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Retire Universal Injunctions

Apr 18, 2024 · 1 hr 5 min
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There’s not much worth discussing yet in Donald Trump’s criminal trial in New York, so Sarah and David focus on the Supreme Court and a case on Idaho’s law restricting gender-transition treatment for minors. Plus: Murmurs about Clarence Thomas’ brief absence.

The Agenda:

Election law crimes, tax crimes, and falsification of business records

—Challenges of broad injunctions

Idaho’s Vulnerable Child Protection Act

—SCOTUS exhausted with emergency docket applications

Justices call to retire universal injunctions

January 6 arguments before SCOTUS

SCOTUS declines to intervene in a police lawsuit against a Black Lives Matter activist

—Obstructions in official proceedings

—Legal issues in the Iran-Israel conflict

Show Notes:

Labrador v. Poe

Counterman v. Colorado

18 U.S. Code § 1512 - Tampering with a witness, victim, or an informant

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