‘Our president is not a king’: Examining the January 6 and presidential immunity cases in the Supreme Court

The Colin McEnroe Show

The Supreme Court recently started hearing oral arguments about whether the Jan. 6 attacks constitute obstruction of an official proceeding. Thursday, they’ll hear arguments on Trump’s claim of presidential immunity.

This hour, a status update on the confusing, monumental, and democracy-defining goings-on in the Supreme Court.

GUESTS:

• Melissa Murray: Professor of law at New York University, a host of the podcast Strict Scrutiny, and co-author of The Trump Indictments: The Historic Charging Documents with Commentary
• Holly Brewer: Burke Chair of American Cultural and Intellectual History and associate professor of history at the University of Maryland

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