Supreme Court Lets Trump Get His Way…Kind Of

The Supreme Court handed the Trump administration three successive wins this week, albeit temporary ones.

On Tuesday, the justices halted a lower court’s order to rehire thousands of temporary federal workers. And on Monday, the justices paved the way for the White House to resume deportations of alleged foreign gang members using a wartime statute. That decision came just hours after Chief Justice John Roberts paused a deadline to return a Salvadoran man who was wrongly deported. Leah Litman, co-host of Crooked’s legal podcast ‘Strict Scrutiny,’ tells us everything we need to know about the court’s decisions.

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And in headlines: Elon Musk and White House Trade Adviser Peter Navarro escalated their public fight over tariffs, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy said he’ll direct the CDC to stop recommending fluoride in drinking water, and a federal judge ordered the Trump administration to restore the Associated Press’ access to the White House.

Show Notes:

Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
03:06 Interview with Leah Lipman on Supreme Court's Recent Rulings
13:27 Ad Break
14:24 Headlines
14:25 Elon Musk vs. Peter Navarro: Trade Tariff Feud
16:25 IRS and ICE: Sharing Immigrant Tax Data
17:55 RFK Attacks Fluoride in Drinking Water
19:39 Judge Orders White House to Reinstate AP Access
20:20 Conclusion

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[bboicrazy]

This is wild and scary. How are folks who’ve just been sent to a prison without any due process supposed to know they can even file this habeas petition she mentioned?

[PuketiCat]

Thank you for not sugar coating this chaos 🤬

[dblocker]

If I was a fired worker, I doubt that I'd want to retrun to work for such a disgusting administration. Move on!

[KaCing]

So glad to see this page almost at 50k

[Agentad]

Dentist are about to come into a lot of work. Smh...

[joethompson]

I love you Jane! Your dry deliveries are so fabulous

[SMack-kgdx]

Jane, you and Leah vibe perfectly. Humor, if done naturally and well, is always useful - and especially therapeutic now 🎉❤🎉

[terany.geiger]

This is a great breadown. Thank you for your work and your ability to explain that these rulings aren't all good or bad. 💙

[janellimarie]

I feel like I’m still a bit confused on what these Supreme Court rulings. 😩

[ButtonsandBookends]

Thank you for shedding light on just how bad this is.

[KaCing]

I LOVE the "one more thing" spin offs

[ManiacalMoogle]

0:16 omg thanks for starting with the puppies 🐶

[IrisGlowingBlue]

Thank you all for your work!
+ I too want to pet the wolf cubs but I also want to, like, , , keep my hands attached to my body

[jayspell]

Jane, I love your show. You should wear more blue. It really brings out your eyes and compliments your skin tone. You really have the whole package for a broadcaster: wit, humor, intelligence, and beauty. Keep up the amazing work. I hope your career goes far.

[LateNightwithStudBuyers]

WAD playing a clip of Dr Strangelove?! 😍😍

[dlross]

Agent orange and muskrat aren't really fighting. Promise. It's smoke and mirrors to divert from. The fact that muskrat is going nowhere. Swastikkkar still needs to go out of business.

[ryanfitzgerald]

Didnt they just say he had to be returned?

[robertrunyon]

I said that trump would replace all of the supreme Court seats as many as he can back before he was even elected the first time! Now its just wow! He pull it off !!

[robertrunyon]

We are not at war!
Unless you count
All of trumps more b.s?😂😂😂😂

[robertmanella]

The judges are your equal trump! Get used to it