Will the Supreme Court Finally Stand Up to Trump in 2026? (with Melissa Murray)

Runaway Country with Alex Wagner

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🗓️ 18 December 2025

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Are President Trump’s tariffs illegal? Will the independence of federal agencies be a thing of the past? Is birthright citizenship about to be taken away? These are just a few of the consequential questions before a Supreme Court that's hell-bent on destroying obstacles to President Trump's executive power. Alex talks to two plaintiffs at the center of of these cases, Toymaker Rick Woldenberg and former FTC Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter. Then, she sits down with NYU Professor and Strict Scrutiny host Melissa Murray to put it all into context and talk about what the long term impacts will be of a Supreme Court where corruption and partisanship are now out in the open.

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1:08.8	deportations and ice dragnets, the Bezos-Sanchez wedding,
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