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Supreme Court correspondent, The Wall Street Journal. Author, "The Terror Courts: Rough Justice at Guantanamo Bay"; "Squeaky: The Life & Times of Lynette Alice Fromme." Founder: Raymond Chandler Square, L.A. City Historic-Cultural Monument No. 597.

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Job data revisions reveal a weaker labor market On Friday, job growth figures from earlier months were revised sharply downward. Also on the show: are President Trump's new tariffs legal?

Talking Trump's tariffs with Marketplace Radio's David Brancaccio: www.marketplace.org/episode/2025...

04.08.2025 15:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Rough Day in Court for Trumpโ€™s Tariffs Here is how judges questioned the presidentโ€™s claim that he can use emergency power to junk the tariff schedule enacted by Congress.

Rough Day at the Federal Circuit: Here is how judges questioned President Trumpโ€™s claim of emergency power to junk the tariff schedule enacted by Congress www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

01.08.2025 17:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Trumpโ€™s Tariffs Questioned by Appeals Court Judges voice skepticism that the president can use emergency powers to replace the import schedule Congress adopted.

While Trump continued his tariff spree Thursday, federal appeals judges questioned whether he had lawfully bypassed Congress to impose worldwide import taxes thru emergency powers www.wsj.com/us-news/law/... w/@louiseradnofsky @schwartzbWSJ

01.08.2025 11:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Trump Sees Emergencies Everywhere. Judges Are Considering Whether to Rein Him In. In a latest test, an appeals court is set to weigh the presidentโ€™s claim that economic emergencies allow him to impose sweeping tariffs unilaterally.

Across America, President Trump sees one emergency after another, and that is posing a host of challenges for the federal courts. A major test comes Thursday, when #tariffs Trump imposed by declaring an emergency face review before an appeals court. www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...

30.07.2025 15:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Judges Continue to Block Trump Policies Following Supreme Court Ruling Even with new curbs on their powers, district judges have found ways to broadly halt some of the administrationโ€™s actions.

Even after #SCOTUS curbed their powers, district judges retain tools to broadly halt some Trump administration actions they find unlawful www.wsj.com/us-news/law/... w/@louiseradnofsky @MariahTimms

28.07.2025 15:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Beautiful

28.07.2025 03:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Even if Harvard Wins This Court Case, the Trump Fight Wonโ€™t Go Away Legal analysts say the school has a strong case in arguing that the U.S. government improperly cut $2.2 billion in federal funding but the president is already threatening to appeal.

Harvard Universityโ€™s odds to win its Boston court battle look favorableโ€”but the larger war is up in the air www.wsj.com/us-news/educ... w/@sara_randazzo

22.07.2025 02:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Court Quashes Sept. 11 Plea Bargains That Military Judge Had Approved Ruling extends troubled Guantanamo prosecution over 2001 terrorist attacks

A federal appeals court on Friday quashed plea bargains that would spare three alleged Sept. 11, 2001, conspirators from the death penalty in exchange for confessing guilt www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...

11.07.2025 20:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I shared that clip years agoโ€” and heard from Trini! A class act.

04.07.2025 20:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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04.07.2025 20:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Planners Battle Over Marking U.S. 250th Anniversary The federal effort to commemorate 2026, mired in dissension, faces allegations of impropriety.

Flashback: The U.S. Semiquincentennial Commission, ca. 2022: www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

03.07.2025 20:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

From the @WSJ's flagship podcast, 'The Journal': The Supreme Courtโ€™s Season Finale, Explained www.wsj.com/podcasts/the...

03.07.2025 20:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Trump Puts MAGA Spin on Plans for Americaโ€™s 250th Birthday Bash Presidentโ€™s allies take the lead to set up yearlong celebrations around July 4, 2026, bringing in conservative groups and staff from campaign rallies.

LBJ tried to tie Bicentennial patriotism to his war in Vietnam. Nixon sought to leverage the 200th to celebrate his "New American Majority" of the 1970s. Now Trump is trying to MAGAfy the American Revolution's 250th anniversary. www.wsj.com/politics/pol... w/@meridithmcgraw

03.07.2025 19:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Trump Puts MAGA Spin on Plans for Americaโ€™s 250th Birthday Bash Presidentโ€™s allies take the lead to set up yearlong celebrations around July 4, 2026, bringing in conservative groups and staff from campaign rallies.

Mismanagement and political indifference hobbled America's 250th anniversary planning commission for years. Now Trump is filling the void, soaking the Seniquincentennial with MAGA ideology www.wsj.com/politics/pol... w/@meridithmcgraw

03.07.2025 14:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Trump Puts MAGA Spin on Plans for Americaโ€™s 250th Birthday Bash Presidentโ€™s allies take the lead to set up yearlong celebrations around July 4, 2026, bringing in conservative groups and staff from campaign rallies.

