Hi, Brian Lairer here.

Up next, Brian Lairor Weekend,

three of our favorite segments from the week,

packaged together for you to listen to on the weekend.

So enjoy, and I'll see you back on the radio Monday at 10 a.m.

on WNYC and WNYC. Good morning, everyone. Today, Ellie Mistal will join us,

Justice Correspondent for the Nation magazine. Always a spicy guest. He will critique the Supreme Court

for the latest winning streak they've given or seem about to give, President Trump,

and the authors of Project 2025. Some of these cases you know about some,

you may not, Ellie Mistal, in our second segment today. Also, the emerging strange bedfellows politics

of AI. President Trump, you've probably heard this, wants to ban states from having their own

AI regulations, but approximately, oh, 50 states seem to want that right.

And your stories and feelings about self-checkout.

You know, an article in the Atlantic asks why some people use it, even when the line for human

cashiers is shorter.

Are you one of those people?

We'll talk about self-checkout

near the end of the show. But we begin with our weekly Wednesday check-in for this month on the

Mamdani transition, plus some other local politics with WNYC and Gothamist political reporter Elizabeth

Kim. There are so many stories we could get to. We'll see how many we can.

The mayor elect further clarifying his position on homeless encampments, his decision to actually move into Gracie Mansion, not every mayor does. His meeting this week with real

estate executives about affordable housing that may have been more friendly than you might have

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