Supreme Court Rulings (with Jess Bravin & Jackie Calmes)
Skullduggery
Michael Isikoff, Daniel Klaidman, Victoria Bassetti
4.0 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 2 July 2021
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
It's the end of the term for the Supreme Court. And with that comes a number of decisions. Some more closely watched than others, specifically the case in regards to Arizona and its voting restrictions. Some may argue that the current court is a 6-3 majority in favor of the conservatives. Those same conservatives might argue it's a 3-3-3 court in favor of no one based on past decisions. How are Trump's two recent nominees shaping the future of our country? And what will this mean moving forward with high profile cases already on the horizon including Mississippi's abortion law. Our hosts also react to the news coming out of the New York DA's office about the Trump Organization and whether or not it's another dead end to pin past accusations on the former President.
GUESTS:
- Michael Zeldin (@MichaelZeldin), Fmr. DOJ attorney & Resident Fellow IOP Harvard Kennedy School
- Jackie Calmes (@jackiekcalmes), Editor, LATimes and author of the new book "Dissent: The Radicalization of the Republican Party & Its Capture of the Court"
- Jess Bravin (@JessBravin), Supreme Court correspondent for The Wall Street Journal
HOSTS:
- Michael Isikoff (@Isikoff), Chief Investigative Correspondent, Yahoo News
- Daniel Klaidman (@dklaidman), Editor in Chief, Yahoo News
- Victoria Bassetti (@VBass), fellow, Brennan Center for Justice (contributing co-host)
RESOURCES:
- Pick up Jackie Calmes new book - Here.
- Read all of the Supreme Court rulings discussed from this episode - Here.
- Everything you need to know about the charges brought forth against the Trump Organization - Here.
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| 0:00.0 | A sweeping and audacious illegal payment scheme, so proclaimed Carrie Dunn, General Counsel |
| 0:07.7 | to Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance, Jr., as he presented charges on Thursday, |
| 0:13.2 | accusing the Trump Organization and its chief financial officer, Alan Weiselberg, of |
| 0:18.2 | engaging in a 15-year criminal scheme to evade taxes on up to $1.7 million in perks paid |
| 0:26.3 | to Weiselberg and members of his family. |
| 0:29.2 | The DA's indictment charges that Weiselberg failed to pay taxes on least Mercedes-Benz's, |
| 0:34.7 | bonuses, a rent-free apartment. |
| 0:37.4 | But after all the build-up on hype about Vance's investigation, after he finally gets Trump's |
| 0:42.2 | tax returns and digs into his finances, the charges seemed to many a letdown. |
| 0:47.8 | No charges against Trump himself or any members of his family, no accusations of insurance |
| 0:52.7 | fraud, bank fraud, illegal foreign money, or any of the other alleged crimes that Vance |
| 0:57.7 | was reportedly investigating. |
| 0:59.7 | How serious a blow are these new charges to the former president? |
| 1:03.0 | We'll discuss with former federal prosecutor Michael Zeldin, and then we'll take stock |
| 1:07.4 | of the Supreme Court and the final decisions of this year's term with Jess Braven of the |
| 1:11.3 | Wall Street Journal and Jackie Combs, author of Descent, a new book about Justice Brett |
| 1:15.8 | Kavanaugh on this episode of Skull Duggery. |
| 1:19.6 | Hi, do solemnly swear. |
| 1:23.6 | I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States. |
| 1:28.2 | I will, to the best of my building. |
| 1:30.2 | Reserve, protect, and defend. |
| 1:32.4 | Constitution of the United States. |
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