Trump’s complaint about strikes is odd for multiple reasons — 1) it would make no sense for strikes to be unlimited in any criminal case; 2) his lawyers have known there would be 10 strikes for months.

The Supreme Court heard arguments on whether part of a federal obstruction law can be used to prosecute some of the Jan. 6 rioters.

The court's ruling could impact hundreds of criminal cases — even the pending case against former President Trump.

Kyle Cheney joins us.

Also as #SCOTUS grilled lawyers today re the obstruction charge, the lawyer who is slated to argue for special counsel Jack Smith next week in the Trump immunity fight--Michael Dreeben--was on hand. And he was taking notes, as many lawyers do. politico.com/news/2024/04/1…

HAPPENING NOW: Arguments are underway on the obstruction charge deployed against hundreds of Jan. 6 defendants.

Justices so far seem mildly skeptical of the argument that the law can't be applied to Jan. 6 actions affecting Congress. But it's early. politico.com/news/2024/04/1…

NEW: Conservative SCOTUS justices seemed skeptical of the way DOJ has deployed obstruction charges againt Jan. 6 rioters — but also pointed to a possible path that would keep those charges alive even if the court narrows the law.

w/ Josh Gerstein

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JUST IN: DA Bragg has filed his motion to hold Trump in contempt for recent Truth Social posts criticizing witnesses in the case politico.com/live-updates/2…

The filing: documentcloud.org/documents/2454…

NEW: Donald Trump’s first day of trial in Manhattan resulted in nine qualified potential jurors — about 1/4 of the way to the next phase — and a fight over (what else?) Trump’s social media attacks on Michael Cohen.

w/ erica orden and Ben Feuerherd

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JUST IN: Per courthoues pooler, Judge Merchan rejected a request from Turmp to be excused from the trial next week so he can attend Supreme Court arguments on presidential immunity.

This is a standard admonishment to all criminal defendants. If you blow off your criminal trial you should probably expect to be arrested.

JUST IN: A judge in Colorado asks whether he should terminate John EASTMAN from a First Amendment case becauase of Eastman's recent disbarment ruling.

JUST IN: Judge Howell upholds the jury's defamation verdict against Rudy Giuliani in a 48-page opinion.

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