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🗓️ 15 February 2024
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Last week Supreme Court justices heard arguments about whether the state of Colorado could ban Donald Trump from the ballot. This week, Trump petitioned the justices to temporarily block a decision by a federal appeals court regarding his claim of presidential immunity.
“The real question to me is how do these two cases, the Colorado case and the January 6th prosecution, end up fitting together,” says Stephen Vladeck, professor at the University of Texas School of Law and author of the New York Times bestseller “The Shadow Docket.”
Vladeck joined Diane on this episode of On My Mind to explain these cases and why, together, they highlight the role today’s Supreme Court plays in the country’s democracy.
For more from Stephen Vladeck, you can read his newsletter, One First.
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0:00.0 | I am, on my mind, the Supreme Court and the 2024 election. Last week justices heard arguments about whether Donald Trump |
0:18.3 | could be left off the ballot in Colorado. This week Trump petitioned the justices to block a decision by a |
0:28.1 | federal appeals court regarding presidential immunity. |
0:33.7 | The real question to me is, |
0:35.8 | how did these two cases, the Colorado case |
0:37.9 | and the January 6th prosecution, end up fitting together? |
0:41.6 | Stephen Blattick is professor at the University of Texas School of Law |
0:48.0 | and author of the New York Times that Seller, The Shadow Doctor. |
0:54.5 | He joined me to explain these cases |
0:57.8 | and the role of the Supreme Court in our democracy. |
1:11.8 | Stephen, let's talk about Trump's appeal to the Supreme Court regarding presidential immunity. |
1:14.2 | First, explain what's being asked the court. |
1:19.1 | Sure. |
1:19.4 | So the January 6th prosecution was put on hold |
1:24.0 | after Judge Chutkin denied a motion to dismiss |
1:28.0 | that former President Trump had filed |
1:29.6 | in which he claimed that the prosecution could not |
1:31.8 | go forward because the Constitution |
1:34.4 | immunizes him from criminal liability for any acts he undertook while he was |
1:40.4 | president. Judge Chutkin denied that motion but also because Trump's |
1:46.3 | claim is about a right not to be tried in the first place, he was allowed to |
1:51.2 | appeal that immediately as opposed to waiting for the trial to happen. |
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