SCOOP: A Major Supreme Court Decision, Debate Fall-Out, and Reason For You To Take A Break!
SmartHERNews
Jenna Lee
5 • 615 Ratings
🗓️ 1 July 2024
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
We jump right into the breaking news from the Supreme Court, a ruling that leaves more questions than answers on both how this decision impacts the the immediate criminal cases vs. President Trump, and the future of the U.S. presidency overall.
Plus, developments in the days after the first presidential debate of 2024 and an important lesson from two of the best athletes in the world.
✓ 3:00: Meet the “Goodest Boy” of the U.S. gymnastics team and hear his heart-warming backstory.
✓ 8:00 Why This Supreme Court case on presidential immunity matters.
✓ 10:00 The SCOTUS ruling establishes first of its kind legal guidance for future cases about presidential immunity, plus context for how the media refers to the Supremes.
✓ 12:00: The ruling. A consequence? A potential legal maze of allegations. A key takeaway? Its affect on the timeline of Pres. Trump’s federal case.
✓ 20:00: Chief Justice John Roberts’ summary of the ruling, plus a note about impeachment.
✓ 22:00: A scathing dissenting opinion by Justice Sonia Sotomayor.
✓ 27:00: The unknown and why we can't hypothesize.
✓ 30:00: Justice Clarence Thomas’ statement about the constitutionality of Special Prosecutors.
✓ 33:00: Moving on: the fallout from the presidential debate ... as of now President Biden still plans to run. He returns to the White House Monday evening.
✓ 35:00: Two on the record soundbites about Pres. Biden’s future.
✓ 40:00: Political conventions and presidential candidates.
✓ 42:00: A fun fact about President Lincoln and contested conventions.
✓ 48:00: Breaking news ... and a "Lesson from the Simones" on rest.
✓ 52:00: Our wish for you? A love-filled, liberty-celebrating 4th!
SHOW NOTES
Read the ruling for the presidential immunity case on SupremeCourt.gov.
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| 0:00.0 | All right, guys, here we go. |
| 0:04.0 | Welcome to Scoop, where you get the scoop on this week's news. |
| 0:07.0 | My name is Jenna, and this is Smarter News. |
| 0:14.0 | Well, hello again. |
| 0:19.0 | It hasn't been long. |
| 0:20.0 | We just actually talked to each other because we just went |
| 0:23.4 | through a pivotal and historic presidential debate just a few days ago that continues to make news |
| 0:29.0 | and we'll continue to talk about it here on Smarter News. But we start out this week with |
| 0:33.7 | breaking news from the Supreme Court on the American presidency, no less, and the ruling today, |
| 0:39.0 | or the decision I should say today will have impact for years to come. The question about what |
| 0:45.1 | that impact will be is TBD. And this is a Supreme Court decision on presidential immunity. |
| 0:51.4 | How protected is a U.S. president from criminal prosecution anyways? |
| 0:56.0 | Right? We've never seen a U.S. president or a former U.S. president criminally prosecuted. |
| 1:01.0 | This is the first time in American history. And that obviously centers around a case or cases against former President Trump. |
| 1:08.9 | The question before the Supreme Court was fairly simple and straightforward, albeit not as simple as it sounds, is just plainly, does the president have any immunity to criminal prosecution? |
| 1:24.0 | Or is he or she just like everybody else? And they can be criminally prosecuted if they break the law |
| 1:31.6 | in whatever capacity. Former President Trump's team was arguing that he was absolutely protected. |
| 1:39.4 | In a particular case that he faces in a Washington, D.C. court. This is a federal court, the special prosecutor |
| 1:46.4 | that's ahead of this case, Jack Smith. You'll recognize his name. He's also overseeing another |
| 1:51.1 | case against former President Trump that has to do with classified documents. The case before this |
| 1:57.3 | particular course centers around the 2020 elections, 2020 election and activities |
| 2:03.4 | before and after that election, the government, the Justice Department, is alleging that |
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