257: Unitary Executive Meets Textualism

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🗓️ 11 October 2025

⏱️ 81 minutes

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Joyce Vance hosts #SistersInLaw to analyze the merits of the indictment against NY Attorney General Letitia James by examining the challenges of proving mortgage fraud, while skewering Trump’s weaponization of the DOJ under a complicit Pam Bondi.. Then, they dive into the legality of National Guard deployments in our cities, explain what the letter of the law means in 10 USC 12406, and lay out the dangers that these troops pose for the people of Portland, Chicago, and future targets of the administration. They also break down the voting rights issues confronting the country through the lens of the ongoing gerrymandering case, Louisiana v. Callais, currently before the Supreme Court.

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0:00.0	Welcome back to hashtag sisters-in-law with Kimberly Atkins store, Barb McQuaid, and me, Joyce
0:18.8	fans. Jill will be back soon. So y'all, you have been buying so many of the
0:24.8	brand new sisters' resistance hoodies that were available in our merch shop that we have had to
0:30.5	reorder them. You can order them right now, and you might want to go ahead and get them, especially in
0:36.3	advance of this next protest that's coming
0:38.6	up, you can pre-order, and as soon as they come back into stock, we'll send them your way.
0:43.9	To go ahead and order the brand new resistance hoodie and our bags, hats, and everything else
0:49.5	in the merch shop, go to politicon.com slash merch. So this week, not a lot of fun and giggles out there. It is a
0:57.3	serious week. It's a heavy week. We're here to break it down for you. And we'll start out by talking
1:04.1	about Trump's use of the criminal justice system to achieve revenge on his perceived enemies,
1:10.4	something that has become more a feature than a bug of this administration.
1:14.4	We'll talk about the latest on Trump's efforts to deploy troops to different states, National Guard troops.
1:22.0	Again, something that's fairly unprecedented.
1:24.7	And we'll talk about Louisiana v. Calais, the gerrymandering case that the Supreme
1:29.0	Court will hear for the second time next week. So lots to come. Before we get there, y'all,
1:35.5	did you see that the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded today? Did you know that? It didn't go to
1:43.0	Donald Trump. Did you know that? I did see that to Donald Trump. Did you know that?
1:45.2	I did see that.
1:46.1	And, you know, I also read that it's based on conduct occurring in 2024.
1:50.9	He wasn't even president in 2024.
1:52.7	He's been lobbying for it.
1:54.2	And he had no like ability.
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