In December 2020, a Latino couple was falsely accused by a white momfluencer of attempting to kidnap her children.

The Karen phenomenon where white women falsely accuse people of color of crimes usually fixates on the

accuser the so-called Karen. But for this series we focus on the

innocent couple at the heart of this story. I just want the public to know

what she did was wrong.

In Perfect Paradise People versus Karen,

available now wherever you get your podcasts.

From Cafe, welcome to stay tuned. I'm Preet Barara.

In that universe where nothing matters other than which tribe you're a part of,

and when, you know, nothing matters about legal arguments other than whether you have enough votes in the relevant

body to win them. I think that's dangerous and fleeting and it's deeply myopic.

That's Steve Lottick. He's the A Dalton Cross Professor in Law at the University of Texas School of Law. He's also the co-editor in chief of the Just Security website and a Supreme Court analyst on CNN.

Vloddick, who was two weeks into Yale Law School on September 11, 2001,

zeroed in on national security law and quickly became an authority in the complicated legal

landscape of the war on terror. You can check out Vlottix wisdom on the National

Security Law Podcast, which he co-hosts with fellow UT School of Law Professor

Bobby Chesney.

The podcast is presented in conjunction with the Strouse Center for International Security

and Law and can be found at national security law podcast.com.

Today Vloddick and I explore the FISA Court, which assesses U.S. Intelligence Agency requests for

surveillance warrants. We talk about the origins of the court in the 1970s, its role in the aftermath

of 9-11, and the recent audits that have revealed new problems with the system.

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