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Former President Trump tries to delay a historic Criminal Trial in Manhattan Cnn is getting a first look at what Perspective Jurors for the trial could be asked as it inches closer to next week start date. Were following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to Cnn News Central thank you so much for sharing your afternoon with us. We start with following we start following Breaking News out of arizona, the state Supreme Court just issued a historic decision on abortion, which could enforce them some of the most extreme restrictions in the country. And it could have farreaching consequences for reproductive rights. Today, the justices ruled that the state must adhere to 123 yearold law that bans nearly all abortions. Though there is an exception in the case ive saving the life of the mother. It does not have any exceptions for rape or incest, and it carries a punishment for Abortion Providers between two and five years in prison. We have cnns paula reid. We have natasha chen as Well Standing by with the latest developments. Ill lets start with unit tasha, walk us through what is in this ruling this ruling came down about an hour ago. Its 47 pages. It talks about how the state must adhere to this 100 23yearold law that bans nearly all abortions, as you said except for in the case of saving the life of a mother and carries that to fiveyear Prison Sentence for abortion can providers. Now, this came after a long backandforth, a twisted path here in the state of arizona that had passed a 15 week abortion ban, right before Roe Versus Wade was overturned. And so the question was whether that 15 week ban should be enforced, or if this band going back to the Civil War Era should be enforced and today, the judges decision is not so much about whether that old law is constitutional. Its more about whether its still enforceable. And they said that today, no no one who provided an abortion prior to this ruling will be subject to the penalty lt. And the opinion doesnt take effect for 14 calendar days planned parenthood has come out to say that they will continue abiding by that 15 week abortion rule for a short period of time and there are already, of course, as you can imagine, very strong emotions, reactions this heres Governor Katie Hobbs it is a dark day in arizona just now, the arizona Supreme Court issued its opinion, implant hurt parenthood vmas upholding one of the most extreme abortion bans in the country. While it is currently stayed, we continue to live under an unacceptable ban. A law thats still strips arizonans of their personal autonomy and has no exceptions for women who are the victims of rape or incest, or any regard for Pregnancy Complications . The Attorney General in arizona, the Attorney General and arizona has tweeted out saying that this is unconscionable and in front of freedom. And said, make no mistake. The court has risked the health and lives of arizonans if can show part of that tweet, it says that todays decision to reimpose theres a law from a time when arizona wasnt a state, the civil war was raging and women couldnt even vote will go down in history as a stain on our state. This as far from the end of the debate on reproductive freedom, and i look forward to the people of arizona having their say in the matter that goes on to say and let me be completely clear, as long as i am Attorney General, no one men or doctor will be prosecuted under this draconian law in this state. So you can imagine there are still going to be quite a bit of confusion going forward, even though this ruling was supposed to clarify the confusion in the state, Attorney General, theyre saying that she wont prosecute and shes referring to a Citizen Ballot Initiative where theres still Gathering Signatures in hopes to Enshrine Abortion Rights in the states constitution natasha chen, thank you so much. We do want to point out. We just got reaction from President Biden to this decision. Obviously, the white house in their efforts to retake the white house in november, has made reproductive rights one of the pillars of their campaign. The president describing this decision as cruel extreme, and dangerous. Hes pledging that he and Vice PresidentKamala Harris will continue the fight for abortion rights. Hes blaming the extreme agenda of republican lawmakers for this lets bring in paula reid because paul obviously this is a drawnout process and its not exactly clear how things are going to go, given that the Attorney General has pledged that shes not going to enforce this law. So ultimately, What Happens Next . So in terms of the process, theres certainly a role as the governor just said, for the State Legislature to rewrite right a new law that weve seen in other states where similar things have happened. For example, in wisconsin, it was a judge that stepped in and actually said, no, this doesnt make all abortions illegal. We know that this case is also getting kicked back down to the lower courts for additional proceedings. We also saw, for example, in michigan, a judge, excuse me, the governor repealed at 19 in 31 ban last spring. So theres a lot of possibilities here, but usually im at the table with you guys talking about trumps legal problems. And i can tell you that this case and those like it will have a far greater impact on trumps chances for reelection. Than any of his criminal cases. This is an issue that weve seen motivate voters. Were seeing this in a swing state just yesterday. That former President Trump said when it comes to abortion, he wants to leave it up to the states well, this is that inaction and the former president backward, he was a candidate in 2016, he surprised a lot of people with just how adept he was at attracting a lot of prolife voters evangelical christians, because he understood and he could articulate his vision for overturning roe v. Wade. He had a list of candidates for the Supreme Court. Any vacancies that he would have. And of course, we knew he had several. He was successful in overturning roe v. Wade, but now hes on the other side of that. And again, this is going to be an enormous challenge far more so, i would argue, then the criminal cases hes facing, you were so so correct in that i mean, especially in this case with arizona, this is a law that dates back to the civil war, but was codified in 1901. And we should remind people that women had the right to vote in 1920. Thats when the 19th Amendment was ratified, right . So this, especially in arizona, the optics are problematic because of just how far back in time it goes to predate that i wonder something that natasha had reported earlier, and i wonder if you can explain us how this will work. She said that the Attorney General has basically issued an advisory that they are not going to prosecute and yet, when it comes to Abortion Providers in the state, does that really mean anything because you have obviously counties that can make their own call, but also depending on who may be the ag in the future, couldnt they retroactively prosecuted if they wanted to . Oh, certainly. And this is a mess, right . And its a lawyer full employment akre certainly people are going to be im concerned