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Greg Sergeant. Any day now the Supreme Court is expected to rule on Donald Trump's demand for immunity from prosecution

for alleged crimes related to his effort to overturn his 2020 loss.

Depending on how the Court rules, it's still possible Trump's trial

will begin before the election. But what if the damage is already done?

Veteran labor strategist Michael Podhorser, a very sharp observer of our politics, has a new piece on his

sub-stack arguing that in fact the court has already interfered in the election by delaying the trial to the degree it has.

If this is right, the crisis we may be heading for, or maybe are already living through right

now, is not widely appreciated enough. So we invited

Michael on the show to talk about it. Welcome. Hi, it's great to be here, regular

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