Were committed beyond a reasonable doubt. That was arizonas Attorney General announcing grand jury charges against 11 Fake Electors including seven of Donald Trumps key allies in their attempt to keep trump in power after the 2020 election. Well go over what the sweeping indictment reveals, plus hours from now the former president will be in New York City for his Hush Money Trial just as the Supreme Court in washington, d. C. Hears his immunity case. Our legal expert joins us on what to expect. Also ahead, after months of negotiations on capitol hill, President Biden signed the foreign aid bill into law, clearing the way for crucial assistance to ukraine. So how soon will americas ally get their much needed weapons . Hey, good morning. Welcome to Way Too Early on this thursday, april 25th. I am sam stein in for jonathan lemire. Whens he coming back . We begin with the latest out of arizona where a State Grand Jury has indicted 11 socalled Fake Electors along with several other allies o
lowest approval rating since gallup has been polling, right? so depending on the pole it was the high 30s, the low 40s. i know that seemed astronomically high compared to other branches of government, but it is catastrophically low for the court, and it has dropped substantially in a really compressed amount of time. i think a thing we have to think about is that when justice alito, or justice gorsuch, or justice barrett say, oh don t criticize the court, because you are undermining the legitimacy of the court, and when you hear the courts say, don t impose ethics rules and standards on us, don t force us to have meaningful recusal roles, but they re saying is don t criticize the court, because you re undermining the court. i think your point here is so important, which is that the court is undermining the court. which whether it s the shadow, docket as you said, the ethics violations, whether it s reaching out to take cases that are not before it. there is a whole litany of things tha
involvement in political issues related to cases before her husband in the court. the legitimacy of the court isn t just an academic thing, it s a question as to whether or not their rulings are followed, and if they re not they don t have an army, they don t have a police force to influence these things. it does feel like this gets us closer to that edge to. is that fair? look, rachel, the court started this term, the first monday of october with the lowest approval rating since gallup has been polling, right? so depending on the pole it was the high 30s, the low 40s. i know that seemed astronomically high compared to other branches of government, but it is catastrophically low for the court, and it has dropped substantially in a really compressed amount of time. i think a thing we have to think about is that when justice alito, or justice gorsuch, or justice barrett say, oh don t criticize the court, because you are undermining the