Podcasts Government Passing Judgment Sarah Palin v NYT, Trump's Document Dump, SCOTUS on Voting Rights - It's a Legal Roundup!

Sarah Palin v NYT, Trump's Document Dump, SCOTUS on Voting Rights - It's a Legal Roundup!

Published: Feb. 12, 2022, 1:47 a.m.

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It is our first legal roundup of 2022, and intrepid producer and co-host Joe Armstrong returns.

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First, former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin took the stand in her defamation suit against the New York Times this week. How did she do? [ANSWER: Not great.]

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We also recently learned that although Donald Trump may or may not have been flushing official documents down a White House toilet, he most definitely improperly took some top secret documents with him when he left for Mar-a-Lago in Florida.

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Lastly, the Supreme Court this week ruled in Alabama\'s favor when it came to a recent challenge to congressional redistricting despite a violation of the Voting Rights Act, and Jessica shares some theories about how this "shadow docket" decision may be related to SCOTUS\' recent YOLO energy.

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