Welcome to Talking Feds, a roundtable that brings together prominent former federal officials and special guests

for a dynamic discussion of the most important political and legal topics of the day.

I'm Harry Lidman.

The Supreme Court issued its long-anticipated

tariffs decision, striking down Trump's signature policy as an unconstitutional usurpation

of Congress's taxing powers. Trump responded with a rabid, unhinged press conference, which he reigned down abuse on the justices who ruled against him,

saying that they were a disgrace to our nation.

I'm ashamed of certain members of the court, absolutely ashamed, for not having the courage to do what's right for our country.

And it wasn't just SCOTUS. Courts around the country continued to hand the administration

a series of stinging defeats in immigration cases, while increasingly taking DOJ lawyers

to task and even holding them in contempt for the repeated flouting of court

orders. And the fallout from the Epstein scandal continued to ensnare the high and mighty,

including former Prince Andrew and officials in several European countries, even as the

Trump administration tried to posture that there's

nothing left to see. To analyze the new terrorist decision, the string of court rebuffs to the

administration's immigration initiative and the first real sign of legal accountability arising from the Epstein files.

I'm pleased to welcome a trio of experts on U.S. courts and justice.

And they are.

Kyle Cheney.

Kyle's a senior legal affairs reporter at Politico.

He's been there for over a decade on different beats. In his latest role,

he's been keeping a watch on the progress of Trump's agenda in the federal courts. And I just

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