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Campus Tensions Rise, SCOTUS Trump Immunity, Weinstein's Conviction Tossed

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4.552.8K Ratings

🗓️ 26 April 2024

⏱️ 15 minutes

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As protests and arrests continue at college campuses across the U.S.. are the students calling for divestment in Israel getting closer to their demands? The U.S. Supreme Court took nearly three hours to debate whether a president should have absolute immunity from criminal prosecution. And New York State's highest court has overturned the criminal conviction of former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein.

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protests and arrests at college campuses across the US.

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Israel, Mom, Columbia,

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is. How many kids did you kill today?

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Are the students calling for divestment in Israel getting closer to their demands?

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I'm Leila Falden, that's A Martinez and this is a first from NPR News.

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The US Supreme Court weighs presidential immunity.

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You also appreciate that we're writing a rule for the ages.

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Their ruling could delay President Trump's January 6 trial beyond the November election.

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Which way do the justices question suggest they're leaning?

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And Harvey Weinstein's New York's sexual assault conviction is overturned on appeal.

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What argument convinced the state's highest court.

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