The Supreme Court Has No Army (with Dahlia Lithwick)

Stay Tuned with Preet

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Society & Culture, Politics, Government, News

4.8 • 32.3K Ratings

🗓️ 24 April 2025

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Summary

What happens if the Trump administration defies court orders? Dahlia Lithwick, a Supreme Court expert and host of Amicus, joins Preet to discuss the fragility of the American legal system, and, from the Abrego Garcia case to Harvard, what to do when executive power gets out of control. Plus, Preet answers questions about why the Trump administration is listing living people as deceased, whether Harvard should revoke degrees from graduates who served in Trump's White House, and, of course, grammar. Join the CAFE Insider community to stay informed without hysteria, fear-mongering, or rage-baiting. Head to cafe.com/insider to sign up. Thank you for supporting our work. Show notes and a transcript of the episode are available on our website. You can now watch this episode! Head to CAFE’s Youtube channel and subscribe. Have a question for Preet? Ask @PreetBharara on BlueSky, or Twitter with the hashtag #AskPreet. Email us at [email protected], or call 833-997-7338 to leave a voicemail. Stay Tuned with Preet is brought to you by CAFE and the Vox Media Podcast Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	From Cafe and the Vox Media Podcast Network, welcome to stay tuned.
0:06.1	I'm Preet Bharara.
0:08.1	We kept pretending that the court was a real court and that the law was really the law
0:12.3	and that the Constitution was made of steel.
0:15.2	And it turns out, like, none of that has been true for quite some time.
0:25.7	Yeah. Like, none of that has been true for quite some time. That's Dahlia Lithwick.
0:27.5	She's a senior editor at Slate and host of the Amicus podcast.
0:31.5	She's been analyzing the law and the Supreme Court for decades.
0:35.1	If you found yourself asking recently, what is going on? You're not alone.
0:40.1	We are living through a constitutional stress test. Lithwick joins me to discuss the Abrago-Garcia
0:44.8	case and the Supreme Court's recent pushback against the Trump administration's deportation efforts.
0:50.1	After the interview, I'll answer your questions about the Trump administration's plan to list living people as deceased, and if Harvard should revoke degrees from graduates serving in Trump's White House.
1:00.5	That's coming up. Stay tuned.
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