What Next | Daily News and Analysis - What the Ceasefire Is and Isn’t

After being “close to a deal” for so long, Israel and Gaza have officially reached a second ceasefire agreement. Is this the end of the war? And what does it say about Gaza’s future?


Guest: Graeme Wood, staff writer at The Atlantic and lecturer in political science at Yale.


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What Next | Daily News and Analysis - Does Jack Smith’s Jan. 6 Report Matter?

How did an investigation into an effort to violently overturn a US presidential election end up coming out as a whimper, well after it could have carried any weight or legal repercussions? 


Guest: Jay Willis, editor-in-chief at Balls and Strikes


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What Next | Daily News and Analysis - Can Trump End Birthright Citizenship?

How could Donald Trump make good on his vow to end birthright citizenship, currently a constitutional right? It starts with a willing judiciary.


Guest: Isabela Dias, immigration reporter for Mother Jones.


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What Next | Daily News and Analysis - Who’s to Blame for the LA Fires?

The fires in Los Angeles may end up being one of—if not the most—expensive natural disasters in American history. Everyone is trying to find the party responsible. It isn’t that simple.


Guest: Gabrielle Canon, climate reporter and extreme weather correspondent for The Guardian US.


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What Next | Daily News and Analysis - TBD | Why Tech Is Bending the Knee

How the FCC and its incoming head, Brenden Carr, could enact Trump’s top policy goal: punishing anyone who says mean stuff about Trump.


Guest: Drew FitzGerald, telecom reporter for the Wall Street Journal.


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Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts - TikTok Is Cooked, Trump Is Sentenced

While Donald J Trump was virtually fuming at his sentencing hearing in Judge Juan Merchan’s New York City courtroom on Friday morning, the nine justices of the US Supreme Court were taking their seats for oral arguments in the so-called TikTok ban case. And while it only took 40 minutes for the president elect’s sentence of an ‘unconditional discharge’ to be pronounced, the arguments over national security, the First Amendment, and an app that 170 million Americans use took a couple of hours longer. 


Amicus has an analysis of all of it. First, Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern discuss whether and how Trump’s sentence matters, and what it tells us about the Supreme Court under Trump 2.0. Next, they’re joined by  Gautam Hans, clinical Professor of Law at Cornell Law School, who specializes in constitutional law, technology law and policy, to discuss why the Supreme Court seemed so very ready to reach right past the First Amendment and grab for national security in order to uphold the TikTok ban.


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What Next | Daily News and Analysis - TBD | Will the Supreme Court Save TikTok?

Will a First Amendment defense keep TikTok running in America? 

Guest: Emily Baker White, tech reporter for Forbes. 

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Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts - Preview: Trump’s Racking Up Supreme Court Loyalty Points

How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time.* There is a cluster-you-know-what of constitutional and legal news this week, so Amicus Plus is popping up a little early with a bonus episode to tackle the Trump prosecutions portion of the melee ahead of Friday’s very important TikTok-ban arguments. Dahlia Lithwick is joined by Andrew Weissman, co-host of the MSNBC podcast "Prosecuting Donald Trump” (recently re-launched as “Main Justice” for…. obvious reasons!) Andrew is also author of two New York Times bestsellers, The Trump Indictments and Where Law Ends: Inside the Mueller Investigation.

*We are not eating elephants. Please do not eat elephants.

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What Next | Daily News and Analysis - Greenland’s a Distraction

With Republicans holding the House, the Senate, and the presidency, cabinet confirmation hearings may be the most prominent place for Democrats to make a stand.


Guest: Chris Murphy, US senator for Connecticut. 


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What Next | Daily News and Analysis - Blake Lively Vs. Hollywood

After a summer on the receiving end of the internet’s ire, Blake Lively is back in the news, as her relationship with her former director and co-star Justin Baldoni has taken a turn for the litigious. 


Guest: Heather Schwedel, staff writer at Slate.


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