Trump’s Trials and Tribulations: Mr. Smith Goes to the Supreme Court, not the D.C. Circuit
The Lawfare Podcast
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🗓️ 16 December 2023
⏱️ 71 minutes
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It's another edition of “Trump’s Trials and Tribulations,” recorded on Thursday before a live audience of Lawfare Material Supporters. This week, Lawfare Editor-in-Chief Benjamin Wittes sat down with Lawfare Senior Editor Roger Parloff, Lawfare Legal Fellow Anna Bower, and special guest Steve Vladeck from the University of Texas School of Law. They discussed Jack Smith's petition to the Supreme Court for a writ of certiorari “before judgment” on the question of presidential immunity. They talked about the Court's decision to weigh in on Fischer v. United States and the potential impact on Trump's criminal cases and the other Jan. 6 cases that involved the same statute. They talked about whether Trump's trial in D.C. will be delayed by the Supreme Court's consideration of the immunity question. They talked about the status of the civil suit by Georgia election workers against Rudy Giuliani, and they checked in to see what is new in Fulton County.
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| 1:01.0 | T's and C's apply. The problem is that if that ruling is the D.C. Circuit, then we get round two in the Supreme Court and you |
| 1:14.5 | know even if the Supreme Court is willing to let the DC circuit have the last |
| 1:17.8 | word I'd be very surprised if it was that's going to take yet more time to |
| 1:21.8 | play out. |
| 1:23.8 | I'm Benjamin Wittis, and this is the Law Fair |
| 1:27.7 | podcast, December 16, 2023. |
| 1:31.0 | It's another episode of Trump's trials and tribulations. |
| 1:36.4 | This one recorded on December 14th |
| 1:39.2 | in front of a live audience on YouTube and Zoom, |
| 1:42.4 | joining me in the virtual jungle studio was Anna Bauer. |
| 1:46.7 | Roger Parloff, both of Lawfare and special guest Steve Laddick from the University of Texas School of Law. |
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