The Roberts Court Shows Its True Colors

Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts by Slate Audio

Jun 27, 20261:08:47Society & Culture

Donald Trump ran for office threatening to use mass deportations, closed borders, and emergency wartime powers to “clean up” American immigration. On Thursday, the Supreme Court’s right-wing supermajority gifted him with...

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