The Supreme Court is hearing some major cases this term that could have longstanding implications. The cases span a variety of issues: President Donald Trump’s financial records, the Electoral College, and religious liberty. and more. Tom Jipping, deputy director of the Edwin Meese III Center for Legal and Judicial Studies and senior legal fellow at The Heritage Foundation, joins the podcast to break these cases down.We also cover these stories:The Trump administration is calling out the Chinese for trying to “illicitly obtain” research related to COVID-19. Paul Manafort, a former campaign chairman for Trump, was released Wednesday from prison. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Mich., says the the protests in her state are “racist and misogynistic.” Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.