Courts Handed Trump Some Huge Losses This Week

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🗓️ 30 May 2025

⏱️ 61 minutes

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OA1162 - It’s all good news from our favorite branch of government today! We review recent judicial wins in everything from illegal deportations to tariffs to the Trump administration’s wars on international students, private law firms, and common-sense understandings of the expression “foreign policy.” Plus, Matt shares a footnote from the front lines of Trump’s mass deportation efforts to explain why an immigration judge 2000 miles away just left him an angry voicemail.

MA District Court judge Brian Murphy’s preliminary injunction in DVD v. DHS (4/18/25)
Judge Murphy’s denial of DHS’s motion to reconsider (5/26/25)
Order to return O.C.G. to Guatemala (5/23/25)
Judge Michael Fabiarz’s order on Mahmoud Khalil’s habeas claim (5/28/25)
VOS v. USA decision from the Court of International Trade (5/28/25)
DC Circuit judge Tanya Chutkan’s decision in New Mexico v. Musk (5/27/2025)
Judge Richard Leon’s order in Wilmer Hale’s challenge to Trump EO (5/27/25)

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0:00.0	You must never ever give out or give in. You must keep the faith and keep your eyes on the prize.
0:07.6	That is your calling. That is your mission. That is your moral obligation. That is your mandate.
0:13.4	Get out there and do it. Get in the way. Change happens because people care.
0:26.6	You the people have the power to make this life free and beautiful, to make this life a wonderful adventure.
0:36.6	I still believe with all my heart, America can't. free and beautiful to make this life a wonderful adventure.
0:44.1	I still believe with all my heart, America can be a place where no child is left hungry,
0:47.9	no community is left behind, and no one gets told they don't belong.
0:55.1	The fight for our country is always worth it.
0:59.6	Hello and welcome to opening arguments.
1:01.3	This is episode 1162.
1:02.4	I'm Thomas Smith. That over there is Matt Cameron, real life immigration attorney.
1:07.0	How you doing, Matt?
1:07.8	You know, every so often, Thomas, I regret that this is an audio medium.
1:10.9	Today was Photo Day and Cameron, Micheronian, Sylvia.
1:13.5	It's just like middle school.
1:14.6	We had a great time taking pictures.
1:16.0	And I got to tell you, my hair looks great today.
1:18.2	You're missing out.
1:19.2	You're all missing out.
1:20.0	That's so cute.
1:21.7	I can't wait to buy the... I'm just thinking about when my kids have their pictures done, then we get a bunch of, like, emails with all the links of the different stuff.
1:29.6	It's like, I get your 5 by 7s.
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