Tuesday, April 4, 2023
The Briefing with Albert Mohler
The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
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🗓️ 4 April 2023
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
Part I (00:13 - 02:05)
A Seismic Moment in U.S. History As Future Hangs in the Balance: The Rule of Law on Trial in New York and the Battle Over Wisconsin’s Supreme Court
- The Trump indictment and the rule of law on trial by WORLD Opinons (R. Albert Mohler, Jr.)
Part II (02:05 - 15:18)
Parents Dare to Challenge Books? Librarians Complain About Parents Disrupting Moral Revolution
- Attempts to Ban Books Doubled in 2022 by New York Times (Alexandra Alter and Elizabeth A. Harris)
Part III (15:18 - 21:08)
The House of Representatives Isn’t Representative Enough?: Harvard Professor Makes Case for Expanding Representatives by the Thousands – Here’s Why It Won’t Work
- The House was supposed to grow with population. It didn’t. Let’s fix that. by New York Times (Danielle Allen)
- Just how big should the House be? Let’s do the math. by New York Times (Danielle Allen)
- How big should the House be? Here’s what readers suggested. by New York Times (Danielle Allen)
Part IV (21:08 - 26:41)
Will Legalized Gambling Take Over College Sports? Universities in Hot Water over Promotion of Sports Betting on Campuses
- Facing Criticism, a Gambling Company and a University End Their Deal by New York Times (Kevin Draper)
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| 0:00.0 | It's Tuesday, April 4, 2023. |
| 0:07.8 | I'm Albert Moller, and this is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a |
| 0:12.4 | Christian world view. |
| 0:14.2 | I need to begin at the very onset by acknowledging that today is going to be a very historic day |
| 0:19.6 | in American history, one way or another, and potentially in multiple ways. |
| 0:25.0 | Most importantly, today is the day that a former president of the United States is scheduled |
| 0:29.5 | to be arraigned on criminal charges in Manhattan, and most specifically in the legal jurisdiction |
| 0:35.8 | known as the County of New York. |
| 0:38.3 | And as we are looking at this, we need to recognize that it hasn't happened yet. |
| 0:41.9 | It is going to happen today unless there is some unforeseen development that prevents |
| 0:46.3 | it. |
| 0:47.3 | It is in itself a massively important historical development. |
| 0:51.1 | We now know that this will be not only the criminal trial of a former president of the |
| 0:55.3 | United States, but a trial of the American legal system, a trial of the cohesiveness and |
| 1:00.3 | unity of the American people and of the entire American political system. |
| 1:05.8 | Our constitutional order in one sense will be on trial. |
| 1:10.0 | Nothing like this has ever happened in American history, and it hasn't happened yet. |
| 1:13.2 | For that reason, this is as far as I'm going to go on the briefing today, other than to |
| 1:17.8 | say, we will know a great deal more tomorrow, one way or the other. |
| 1:22.4 | The indictment that is sealed will likely be unsealed. |
| 1:25.8 | We will have data. |
| 1:26.8 | We will have information. |
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