A special note, we recorded this episode before the attempted

assassination of Donald Trump. We discussed political violence in the

episode because the Supreme Court itself brought it up, but

remind our listeners that we both condemn political violence period.

So it is Friday, July 12th at about noon and you know we took our eye off the ball for like a couple of months and

things went crazy so what are we going to talk about today?

Well I thought we'd talk about maybe one of the most important cases of the Supreme Court term.

Let's do it.

All right.

So let me start at a different historical point.

On May 1st, 2011, a covert U.S. military operation shot and killed Osama bin Laden in Abadabad Pakistan and the

raid was approved by President Obama.

And Obama's approval was necessary because the President of the United States

is by the terms of the Constitution, the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces.

And the Presidentially approved killing of bin Laden

was carried out by the Naval Special Warfare Development Group.

It's also known as Seal Team 6, a group of Navy SEALs that carries out some of the most risky

American military missions.

Now, Obama's decision to send in a Navy SEAL team to kill bin Laden was a decision by the president to target the

head of a terrorist organization responsible for the 9-11 attacks and an

ongoing threat to American national security.

But what if a president acting as commander in chief

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