as donald trump makes a third bid for the white house and is the the first votes are to be cast in iowa in just under two weeks. trump s lawyers say the 234-year unbroken tradition of not prosecuting the presidents for official acts, despite calls to do so from across the political spectrum, provides powerl evidence. no president prior toth donald trump tried to disrupt the peaceful transfer of power. had his attorneys point to the likelihood of mushrooming prosecutions. and future cycles. the ex-the president snlt prolsing retribution. his al lies aren t the ones plotting to end the independence of the justice department. the most audacious argument, one yesterday. on this program donald trump cannot be tri a criminal court for role in the january 6th insurrectn because heas acquitted by the senate during his second impeachment the new york times reports both legal perts have disdegreed with that position. not least because the federal charges he s facing are not analogous
that s not an extreme way of framing it. this is exactly what we re seeing. you want to read more from the opinion. the judge writing, the law does not mandate any specific type of medical treatment let alone abortion. especially when the law was equal stabilization obligations. that phrasing seems very dangerous. it s specific. it wasn t an accident. so their end goal here is to ensure that people who are pregnant have fewer rights than a fetus. so that s why they are using the word equality here. i just want i know you look surprised, but i want to be clear here. that isn t a new goal. that is why they are coming after contraception. it s why they have long standing efforts to ensure that people can t get the care that they need. it s been a strategy. this strategy of encapsulating constitutional rights and embryos and fetuses has been an antiabortion strategy for some