Nixon v. Fitzgerald

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Prologue Projects

News Commentary, News, Government

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🗓️ 27 February 2024

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

You can't sue the President if they wronged you, as long as what they did was in the course of their official duties. And maybe possibly if they did it out unofficially out of spite, or because they were just feeling crimey that day. Thank goodness we have this fantastic precedent to help us deal with Trump's many cases!

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0:00.0	We'll hear arguments first this morning in 79-1738 Nixon against Fitzgerald and the
0:07.7	related case.
0:08.7	Hey everyone, this is Leon from Viasco and Prolog Projects. On this episode of 5 to 4,
0:19.1	Peter, Rianen and Michael are talking about Nixon v Fitzgerald.
0:23.4	This is the case about presidential immunity.
0:26.7	It stems from a lawsuit filed by a whistleblower who was fired by President Nixon.
0:31.2	This guy has fired by President Nixon. The guy has fired.
0:33.0	I said here that's not the way to talk.
0:35.0	Citing the separation of powers, the court ruled 5 to 4
0:39.0	that the president has absolute immunity from liability for official acts. But the strange thing
0:45.3	about this case is that barely any of what the court decided is actually based on
0:49.8	the text of the Constitution. This is five to 4, a podcast about how much the Supreme Court sucks.
0:56.5	Welcome to 5 to 4, we dissect and analyze the Supreme Court cases that have
1:06.6	flooded our nation with bad law like torrential downpours flooding Los Angeles.
1:10.5	I'm Peter I'm here with Rianen, hello and Michael. Hey everybody.
1:16.0	It's relevant right now to the three of us. It is. I'm going to tell our
1:19.5	listeners a story. It's fall 2023. Someone's like, hey, do you want to speak at UCLA in February?
1:28.0	Yeah. I'm like, whoa. This rules.
1:31.0	I would love to leave New York City in February and go to Los Angeles in February.
1:34.5	Right, get out of the snow, get into the sun.
1:37.5	Incredible.
1:38.5	It would be so nice.
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