Donald Trump, Immune Buffoon

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Mike Pesca

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🗓️ 1 July 2024

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

SCOTUS gives immunity to Presidents for official acts, and leaves it to lower courts to define (and maybe get overruled on) what constitutes "official acts." Plus, Sarah Isgur, of ABC and The Dispatch, is here again to break down a slew of other Supreme Court cases. Plus, a compendium of some of the most prominent voices arguing that concerns about Joe Biden's age were just Republican talking points, media both-sides-ism, the new Hillary emails, or something other than legitimate ... we're calling it, "How Did We Get Here?" Produced by Joel Patterson and Corey Wara Email us at [email protected] To advertise on the show, visit: https://advertisecast.com/TheGist Subscribe to The Gist Subscribe: https://subscribe.mikepesca.com/ Follow Mikes Substack at: Pesca Profundities | MikePesca | Substack Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	It's Monday, July 1st, 2024 from Peach Fish Productions.
0:07.0	It's the gist. I'm Mike Pesca.
0:09.0	The Supreme Court has ruled that presidents have immunity from official acts.
0:14.3	The six Republican appointed justices ruling in the majority,
0:17.6	the three Democratic appointed justices dissent.
0:20.4	Okay, so, jailing Joe Biden for his executive orders, as his enemies have advocated, that
0:26.4	won't happen.
0:27.4	That's good, right?
0:28.4	Well, what about other acts?
0:29.4	Quote, there is no immunity for unofficial acts. Chief Justice John Roberts wrote for the court's conservatives. That seems good.
0:37.0	So let's take, I don't know, shooting a guy on Fifth Avenue. That doesn't seem official.
0:41.0	Or ordering Seal Team 6 to shoot a guy because the
0:45.3	president doesn't like the cut of his jib. Also ridiculous although that
0:50.0	specific hypothetical was addressed at oral arguments.
0:54.6	Question posed by Sonia Sotomayor, answered by Trump attorney,
0:58.3	D. John Sour.
1:00.2	If the president decides that his rival is a corrupt person and he orders the military or order someone to assassinate him, is that within his official
1:16.6	acts that for which he can get immunity? It would depend on the hypothetical but we can
1:21.4	see that could well be an official.
1:22.8	It could and why.
1:24.3	With fear for democracy, I dissent. Justice Sotomayor writes, she was not reassured by the
1:31.7	CL team 6 example.
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