Tuesday in August, apparently that means it's election day

for the first time in 100 years voters in Ohio are headed to the ballot today to vote on one

measure and one measure only, issue one. At the heart of it, it is about whether or not it should

be harder to change the Ohio State Constitution. If issue one did

pass, any new constitutional amendments would require 60% of approval from voters instead of a

simple majority. It would also increase the signature threshold for citizens to get an amendment

on the ballot in the first place. Ostensibly, this is about the Constitution.

However, if approved, the measure would go into effect immediately, which puts it squarely

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