The 400th regular weekend episode of The Politics Guys!
Trey & Ken start the 400th show with a long investigation into Justice Thomas’ undisclosed gifts from Harlan Crow. Trey, who was initially skeptical of the claims of impropriety, finds there is good reason to find issue. Ken agrees but goes further in his arguments for curruption.
Next they turn to the recent rulings on Mifepristone by the 5th Circuit Court of Appeal. The focus is primarily on what, if anything, the FDA can or should do in response to the rulings. Ken sees no functional difference between deference and ignoring the ruling. Trey sees a key difference in that one is a constitutionally consistent principle and the other is not.
After that is a long conversation on the papers potentially leaked. Ken floats a novel idea: that the leak is a bit of counter espionage. Trey probes the idea to see if it holds up and works out what would have to continue to be found empirically for the thesis to be true.
Then the pair turn to the expulsion of two African American Tennessee House members. The conversation between both focuses on the rightful, if any, action the legislature should have taken given that the rules were violated by three members of that body.
Trey & Ken end the show discussing Trump’s latest legal appeals.
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Donald Trump’s War on Capitalism
Navarro Sentencing, Secret Courts, The Republican Party
New Hampshire, Abbott's Order, Immigration Bill
Bipartisan Tax Deal, Transgender Rights, The Administrative State
Iowa Caucuses, Budget Deal, US and Houthis, Immigration and Ukraine
Black Grief, White Grievance, and the Politics of Loss
The Constitution: Assembly and Petition
Is Israel Committing Genocide in Gaza?
Where’s Austin?, Israel and Genocide, Hunter Biden, Trump’s Statement
The Law of Presidential Impeachment
US Steel, NYT vs. OpenAI, House Majority, Boebert Switch, A.I. in the Courts
Trump 2024, Gay Resigns, More Menendez Charges, Border Dispute
Seth Kaplan on Repairing America’s Fragile Neighborhoods
Harvard President Claudine Gay, State of Democracy, Predictions
Trump’s Eligibility and Immunity, Migrant Caravan, Trade Policy
Anti-Urban Bias and Inequality in America
The Constitution: Freedom of Press
NDAA, Hunter Biden, Israel
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