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The Politics Guys

Title 42, Defamation, Trump Town Hall, Santos Indictment, EPA Rules, Dormant Commerce Clause

The Politics Guys

Michael Baranowski

Politics, News

4.4 • 783 Ratings

🗓️ 13 May 2023

⏱️ 104 minutes

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Summary

Trey & Ken open the episode with a conversation about the end of immigration policy under Title 42 and the beginning of it being handled under Title 8. Trey points out that Biden is likely to lose from both sides of the ideological divide on his policy, both the left and the right. Ken thinks the policy will help Biden come the election. Both agree that there needs to be more space for immigration, specifically asylum seekers, in the United States. Next is Trump’s loss of a defamation lawsuit to E. Jean Carroll. Trey & Ken discuss both what makes the civil trial unique and the political aftermath of it. Ken believes it might have a small effect. Trey doesn’t believe any actions will change the political landscape for Trump. After that Trey & Ken tackle Santos. In addition to his pending criminal charges in the U.S. he pled no contest in Brazil. Trey highlights both the unusual nature of Santos' lies, but takes hope in the fact that his inability to channel Trump indicates Trump’s uniqueness in the American political system. Then the pair turn to Trump’s CNN Town Hall. Trey believes that Trump was back in his element. Not worried about a larger narrative, Trump can play to a larger audience in his sound bites. Meanwhile Ken believes Trump is only harming himself with the larger public. Trey counters that current polling suggests otherwise. Following that Trey & Ken move to discussing the EPA rules. Trey outlines the pragmatic problems with the new rules, specifically the backlog of requests to the agency that already exist that will become exasperated by the policy. Ken believes the rules are still helpful because they allow for a kind of positive agency capture situation — even if they are ultimately found unconstitutional. The guys close discussing National Pork Producers Council v. Ross and the court’s messy approach to the dormant commerce clause. Trey points out that the the alignment of the judges once again doesn’t align with Ken’s views of the conservative members of the court. Ken agrees, especially as it comes to the split locations of the liberal justices. Ken explains the dormant Commerce clause and his surprise the decision wasn’t 9-0. The Politics Guys on Facebook | Twitter Listener support helps make The Politics Guys possible. You can support us or change your level of support at patreon.com/politicsguys or politicsguys.com/support. On Venmo, we’re @PoliticsGuys. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:05.9

And yet today, we send 347 billion emails every single day.

0:12.0

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0:17.5

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0:22.6

Go to crackin.com and see what crypto can be.

0:25.3

Don't invest unless you're prepared to lose all the money you invest.

0:27.2

This is a high-risk investment, and you should not expect to be protected if something goes wrong.

0:30.6

Atheists, agnostics, long-haired winters, short-haired winters, van roared.

0:35.6

I'm the government.

0:36.6

Love the government. Love.

0:38.6

The government.

0:39.5

Love the government.

0:40.3

Love the government.

0:42.3

Welcome to the politics, guys.

0:43.6

A place for my partisan rationalist.

0:45.4

I'm Treorn Dore, a political scientist, at Oklahoma Christian University.

0:51.2

And I'm joined, face-to-face with Ken Kacken, a professor of law at

0:56.6

Chase Law School. Ken, welcome to Chase Law School. Yeah, we're here in Chase Law School,

1:02.1

and it's nice to finally see your bald head with my own time. Exactly. It's bald all the way

1:08.0

now, as a matter of fact, you know, like you're all happy that you're not seeing us, as a matter of fact, on that front.

1:13.6

Yeah, so we're actually doing this in Chase Law School at Northern Kentucky University's campus

1:17.1

because I happen to be here for the Flying Pig.

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