Ep. 158: Absolutely (Not) Immune

The Supreme Court ended its term with a bang by issuing a pair of decisions on whether state prosecutors and federal lawmakers can access the president’s financial records. We break down the monumental rulings on this week’s episode, as the high court rejected the administration’s claims of absolute immunity and kicked the cases back into the judicial pipeline. Also this week: Employers would be wise to avoid COVID-19 liability waivers as they reopen their offices and California federal judge William Alsup calls the government’s case against a Russian hacking suspect “mumbo jumbo” and “gobbledygook.”