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Jack Smith Scolds Judge

Advisory Opinions

The Dispatch

News, Government, Politics

4.7 • 4K Ratings

🗓️ 9 April 2024

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

Things get heated in Trump’s classified documents case. In a court filing this week in Donald Trump’s classified documents case, special counsel Jack Smith challenged Judge Aileen Cannon by vowing to appeal any decision that included the Presidential Record Act in jury instructions. David and Sarah discuss Smith's public move and what it means for the case. The Agenda: —Sarah's recaps her defamation law musical experience —Justice Sotomayor's age raises questions about the right time for Justices to retire —Is Trump's defense counsel actually good? —Jack Smith's frustration with Judge Aileen Cannon —Answering questions from high school students —Yes, we're still discussing work-life balance Show Notes: —Presidential Records Act —New York Times Company v. Sullivan Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

You ready?

0:02.0

I was born ready. Welcome to advisory opinions. I'm Sarah Isger with David French and we will continue some of our

0:25.4

listener comments questions, potpourri from last episode, but I left you on a bit of

0:30.5

a cliffhanger for that high school quiz.

0:34.5

If the Supreme Court denies a petition for writ of certiorari,

0:37.7

it means that.

0:38.9

Okay, but we're actually not going to start with that.

0:40.6

But we will get to it.

0:42.0

First up, David, I just got back from a

0:44.5

glorious week in Texas the bluebonnets were out and so were all of the tickets

0:52.1

for the Taylor Swift in of court show that I went to totally sold out.

0:58.0

It was incredible, like words will describe it. So first of of all to all the AO listeners who came out

1:05.6

including an electrical engineer who drove from Austin a family with high school student and her best friend who drove down from the

1:16.6

woodlands. It was such a treat to meet you all and thanks for supporting the

1:20.2

Inn of Court and special thanks to the president of the National

1:24.0

in of court association judge Barbara Lynn who came down from Dallas and

1:28.0

awarded the Walker in of court with event of the year for last year's musical number but David this was

1:35.6

extraordinary and for people who are curious what it was like I guess my

1:40.8

expectations were off.

1:46.2

You had high expectations though. You had high expectations.

1:47.3

I did.

1:48.8

I guess I just thought it would be like sort of a can't be funny, law, high school musical style.

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