UPenn President Out, Harvard President In; Biden Bypasses Congress, Sends Shells to Israel; SCOTUS Asked to Intervene in Trump's Case, Hunter Biden Seeks Dismissal of Gun Charges, and More.

Episode Format:

  1. Penn President, Liz Magill, Resigns Amid Backlash; Harvard Board Backs and Reaffirms Support for President Gay (2:06)

  2. Donald Trump's Last Minute Decision to Not Testify in Own Defense in NY Civil Fraud Trial (14:40)

  3. Quick Hitters (19:12)(Biden Admin Bypasses Congressional Authorization in Sending Emergency Tank Shells to Israel, Man Arrested for Threatening to Kill Vivek Ramaswamy, Hunter Biden Seeks Dismissal of Firearm Indictment.)

  4. SCOTUS Declines to Hear Challenge to Law Banning Conversion Therapy in Minors (27:38)

  5. Special Counsel Jack Smith Bypasses Appellate Court and Asks Supreme Court to Determine Trump's Absolute Immunity Claim (32:30)

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Penn President, Liz Magill, Resigns Amid Backlash; Harvard Board Backs and Reaffirms Support for President Gay

https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/10/business/liz-magill-upenn-resignation-timeline/index.html

https://penntoday.upenn.edu/announcements/message-from-scott-bok

https://www.npr.org/2023/12/09/1218415525/penn-president-liz-magill-resigns-antisemitism-hearing

https://president.upenn.edu/content/statement-palestine-writes-literature-festival

https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/10/business/harvard-president-claudine-gay-resign/index.html

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/harvard-president-claudine-gay-staying-rcna129178

https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2023/12/12/gay-stays-in-office-corporation-support/

https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2023/12/12/allegations-plagiarism-gay-dissertation/

https://www.harvard.edu/blog/2023/12/12/statement-from-the-harvard-corporation-our-president/?utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=hu-twitter-general&utm_medium=social

Donald Trump's Last Minute Decision to Not Testify in Own Defense in NY Civil Fraud Trial

https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/northeast/ap-trump-says-he-wont-testify-monday-at-his-new-york-fraud-trial-and-sees-no-need-to-appear-again/

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/111557702788403266

https://www.reuters.com/legal/former-president-donald-trump-says-he-will-not-testify-new-york-fraud-trial-2023-12-10/

Quick Hitters

https://www.reuters.com/world/us-oks-potential-sale-tank-cartridges-israel-1065-mln-2023-12-09/

https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/arms_export_control_act_(1976)#:~:text=The%20Arms%20Export%20Control%20Act,export%20defense%20articles%20or%20services

https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/COMPS-1061/pdf/COMPS-1061.pdf

https://www.reuters.com/world/state-dept-asks-congress-approve-sale-israeli-tank-rounds-amid-growing-rights-2023-12-08/

https://apnews.com/article/israel-us-emergency-sale-tank-ammunition-war-d3e9b41528433f2da9814d3293996cd5

https://www.dsca.mil/sites/default/files/mas/Press%20Release%20-%20Israel%2024-15%20CN%20-%20FINAL.pdf

https://www.reuters.com/world/state-dept-asks-congress-approve-sale-israeli-tank-rounds-amid-growing-rights-2023-12-08/

https://www.justice.gov/usao-nh/pr/dover-man-arrested-and-charged-threatening-kill-presidential-candidate

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ded.82797/gov.uscourts.ded.82797.62.0.pdf

https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/11/politics/hunter-biden-dismissal-request-gun-charges/index.html

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/hunter-biden-files-dismiss-indictment-gun-charges-delaware-citing-collapsed-plea-deal

SCOTUS Declines to Hear Challenge to Law Banning Conversion Therapy in Minors

https://www.reuters.com/legal/us-supreme-court-snubs-challenge-gay-conversion-therapy-ban-washington-state-2023-12-11/

https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/supreme-court-rejects-appeal-bans-conversion-therapy-lgbtq-105551273

https://www.webmd.com/sex-relationships/what-is-conversion-therapy

https://www.scotusblog.com/2023/12/justices-wont-hear-conversion-therapy-case/

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/22-942_kh6o.pdf

https://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/supct/rule_10

Special Counsel Jack Smith Bypasses Appellate Court and Asks Supreme Court to Determine Trump's Absolute Immunity Claim

https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/11/politics/special-counsel-trump-jack-smith

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/supreme-court-trump-must-respond-special-counsel-presidential-immunity-petition-christmas

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