Evening Roundup, June 25
Featuring Mary McCord, Austin Sarat, Rep. Jason Crow, Josh Levs, Dara Kass, Rep. Maggie Goodlander, and Jennifer Weiss-Wolf
Does Trump have any respect for the judicial system? Mary McCord on the National Guard and Emil Bove
In a recent whistleblower report, Trump’s pick for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, Emil Bove, was accused of being willing to disregard court orders in order to go through with Trump’s aggressive deportation goals. Today...
A silver lining in the Ninth Circuit Court decision on use of troops in Los Angeles
On June 19, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit handed President Donald Trump a victory when it ruled that he had the legal authority to deploy the National Guard in Los Angeles. Soon afterward, the president took to Truth Social proclaiming
No one wants this: Rep. Jason Crow on Iran and MAGA cuts to SNAP
Early intelligence findings have reported that the U.S.’s strike against Iran’s nuclear facilities may have only delayed their program by mere months, and did not result in complete obliteration as Trump claimed.
Military powers and Trump’s trust deficit
When news broke of the U.S. attack on Iran’s nuclear sites, even some people who have long been very worried about Iran’s nuclear threat told me they felt conflicted. The biggest reason: They don’t trust this president.
Adriana Smith and the ethics of indifference
By Dara Kass
Fetal personhood laws created a medical and moral tragedy.
Rep. Maggie Goodlander on Trump's Attack on Iran and the Dangers of an Irrelevant Congress
Despite deep bipartisan Congressional support for preventing the Iranian regime from obtaining nuclear weapons, President Trump did not consult the body before deciding to bomb Iranian nuclear sites. The move is indicative of a broader trend: Congress—the branch of government closest to the people—is losing its powers of oversight and influence.
Three years after Dobbs, the state of women's health is dire
It has been exactly three years since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and sent abortion rights back to the states. Amid myriad reflective headlines this week—what the ruling has meant for real people’s lives, for the trajectory of the Court and other established liberty rights, and for our democracy—are numerous reports detailing in stark …
Bove is a cancer...so is Bondi. So why is anyone surprised?