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of morality. >> televangelist pat robertson, famous for blaming gay people for 9/11, and black people for hurricanes, is dead. but his legacy of shattering the lines between church and state lives on in the quixotic presidential candidacy of mike pence. also tonight, i want to tell you about an under the radar supreme court case that could affect where special counsel jack smith brings criminal charges. as we await the possible indictment of donald trump. and surprise, chief justice john roberts and justice brett kavanaugh come to the defense of voting rights in an important vict...

Going to get to that a bit later. but i want to start with a lesser known case that is still awaiting a ruling by the highest court in the land. the case is smith v. the united states. it involves a 43-year-old alabama software engineer, timothy smith, who was convicted in 2020 of stealing trade secrets from a florida company. that case was tried in a northern district of florida court where smith was convicted and sentenced to 18 months in prison. a year and a half later, the 11th circuit court of appeals overturned his conviction, claiming that the florida court was the wrong venue for the c...