No matter what happens on Election Day, Trump and his allies have already put legal challenges in motion. Here’s what a nerdy agency, hanging chads, and zombie lawsuits can tell us about how all this could play out.
Transcribed - Published: 4 November 2024
Falsely claiming there is a wave of violence perpetrated by migrants, Trump has threatened mass deportations under the broad and terrifying powers of the Alien Enemies Act.
Transcribed - Published: 29 October 2024
The United States has a strange way of electing presidents.
Transcribed - Published: 8 October 2024
Election deepfakes have the potential to change people's opinions about a presidential election in ways that can be harmful to democracy and the truth itself. But what does the Constitution say about regulating these manipulated images? One place to look: Hustler Magazine.
Transcribed - Published: 24 September 2024
As students go back to school, colleges and universities across the country are preparing for the continuation of protests against the Israel-Hamas war—and claims by other students that the protests are violating their own civil rights. Institutions and courts are now weighing the question: whose free speech matters more?
Transcribed - Published: 10 September 2024
What’s the connection between former President Donald Trump's attacks on the so-called “Deep State" and a tiny silvery fish? The Supreme Court, of course.
Transcribed - Published: 27 August 2024
Preview: Not Built For This from 99% Invisible
Transcribed - Published: 14 August 2024
What does it mean for punishment to be cruel and unusual?
Transcribed - Published: 14 August 2024
After an unprecedented several weeks in politics, some on the right are advancing far-fetched arguments to challenge Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign, and a federal judge in Florida threw out the classified documents case against former President Donald Trump. Neither of these are based on established constitutional precedent.
Transcribed - Published: 30 July 2024
The concept of presidential immunity is not explicitly stated anywhere in the Constitution. That hasn’t stopped the Supreme Court from essentially creating a law-free zone around the President.
Transcribed - Published: 16 July 2024
Does the 14th Amendment's Disqualification Clause apply to Trump?
Transcribed - Published: 18 December 2023
Does the 14th Amendment's Disqualification Clause apply to Trump?
Transcribed - Published: 18 December 2023
Why do courts issue gag orders and when do they conflict with the First Amendment?
Transcribed - Published: 2 November 2023
Why do courts issue gag orders and when do they conflict with the First Amendment?
Transcribed - Published: 2 November 2023
What’s the connection between Trump, margarine, and Mark Meadows?
Transcribed - Published: 19 September 2023
What’s the connection between Trump, margarine, and Mark Meadows?
Transcribed - Published: 19 September 2023
19th century "zombie" laws are shambling into the abortion debate
Transcribed - Published: 31 May 2023
19th century "zombie" laws are shambling into the abortion debate
Transcribed - Published: 31 May 2023
The presumed criminal charges against former President Trump and role of the New York Grand Jury
Transcribed - Published: 4 April 2023
The presumed criminal charges against former President Trump and role of the New York Grand Jury
Transcribed - Published: 4 April 2023
What does the Constitution say about lies, punishing lies, and punishing someone who lies to get elected?
Transcribed - Published: 17 March 2023
What does the Constitution say about lies, punishing lies, and punishing someone who lies to get elected?
Transcribed - Published: 17 March 2023
What if a business owner asserts that serving a gay customer violates their first amendment rights?
Transcribed - Published: 10 February 2023
What if a business owner asserts that serving a gay customer violates their first amendment rights?
Transcribed - Published: 10 February 2023
How the Dormant Commerce Clause tries to stop states from passing laws that put an undue burden on interstate commerce. Plus, what's going on with student debt relief: who filed a lawsuit against it and why.
Transcribed - Published: 27 November 2022
How the Dormant Commerce Clause tries to stop states from passing laws that put an undue burden on interstate commerce. Plus, what's going on with student debt relief: who filed a lawsuit against it and why.
