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Trump Defies Court Order & Deports Migrants, Lewis Black vs. Air Travel | Ezra Klein & Derek Thompson

2025/3/19
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This chapter delves into Trump's use of the Aliens Enemies Act to deport Venezuelan migrants, the legal challenges he faced, and the resulting constitutional crisis.
  • Trump attempted to deport Venezuelan gang members using the Aliens Enemies Act of 1798.
  • The law allows deportation with little due process and was last used during World War II.
  • A federal judge ordered the return of planes carrying deported individuals, which Trump ignored.
  • The administration argued that the court's jurisdiction ended once planes were over international waters.
  • Trump criticized the judge, calling him a 'radical left lunatic' and suggested he be impeached.

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Jordan Klepper breaks down how Trump's attempt to mass-deport Venezuelans by invoking a racist wartime law has led to a feud with the federal judge and an all-out constitutional crisis.

Troy Iwata checks in on sick MAGA children who have just learned that their letters from the president were signed by... an autopen.

Lewis Black asks airlines to fix their s**t amid recent catastrophes.

New York Times Opinion columnist Ezra Klein and staff writer for The Atlantic, Derek Thompson, talk to Jordan Klepper about their new book, “Abundance,” which details how lawmakers can solve the affordability crisis by “building and inventing more of what we need.” They also discuss how Democrats can build a more effective opposition to Trump by using their power in blue cities and states to implement results-oriented policy and create a positive party identity.

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