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Birthright Citizenship + Bye-Bye, Pamela Jo Bondi

Strict Scrutiny

Strict Scrutiny

News, Philosophy, Society & Culture, Government

4.65.7K Ratings

🗓️ 6 April 2026

⏱️ 90 minutes

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Summary

Last week saw oral arguments in the birthright citizenship case, Trump v. Barbara, and listeners, it finally happened: a legal argument so outlandish from the Trump administration that even this Court will have to rule against him. Leah and Melissa break down the back-and-forth and explain why this case will give SCOTUS credibility it doesn’t deserve. They also cover the President’s firing of the blonde with the binders, Pamela Jo Bondi–pouring one out for her chaotic, destructive reign at the Department of Justice.

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Since the nation's founding, the values of religious liberty and pluralism have been central to the American identity.

0:10.3

These values are now under accelerated attack. The government has no authority to pick and choose which religious beliefs to promote and which to marginalize.

0:18.8

Religious freedom for only some is religious freedom for none.

0:22.2

The Trump-Bance administration's Religious Liberty Commission is pursuing a culture of Christian

0:26.6

nationalism that seeks to divide and isolate people across our nation. The fatally flawed way this

0:32.0

commission was assembled makes clear that the predetermined outcome isn't just un-American,

0:36.4

it's against the law. The Trump

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