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Amicus | A Lawyer’s Guide to Not Caving to the President

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🗓️ 12 April 2025

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

On this week’s Amicus, autocratic creep in high and low gear. In high gear: The Supreme Court finally issued its order in Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s case, requiring that the government “facilitates” Abrego Garcia’s return from the El Salvadoran prison to which he was illegally and accidentally reditioned, but also recognizing the limits on its authority to direct the executive branch. Dahlia Lithwick talks to Slate senior writer  Mark Joseph Stern about the ways in which the High Court’s attempts to avoid a showdown with the Trump administration may be futile. Next, Dahlia turns to the autocratic creep in low gear that is President Trump’s buyout of Big Law.  Jessie Weber, managing partner at Brown Goldstein and Levy, shares her view from a firm that has no intention of capitulating government bullying.  Want more Amicus? Join Slate Plus to unlock weekly bonus episodes with exclusive legal analysis. Plus, you’ll access ad-free listening across all your favorite Slate podcasts. You can subscribe directly from the Amicus show page on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Or, visit slate.com/amicusplus to get access wherever you listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

On your mark.

0:02.0

Yes sir.

0:03.0

Bake.

0:04.0

We're back in the nation's favourite tent.

0:05.0

Let's do this.

0:06.0

And it's packed with a fresh batch of famous faces.

0:09.0

As long as it's edible, I'd be happy.

0:12.0

Don't chalk, try in my case.

0:14.0

How can it be?

0:16.0

The great celebrity baker for Stand Up to Cancer on Channel 4.

0:19.0

Stream now.

0:20.0

Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! Whoa there! Bridie Baker for Stand Up to Cancer on Channel 4. Stream now. I'm gonna go, woo, who are you?

0:22.6

Whoa!

0:23.6

Whoa there!

0:24.6

Victoria's had a Friday night to remember.

0:26.6

But now she's outside in the pouring rain and...

0:29.6

Oh, what? You are joking. I've got no data. How are we gonna get home?

0:33.6

But then she remembers she's with EEE.

0:36.6

Yes, Uber still works. So then she... she's with EEE. Yes, Uber still works.

0:38.3

So then she...

0:40.0

Uber's on me, guys.

0:41.4

Should we get a kebab?

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