The Jackpod: All Americans
On Point | Podcast
WBUR
4.2 • 3.5K Ratings
🗓️ 1 May 2025
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
On Point news analyst Jack Beatty on the centrality of the rule of law in the U.S.
And the findings of a Pew Research poll that 88% of Americans believe that President Trump should follow Supreme Court orders.
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| 0:00.0 | Support for this podcast comes from Is Business Broken, |
| 0:03.6 | a podcast from BU's Mayrota Institute that explores questions like, |
| 0:08.3 | why are executives paid so much? |
| 0:11.0 | Do they deserve it? |
| 0:12.2 | Listen wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 0:15.9 | WBUR Podcasts. Boston. |
| 0:32.4 | Jackpotters, we are back. |
| 0:45.4 | I'm Megna Chakrabardi, and this is the Jackpot, where on-point news analyst Jack Be Beattie, helps us connect history, literature, and politics in a way that brings his unique clarity to the world we live in now. Hello, Jack. |
| 0:54.3 | Hello, Megner. Welcome back. Oh, thank you. Long time, no talk, but I am eager to hear what you have to say, since every week seems to be a very eventful one. |
| 0:56.4 | We're on episode 75. |
| 0:57.7 | What's your headline? |
| 1:00.1 | All Americans. |
| 1:01.8 | All Americans. |
| 1:02.4 | Okay. |
| 1:04.9 | And is this a sporting reference or something else? |
| 1:13.8 | No, it's a reference to a really singular pu-pole finding that virtually all Americans, |
| 1:23.1 | that is to say, 88% of Americans, including 82% of Republicans, agree on something. |
| 1:29.4 | And what they agree on is that President Trump must obey a court order. |
| 1:33.0 | That is an extraordinary finding. Of the high court, that's 88 percent. |
| 1:37.2 | Of lower courts, it's 78 percent, including 65 percent of Republicans. |
| 1:44.4 | 65 percent of Republicans, President Trump must obey the orders of a lower court. |
| 1:52.8 | Jack, is this a recent pupil? |
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