Department of State v. Muñoz

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Prologue Projects

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🗓️ 8 April 2025

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Finally, the Supreme Court gets to live its dream: being xenophobic and homophobic at the same time.

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0:00.0	We will hear argument first this morning in case 23334, Department of State versus Munoz.
0:09.9	Hey, everyone. This is Leon from Prologue Projects.
0:14.2	On this episode of 5 to 4, Peter, Riannon, and Michael are talking about Department of State v. Munoz. This case from
0:22.6	24 is about the intersection of immigration law and the constitutional right to marriage.
0:28.6	The plaintiff in the case, Sondra Munoz, is an American citizen who married a man from El Salvador.
0:34.7	Her husband applied for a visa so that he could come live with her in the U.S.
0:38.7	But the petition was denied, with the State Department vaguely suggesting that Munoz's
0:43.7	husband was trying to enter the U.S. in order to engage in unlawful activity.
0:48.4	Munoz sued, arguing that the government was infringing on her right to marry by keeping her
0:53.4	husband out of the country and not providing more details as to why his visa was denied.
0:58.8	The Supreme Court ruled against Munoz, stating that because her husband was not a citizen, the government didn't owe her an explanation for denying his visa application.
1:08.5	This is 5 to 4, a podcast about how much the Supreme Court sucks.
1:16.8	Welcome to 5 to 4, where we dissect and analyze the Supreme Court cases that have caused
1:21.6	our civil liberties to decline, like Tesla's sales figures.
1:25.5	I'm Peter.
1:26.7	I'm here with Riannon.
1:27.8	Hey, everybody.
1:28.7	And Michael.
1:30.1	Hey, yeah, I heard that like there was a poll that something like over 90% of Germans were like,
1:36.1	I will never purchase a Tesla.
1:38.7	They just released their quarterly results and things are not good.
1:43.4	Yeah.
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