Trump is putting his imprint on nationwide plans for the countryโ€™s 250th anniversary in 2026, after years of dysfunction at Semiquincentennial Commission and little interest from Biden www.wsj.com/politics/pol... w/@meridithmcgraw

03.07.2025 14:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Supreme Court Limits Rulings Against Trump on Birthright Citizenship The decision imposes new restrictions on the power of individual judges to issue orders with nationwide effect.

The Supreme Court limited the authority of federal judges to issue nationwide injunctions, a win for President Trump though it left uncertain the fate of his push to curtail birthright citizenship www.wsj.com/us-news/law/... w/@MariahTimms

27.06.2025 22:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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Trumpโ€™s Iran Attack Revives Questions About War Powers The Constitution gives Congress the power to declare war, but presidents have long maneuvered on their own.

Operation Midnight Hammer took place in the twilight between presidential and congressional war powers www.wsj.com/politics/nat... via @WSJ

23.06.2025 14:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Congress authorized the president to issue a one-time extension of up to 90 days if he certifies that โ€œbinding legal agreementsโ€ will lead to TikTokโ€™s sale. It is unclear whether that certification has been made or if other laws permit additional enforcement delays.

20.06.2025 14:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Appeals Court Lets Trump Keep Control of California National Guard Troops in L.A. The decision blocks a lower-court order that found the president exceeded his authority by federalizing state forces in response to protests.

A federal appeals court allowed President Trump to maintain command of the California National Guard in response to the L.A. protests, blocking a lower court www.wsj.com/us-news/law/... w/@brkend

20.06.2025 14:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Trump Delays TikTok Ban for a Third Time The president gave the Chinese-controlled video app another reprieve from a 2024 bipartisan law requiring its sale or closure.

President Trump gave TikTok another 90-day reprieve Thursday, deferring enforcement of a 2024 law requiring the Chinese-controlled video app to be sold or shut down for national security reasons www.wsj.com/politics/pol... via @WSJ

19.06.2025 20:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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Supreme Court Allows States to Restrict Transgender Treatments for Minors The justices uphold a Tennessee law barring gender-transition treatments for minors, the latest setback to transgender rights.

A 6-3 Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a Tennessee law barring gender-transition treatments for minors www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...

18.06.2025 19:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Freedomโ€™s Orator: Mario Savio and the Radical Legacy of the 1960s Abstract. Here is the first biography of Mario Savio, the brilliant leader of Berkeley's Free Speech Movement, the largest and most disruptive student rebe

I can't take credit for the steps, but I do recommend Robby Cohen's biography of Mario Savio, "Freedom's Orator" academic.oup.com/book/47660

18.06.2025 01:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Trump Administration Fights Order Blocking California National Guard Deployments Appeals court scrutinizes ruling that president unlawfully federalized the stateโ€™s force in Los Angeles, over the objections of Gov. Gavin Newsom.

Appeals court scrutinizing ruling that Trump unlawfully federalized the California National Guard in Los Angeles over Gov. Newsomโ€™s objections

www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...

17.06.2025 22:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Essay | American Politics Takes a Violent Turn A second assassination attempt against Trump is part of a rising tide of threats and harassment against public officials across the political spectrum

From Sept. 2024: American politics is turning violent, with public officials across the spectrum increasingly targeted, threatened and attacked. www.wsj.com/politics/ele... w/@sgurman

15.06.2025 16:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Judge Orders Trump to Return California National Guard to Newsom The state of California had sought to stop the president from sending National Guard troops without the governorโ€™s approval.

A federal judge ruled Thursday that President Trump illegally federalized the California National Guard in response to the Los Angeles protests and ordered the force be returned to Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsomโ€™s control www.wsj.com/politics/pol... w/@xavierjohnm

13.06.2025 03:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Judge Questions Trumpโ€™s Authority to Deploy National Guard to Los Angeles The state of California is seeking to stop the president from sending National Guard troops without the governorโ€™s approval.

A federal judge on Thursday sharply questioned the Trump administrationโ€™s justifications for mobilizing troops in Los Angeles in response to protests that have swept the city www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

13.06.2025 00:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Trump-Newsom Legal Fight Over Troops Has Little Modern Precedent A judge will explore new territory in the California governorโ€™s bid to limit the presidentโ€™s use of the military in Los Angeles.

President Trumpโ€™s clash with California over troop deployments in Los Angeles heads to federal court on Thursday www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...

12.06.2025 04:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Trump-Newsom Legal Fight Over Troops Has Little Modern Precedent A judge will explore new territory in the California governorโ€™s bid to limit the presidentโ€™s use of the military in Los Angeles.

President Trumpโ€™s clash with California over troop deployments in Los Angeles heads to federal court on Thursday www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...

12.06.2025 04:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Bruce Johnston, the Beach Boys' keyboard player, told me that though Brian Wilson hadn't perfomred with the band for decades, his genius was always there. โ€œBrian shows up in the music,โ€ he said.

11.06.2025 18:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

In our brief conversation, the self-effacing songwriter had more modest expectations. โ€œThis film will show people that one side of my face gets contorted when I talk,โ€ Brian Wilson quipped. 7/

11.06.2025 17:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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