Cspans campaign 2024 coverage, watch as we follow candidates othcampaign trail. Just and all. Campgn 2024, span now, our free mil video app, anytime online. Cspan, your unfiltered view of politics. The u. Ssupreme court heard oral argument a case on Congressional Redistricting and gerrymandering. It centers around two distris divided by the public legislator. There was a suit filed alleging changes devoting the voting power of thousands of black voters. There was an appeal and it went to the higst. There is until june for a ruli. To identify republicans and democrats. The panel declared district one a racial gerrymander only by adopting an erronacial policy theory. First they failed to foe the alternative map required. In a case lis only sh an alternative. Second it hyper entangled race and politics and makes no s the panel believe they needed a racial target in Charleston County to achieve itsical goal nationwide because 17 voter turnout, says nothingt whatsoever about t prodominant m
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Check abuses of power especially the use of official power for private gain. Here the Executive Branch is enforcing congressional statutes and seeking accountability for petitioners alleged misuse of official power to subvert democracy. That is a compelling public interest. In response, petitioner raises concerns about potential abuses. But established legal safeguards provide layers of protections with the Article Iii Courts providing the ultimate check. The existing system is a carefully balanced framework. It protects the president but not at the high constitutional cost of blanket criminal immunity. That has been the understanding of every president from the framing through watergate and up to today. This court should preserve it. I welcome the courts questions. Does the president have immunity or are you saying there is no immunity even for official acts . Yes, justice thomas. But i think it is important to put in perspective the position that we are offering the court today. The
Almost every day in the United States senate giving a floor speech in his opening, where he would talk about the importance of this issue. So its a very big de for minority leader get our Mitch Mcconnell as well thats a really good point. All right, lets see what happens. Its good to see you, lauren. Thank you very much a new our of Cnn News Central and our special Live Coverage of Donald Trumps trial back in court starts right . Now cnn breaking news coverage. Of the criminal trial of donald trump here in New York City. I am not too far from the courthouse right now where trump is about to face a Hearing Being on a gag order that is before testimony resumes the first witness who will be there is david. He was on the Stand Briefly Yesterday he will get right back on that stand at 11 00 a. M. Today. But first very shortly, we can see donald trump walk through these halls, enter the courtroom, and then a hearing im going to if he has violated a gag order over the last several days with a
Events at issue in this case i asked her what trump is going through right now, look, it just really sucks to be in court to be a defendant. It is just one of the stressful things you could possibly go through and of course trump being who he is, everything takes on an extraordinary nature. But for anyone to be in that seat, its one of the worst things you can go through and your entire life david, i think really importantly, we should note here for people who may say, why is this guy testifying and revealing all this information . He has an Immunity Agreement prevent exactly with the government. So hes been involved, if interestingly, going back to about approximately 2017 he has been involved in these investigations into whether this was criminal conduct, these Hush Money Payments. This was first something that was primarily investigated at the federal level or the manhattan district attorney, the state investigation took took a little bit of backseat as they often do when youre deal