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Opening Arguments - Just When We Thought Big Law Could Not Be More Pathetic
OA1151 - We’re (kind of) live from New York! Thomas, Matt, and OA regular Liz Skeen meet up in person for the first time on Liz’s home turf to review the state of the law three months into the second Trump administration. We begin with a brief update on some recent developments in Trump’s war against Biglaw before turning to some encouraging developments in two of the most significant federal civil cases of our lifetimes. Finally, Matt cedes today’s footnote to a New York minute from Liz about a welcome legal setback for Andrew Cuomo’s mayoral campaign.
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CBS News Roundup - 04/18/2025 | World News Roundup Late Edition
A senator recounts his meeting with Kilmar Abrego Garcia in El Salvador. A vigil held on the campus of Florida State University. A federal judge blocked President Trump's attempt to fire nearly everyone at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
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Big Technology Podcast - Is OpenAI’s o3 Model AGI?, Is AI The New Social Media?, Zuck’s Revealing Testimony
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1A - The News Roundup For April 18, 2025
Kilmar Abrego Garcia is the big name in the news this week as he remains imprisoned in El Salvador. A U.S. District judge chastised the Department of Justice for not following her order to facilitate his release.
Meanwhile, America's top diplomat says time is running out for US-led talks to find a path of peace in Ukraine.
Those remarks from Paris follow Russian airstrikes that killed dozens and injured more than 100 people in Sumy, Ukraine, mid-morning on Palm Sunday. It's the deadliest attack in the country's invasion this year.
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said his country's troops will not leave established buffer zones in Gaza after the war ends.
And this week, the rebel group fighting the Sudanese army for power announced that it has formed its own government.
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Meanwhile, America's top diplomat says time is running out for US-led talks to find a path of peace in Ukraine.
Those remarks from Paris follow Russian airstrikes that killed dozens and injured more than 100 people in Sumy, Ukraine, mid-morning on Palm Sunday. It's the deadliest attack in the country's invasion this year.
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said his country's troops will not leave established buffer zones in Gaza after the war ends.
And this week, the rebel group fighting the Sudanese army for power announced that it has formed its own government.
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Consider This from NPR - Behind two high-profile deportation cases, a legal crisis grows
This week, two federal judges handling separate immigration cases escalated their attempts to get the Trump administration to comply with court orders.
One case involves President Trump's use of the Alien Enemies Act, the 18th-century wartime law, to deport migrants without due process.
The other is about the wrongful deportation, also without due process, of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, and the government's refusal to bring him back to the U.S.
The growing conflicts point to a potential constitutional crisis, where the president openly defies the country's highest court — or at least, as one legal scholar maintains, a crisis at the Supreme Court.
Our guest is University of Virginia professor Amanda Frost, who specializes in immigration and citizenship law.
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One case involves President Trump's use of the Alien Enemies Act, the 18th-century wartime law, to deport migrants without due process.
The other is about the wrongful deportation, also without due process, of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, and the government's refusal to bring him back to the U.S.
The growing conflicts point to a potential constitutional crisis, where the president openly defies the country's highest court — or at least, as one legal scholar maintains, a crisis at the Supreme Court.
Our guest is University of Virginia professor Amanda Frost, who specializes in immigration and citizenship law.
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Consider This from NPR - Behind two high-profile deportation cases, a legal crisis grows
This week, two federal judges handling separate immigration cases escalated their attempts to get the Trump administration to comply with court orders.
One case involves President Trump's use of the Alien Enemies Act, the 18th-century wartime law, to deport migrants without due process.
The other is about the wrongful deportation, also without due process, of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, and the government's refusal to bring him back to the U.S.
The growing conflicts point to a potential constitutional crisis, where the president openly defies the country's highest court — or at least, as one legal scholar maintains, a crisis at the Supreme Court.
Our guest is University of Virginia professor Amanda Frost, who specializes in immigration and citizenship law.
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One case involves President Trump's use of the Alien Enemies Act, the 18th-century wartime law, to deport migrants without due process.
The other is about the wrongful deportation, also without due process, of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, and the government's refusal to bring him back to the U.S.
The growing conflicts point to a potential constitutional crisis, where the president openly defies the country's highest court — or at least, as one legal scholar maintains, a crisis at the Supreme Court.
Our guest is University of Virginia professor Amanda Frost, who specializes in immigration and citizenship law.
For sponsor-free episodes of Consider This, sign up for Consider This+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org.
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Consider This from NPR - Behind two high-profile deportation cases, a legal crisis grows
This week, two federal judges handling separate immigration cases escalated their attempts to get the Trump administration to comply with court orders.
One case involves President Trump's use of the Alien Enemies Act, the 18th-century wartime law, to deport migrants without due process.
The other is about the wrongful deportation, also without due process, of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, and the government's refusal to bring him back to the U.S.
The growing conflicts point to a potential constitutional crisis, where the president openly defies the country's highest court — or at least, as one legal scholar maintains, a crisis at the Supreme Court.
Our guest is University of Virginia professor Amanda Frost, who specializes in immigration and citizenship law.
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One case involves President Trump's use of the Alien Enemies Act, the 18th-century wartime law, to deport migrants without due process.
The other is about the wrongful deportation, also without due process, of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, and the government's refusal to bring him back to the U.S.
The growing conflicts point to a potential constitutional crisis, where the president openly defies the country's highest court — or at least, as one legal scholar maintains, a crisis at the Supreme Court.
Our guest is University of Virginia professor Amanda Frost, who specializes in immigration and citizenship law.
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State of the World from NPR - Refugees in Limbo as U.S. Halts a Resettlement Program.
In Kenya, generations of mostly Somalians have lived in one of the world's largest refugee camps for over thirty years. Many hoped to resettle in places such as the U.S., which has paused a key admissions program. And a visit to China's oldest trade fair, where traders are plotting their next move after U.S. tariffs and a darkened economic forecast.
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