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Trump 2.0 and the Courts (w/ the 5-4 podcast)
🕑 Added 2024-12-17 13:20:55 +0000 UTCIt's been a while since we've had our friends from the 5-4 podcast on KYE, and we thought there was no better time to do so than the weeks before Donald Trump is inaugurated, again, as president. As listeners might guess, we wanted to talk to them about what opportunities Trump might have during his second term to reshape the federal judiciary—and if he can secure the confirmations of Kash Patel at the FBI and Pam Bondi as Attorney General, perhaps a lot more than that. Topics include: President Biden's successes, and failures, when it comes to the courts, and what he's handing off to Trump; what kind of judges Trump is likely to appoint; if there's a MAGA wing of the conservative legal movement now, akin to Project 2025 or the America First Policy Institute; whether Justice Alito is a Fox News uncle or an OAN uncle; and more.
Further Reading:
Myah Ward & Betsy Woodruff Swan, "Trump’s plan to end birthright citizenship could be decided by the Supreme Court," Politico, Dec 14, 2024.
Pema Levy, "How Much More Radical Could the Supreme Court Become? Look to the Fifth Circuit." Mother Jones, Oct 8, 2024.
Michael Hall, "Is James Ho Too Brash for Even Trump to Make Him a Supreme Court Justice?" Texas Monthly, Aug 15, 2024.
Comments
Rick Perlstein
Noyce. But telling a simple moralistic manechean story on the stump is not bad! It's what FDR and Truman did. And is no impediment y
Julie Abuelsamid
No.
David
There are times in this discussion when the guests express contempt for their ideological opponents, especially members of the Supreme Court. This may be an unpopular thing to say, but I think this cheapens the discussion and is a rhetorical trap that should be avoided.
Nicole F.
Didn’t think I could like an episode more than the Reagan one but here we are!
Zachary Svoboda
I couldn't find it on the express site anymore but I think it's this one! https://www.ebay.com/itm/265264105614
Cosmo Pappas
I ask because it’s cool
Cosmo Pappas
Totally unrelated but…. Where did Matt get the jacket he’s wearing in the LA times article 😂
Where there’s a Wills there’s a Way
“I don’t believe you. You’re a Liar!”
Where there’s a Wills there’s a Way
“A dairy dominated hamlet”
Matthew Maddock
One of the things I’m finding strange watching from the UK is that a lot of left commentators do seem to be aware of just how bad it looks like things are going to be under Trump - but there doesn’t seem to be full scale anti fascist organising going on? Like, people have until January to organise the people they know and trust without the cops breathing down your necks - people need to be doing that now, not waiting to react to whatever the GOP do. Maybe it’s because the US left is just so small and so spread out, but it seems like you’re all talking about how the train is going to smack in to you, but you aren’t moving off the tracks!
Tim Combes
I’m holding out hope for the Dylan movie and hoping this is a case of Sam being too close to the subject to be objective (*huffs copium*)
Big Honkin’ AG Fanboy
I’m a reasonable juror and I agree! Excellent satire!
Nancy H White
This is the best crossover since Law & Order met Homicide.
Andrew
That would be interesting!
Dom
The gang’s all here!
Kirk Gibson
Apropos of nothing, I would love an episode on John Yoo/Alberto Gonzalez and the intellectual underpinnings of those jerks.
Thomas Freeman
so glad to see 5-4 back!
