Trump's Trials: The Supreme Court takes a pass
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🗓️ 23 December 2023
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Summary
This week's focus: The Supreme Court and presidential immunity. The court decided they would not take up Special Counsel Jack Smith's request to fast-track arguments on whether former President Donald Trump is immune from prosecution for alleged crimes committed while in office. Instead, the case will continue to make its way through the appeals process, further delaying the trial start date. Plus, Colorado's Supreme Court decision to remove Trump from the Republican primary ballot.
Topics include:
- The Supreme Court and presidential immunity
- Colorado Supreme Court ruling on Trump
- Predictions on how the U.S. Supreme Court may eventually respond
- A look ahead to 2024
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| 0:00.0 | Hey it's Scott Detro and I'm here to share the latest episode in another |
| 0:03.5 | podcast that I host called Trump's Trials or each week we break down the big news |
| 0:08.4 | from former President Trump's legal and civil cases and talk about what those cases mean for democracy. |
| 0:14.0 | Thanks for listening and we will be back in your feed tomorrow with our usual Sunday episode of |
| 0:18.8 | Consider This. |
| 0:20.3 | For now, the US Supreme Court refuses to weigh in on presidential immunity. |
| 0:25.0 | From NPR, this is Trump's trials. I'm Scott Dettro. |
| 0:29.0 | This is a persecution, felony violations, |
| 0:32.0 | for national security laws. |
| 0:33.2 | We need one more indictment. |
| 0:35.0 | Criminal conspiracy to close out this election. |
| 0:38.1 | He actually just stormed out of the court room. |
| 0:39.7 | Innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. |
| 0:45.0 | Once a week we talked through the latest developments in all the legal trials of former |
| 0:50.2 | President Donald Trump, all playing out as he runs for President again. |
| 0:54.8 | And folks, a lot happened this week. |
| 0:57.1 | On Friday, the Supreme Court denied Special Counsel Jack Smith's request for the justices |
| 1:01.4 | to fast-track a critical decision, whether or not Trump is immune for |
| 1:05.8 | prosecution over alleged crimes committed well in office. |
| 1:09.7 | Instead that issue will work its way through the appeals courts and likely still end up at the |
| 1:14.2 | Supreme Court. |
| 1:15.6 | And that'll take some time that March 4th start to the federal election interference case is |
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