of morality. televangelist pat robertson, famous for blaming gay people for 9/11, and black people for hurricanes, is dead. but his legacy of shattering the lines between church and state lives on in the quixotic presidential candidacy of mike pence. also tonight, i want to tell you about an under the radar supreme court case that could affect where special counsel jack smith brings criminal charges. as we await the possible indictment of donald trump. and surprise, chief justice john roberts and justice brett kavanaugh come to the defense of voting rights in an important victory for voters in alabama. so what happens now for all the other efforts to redraw maps to marginalize voters of color? but we begin tonight with the supreme court. there was a surprising decision today reaffirming the landmark voting rights act, and we re going to get to that a bit later. but i want to start with a lesser known case that is still awaiting a ruling by the highest court in the lan
as ari points out, he s innocent until proven guilty. but based on what we know in the public sphere, his best way out of this is becoming president again, clothing himself in the power of the executive office, and protecting himself from prosecutor. it is literally the plan that julius caesar had. i m not making that up. his entire plan was to avoid prosecution by becoming pro-counsel and dictator of rome. at the same level, donald trump s best way to get out of this at this point is to run for president and win. if he s not president, if he s just a private citizen, his peers have stolen classified documents. as ari is pointing out, donald trump has never faced a litigant with the kinds of resources that the department of justice and jack smith can bring to bear on him and his little kabul. he s going up against the most difficult litigants of his entire life, and he s got no great defense for what he did.