What Next - How the Supreme Court Legalized Racial Profiling
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4.5 • 6K Ratings
🗓️ 11 September 2025
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
How a Supreme Court decision from the shadow docket opens the door to racial profiling, creates a nightmare for millions of Latino Americans, and drains dwindling legitimacy from the court itself.
Guest: Mark Joseph Stern, senior writer covering courts and the law for Slate, and the co-host of Amicus.
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| 1:14.1 | So, Mark, is racial profiling the law of the land now? |
| 1:20.8 | With some minor qualifications, Mary, the answer is yes. |
| 1:29.4 | Mark Joseph Stern watches the courts for Slate. |
| 1:33.3 | So earlier this week, and the Supreme Court seemed to give the OK for federal agents to demand citizenship papers, based on what people look like. |
| 1:45.7 | I knew. We had to talk. |
| 1:53.2 | The White House is high-fiving a 6-3 decision that critics say green lights racial profiling as ICE agents round up suspected illegal immigrants. |
| 1:58.1 | The court's decision was technically about immigration enforcement in Los Angeles. |
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