about their own liability. There are forwardlooking, right. Or in this moment, which is why that really seems like the governor is calling on the legislature to step in and rewrite the law. But as we know when it comes to an issue like abortion, its not that easy to get people on the same page and pass a law. So this is going to be incredibly complicated and confusing in the state of arizona dont know which is another thing that could potentially rally voters in november, confusion, right . Is not something that people are very happy with in and around this issue arizona, obviously a state of his pivotal to electing joe biden. We know that one of the angry is moments for donald trump back in november, december of 2020, was watching networks and news outlets call arizona for joe biden it infuriated him and its curious to see now how it could potentially play another pivotal role in the next election poem yeah, absolutely. And look, this this issue, it was something that trump was able to capitalize on back on 2016, he said that he is proud of the fact that he appointed these justices who helped overturn roe v. Wade. But now this idea of just sending it down to the states letting the states decide it sounds simple, it sounds straightforward, but what weve seen is that its not simple at all. Its confusing its complicated, but it also motivates voters and thats something that Biden Campaign knows, which is why he got that Statement Price so quickly, did it come with confetti . Im sure that theres yeah. But you know, who beat him . Ruben gallego. Yeah. Thats right. Hes tough senate race. Their Ruben Gallego versus kari lake and hes looking for an edge and this may just be the edge that he really needed against her paula. Thank you so much, really appreciate it so for the second time in 24 hours, donald trump came up short in his effort to delay his hush money Criminal Trial in new york this afternoon, a judge ruling that theres no reason to push back monday start date while trumps appeal of the gag order in that case plays out. So that means in six days, Jury Selection is set to begin a manhattan that will take off the first Criminal Trial of a former president in us history. Lets talk about this now. A cnn senior Law Enforcement analyst and former fbi Deputy DirectorAndrew Mccabe andy, do you think first the gag order . For is going to stand here and how could the eventual appellate ruling factor in as the trial gets underway rionda, if i had to guess and these things are hard, as you know, hard to predict, i guess that the gag order probably will stand up to appellate scrutiny. In yet the gag order is particularly narrowly tailored i think the goals to protect the process, to protect a witnesses and the people who work in and around the prosecution are are all things that are far outside of the president s First Amendment political speech rights. The question is, how much time do prosecutors have to spend focusing on this . I made this comment about a week ago when the alteration to the graphic gag order was being discussed. I think its highly questionable whether or not utility that the prosecution and the court get out of it the gag order are worth the delays that it imposes on the prosecution in having to face down all of these appeals and requests for accommodation and clarification and things like that. I think theres a massive Distraction Value here on the prosecution, and thats something we cant completely discount. And i do we have to address the fact that its so unusual that a prosecutor has to ensure that a Criminal Defendant or petition a judge to make sure that a Criminal Defendant isnt just publicly smearing potentially intimidating jurors and witnesses i mean, thats beyond the legal standard, isnt it it is. We are so far beyond standard in this case and all the cases around donald trump, the criminal cases around donald trump. It would be an absurd strategy for any other Criminal Defendant to go into a trial attacking the judge, attacking the judges Family Members using his own Social Media Platform to constantly lobbyists attacks in the prosecutors this is a judge who will likely whos who will clearly sit in judgment over this case. And the case results in a conviction. This is the person who will decide what sort of sentence Donald Trump Trump serve. So you do not help yourself by going into a trial angering the judge, conveying to the judge that you or someone who doesnt fight, fair, someone who doesnt really embrace the sanctity of the Legal Process and the respect that it deserves. So its a crazy strategy, but we know that donald trump because looking at this trial, not just as a matter of freedom or incarceration, but as a matter of politics. And its his political brand to stand up and throw punches and say crazy things and so hes going to do that as long as he considers it to be politically viable, we might see though this political strategy Running Headlong Hong into his legal strategy. And that can really result in a tough situation for him. Lets talk about the Immunity Issue because later this month, trumps attorneys are going to be in front of the Supreme Court. They will be arguing that he should have this sweeping president ial immunity in the federal election version case. And andy, the special counsel, filed this blistering response. What stood out in the filing view the filing is as weve seen from all the special counsels filings on this matter, it is. Its eloquent. It is direct, and it pulls no punches i think the legal theories are very similar to those that weve seen them put in front of the trial court where they one and then of course, in front of the appellate court, the dc circuit, where they also want a resounding victory across the entire panel. A unanimous panel, who voted in their behalf. So its not surprising were seeing the same legal arguments are seeing a very strong reliance on the history around this issue. The fact that nowhere in our constitution or in the comments of the framers, did anyone ever even consider that the president should be above the law and not subject to two legal scrutiny into the checks and balances we are brace in our form of government. I thought it was also particularly adept how they point out that these sort of immunity he is arguing for in those reason for doing so, which is donald trump says that if, if without immunity president s would be essentially itd be impossible for them to make tough decisions because it always be worried about being held accountable. I think its the special counsel does a great job of showing the opposite side of that argument, which is a good thing in this country that our leaders, even at the highest level, are also accountable to the same criminal laws as everyone else. And the fact is, weve had many, many, many presidencies in which all kinds of hard and troubling decisions have been made under immense pressure. And none of those president s so far had suffered any of the impediments to decisionmaking that donald trump has complained about it as filing. So its a fascinating read if you have time and an incredibly important issue and well see how the Court Decides it. All right. 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