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The Asset · Mar 28, 2025 · 53 min

Courts Under Siege: Dahlia Lithwick on Trump's Judicial Threats & Democracy's Future

In this very speacial episode of The Asset, legal journalist Dahlia Lithwick (Slate’s Amicus podcast) exposes how Trump’s second-term agenda—and cases like Dr. Rasha Alawieh’s deportation and Mahmoud Khalil’s ICE detention—are testing judicial independence. We break down: The "metaphorical weapons" courts still have against executive overreach; Why Chief Justice Roberts’ rare public warning matters now; Project 2025’s blueprint for reshaping the judiciary; and Real-world impacts on immigrants, academics, and civil liberties. Subscribe wherever you get podcasts. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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In this very speacial episode of The Asset, legal journalist Dahlia Lithwick (Slate’s Amicus podcast) exposes how Trump’s second-term agenda—and cases like Dr. Rasha Alawieh’s deportation and Mahmoud Khalil’s ICE detention—are testing judicial independence. 

We break down:

  • The "metaphorical weapons" courts still have against executive overreach;
  • Why Chief Justice Roberts’ rare public warning matters now;
  • Project 2025’s blueprint for reshaping the judiciary; and
  • Real-world impacts on immigrants, academics, and civil liberties.


Subscribe wherever you get podcasts.


See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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