Transcribed - Published: 27 November 2022
When the FBI executed a search warrant on his home, Trump and his lawyers filed their complaints in a district where they thought they’d get sympathetic treatment from Judge Aileen Cannon, who Trump appointed. The assignment of a particular judge is not up to Trump, but in this case, he got lucky, and Cannon was assigned. How did Trump’s gamble on getting his case in front of Judge Cannon work out? Let’s find out.
Transcribed - Published: 22 October 2022
When the FBI executed a search warrant on his home, Trump and his lawyers filed their complaints in a district where they thought they’d get sympathetic treatment from Judge Aileen Cannon, who Trump appointed. The assignment of a particular judge is not up to Trump, but in this case, he got lucky, and Cannon was assigned. How did Trump’s gamble on getting his case in front of Judge Cannon work out? Let’s find out.
Transcribed - Published: 22 October 2022
Elizabeth teaches Roman about which crimes the Justice Department is interested in as described in the Mar-a-Lago search warrant
Transcribed - Published: 10 September 2022
Elizabeth teaches Roman about which crimes the Justice Department is interested in as described in the Mar-a-Lago search warrant
Transcribed - Published: 10 September 2022
We go through the other Supreme Court decisions that were released the same week Roe was overturned.
Transcribed - Published: 12 August 2022
We go through the other Supreme Court decisions that were released the same week Roe was overturned.
Transcribed - Published: 12 August 2022
What have we learned from the January 6th Committee hearings and what does is mean for a potential Justice Department investigation of Trump?
Transcribed - Published: 5 August 2022
What have we learned from the January 6th Committee hearings and what does is mean for a potential Justice Department investigation of Trump?
Transcribed - Published: 5 August 2022
The Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization decision has overturned Roe v. Wade and revoked the right to abortion, a Constitutionally guaranteed right we have had for about 50 years. What happens now?
Transcribed - Published: 29 June 2022
The Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization decision has overturned Roe v. Wade and revoked the right to abortion, a Constitutionally guaranteed right we have had for about 50 years. What happens now?
Transcribed - Published: 29 June 2022
The recent mass shootings and a New York gun carrying permit case calls for an examination of the current interpretation of the Second Amendment.
Transcribed - Published: 7 June 2022
The recent mass shootings and a New York gun carrying permit case calls for an examination of the current interpretation of the Second Amendment.
Transcribed - Published: 7 June 2022
What happens when a case in front of the Supreme Court involves the spouse of one of the justices?
Transcribed - Published: 16 May 2022
What happens when a case in front of the Supreme Court involves the spouse of one of the justices?
Transcribed - Published: 16 May 2022
The leaked draft majority opinion that threatens to strike down the constitutional right to abortion and potentially many other rights
Transcribed - Published: 4 May 2022
The leaked draft majority opinion that threatens to strike down the constitutional right to abortion and potentially many other rights
Transcribed - Published: 4 May 2022
Trump's improper dealing with Ukraine was what led to his first impeachment. While most of us were focused on the domestic political implications of Trump's action, the country of Ukraine was put into jeopardy in a way that many didn't fully realize until the recent Russian invasion.
Transcribed - Published: 31 March 2022
Trump's improper dealing with Ukraine was what led to his first impeachment. While most of us were focused on the domestic political implications of Trump's action, the country of Ukraine was put into jeopardy in a way that many didn't fully realize until the recent Russian invasion.
Transcribed - Published: 31 March 2022
What can the government do about the school library and the classroom and what does the Constitution say about it?
Transcribed - Published: 2 March 2022
What can the government do about the school library and the classroom and what does the Constitution say about it?
Transcribed - Published: 2 March 2022
What two SCOTUS rulings about COVID vaccine mandates tell us about the future of the Administrative State
Transcribed - Published: 1 February 2022
What two SCOTUS rulings about COVID vaccine mandates tell us about the future of the Administrative State
Transcribed - Published: 1 February 2022
What are the current precedents when it comes to abortion rights and how solid do they feel right now?
Transcribed - Published: 17 December 2021
What are the current precedents when it comes to abortion rights and how solid do they feel right now?
Transcribed - Published: 17 December 2021
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