129 | SCOTUS Ruling BACKFIRES on Trump in RECORD TIME

It's Complicated

Renato Mariotti

News, News Commentary, Politics

4.8 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 4 July 2025

⏱️ 54 minutes

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In this episode of It's Complicated, legal analysts Asha Rangappa and Renato Mariotti break down the Supreme Court’s recent decision on universal (a.k.a. nationwide) injunctions. What does it really mean for the future of executive power and birthright citizenship? And how does this tie into Trump’s attempts to rewrite the 14th Amendment? The hosts explore the legal nuance behind “complete relief,” class actions, and the Court’s growing tendency to centralize power. Plus, they dissect the implications of the Court’s language, the shadow docket, and how this decision might unfold in real-world litigation. Later, they shift gears to analyze the surprising outcome in the P. Diddy trial — what the jury's verdict says about prosecutorial overreach, the use of RICO, and the controversial Mann Act convictions. Asha Substack: https://asharangappa.substack.com/ Subscribe to our podcast: https://link.chtbl.com/its-complicated Follow Asha on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/asharangappa.bsky.social Follow Renato on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/renatomariotti.bsky.social Follow Asha on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/asha.rangappa/ Follow Renato on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/renato.mariotti/ Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@LegalAFMTN?sub_confirmation=1 Legal AF Substack: https://substack.com/@legalaf Follow Legal AF on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/legalafmtn.bsky.social Follow Michael Popok on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/mspopok.bsky.social Subscribe to the Legal AF by MeidasTouch podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/legal-af-by-meidastouch/id1580828595 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	So, Asha, did the Supreme Court's ruling completely end nationwide injunctions?
0:06.0	Eh, it's complicated.
0:09.0	I'm Asha Rangappa. I teach national security law at Yale University.
0:17.0	I'm a former FBI special agent, and I'm a legal and national security analyst. And I'm Renato Marietti. I'm a former FBI special agent and I'm a legal and national security analyst.
0:22.6	And I'm Renata Mariati.
0:24.2	I'm a former federal prosecutor, a practicing lawyer, and a legal analyst.
0:29.0	And we're here to help you understand topics that can't be boiled down into a soundbite or eschute.
0:38.1	So, we got our decision in one of the long-awaited cases for this term last week, and I think
0:49.3	it's worth parsing because it is, I think, complicated because there's the actual issue as it applies to the particular case it came up in, and then there's the bigger issue about nationwide injunctions and how they're going to apply generally.
1:07.0	Yeah.
1:07.2	Oh, not nationwide.
1:08.1	I'm sorry.
1:08.4	Universal injunctions.
1:09.8	Oh, yes.
1:10.6	It's universal injunctions.
1:12.6	Did you use that too?
1:14.2	Yes, that was very particular.
1:16.1	The Justice Barrett was very particular on that point.
1:19.3	Yeah.
1:20.0	So, yeah, I mean, maybe we should just like set the stage here.
1:26.5	Obviously, Trump issued this executive order,
1:29.5	which purports to essentially reinterpret
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