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Trump's No Good, Very Bad Day Oct 17, 2019

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On this week’s Versus Trump, Jason and Easha break down President Trump's bad day in court on Friday, October 11. On that day, he lost three different lawsuits: one on the "public charge" immigration rule, one on Congress's subpoena power, and one on border wall funding. Jason and Easha mostly talk about the "public charge" case and predict how that one might go before giving the highlights of the other two.

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This episode was inspired by this article highlighting the three losses, at Yahoo News.

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Uncle Charlie's Comity Hour Oct 10, 2019

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On this week’s Versus Trump, Jason and Charlie discuss the major recent decision dismissing the President's attempt to block his accounting firm from turning over his tax returns to the Manhattan DA. The two talk about both aspects of the decision: first, whether a federal court should abstain from hearing this dispute out of respect for "comity" (hence the title); and second, whether the President is categorically immune from any amount of criminal process. They agree with the court in one respect and disagree in another.

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The ruling in Trump v. Vance is here. (No, not this Vance.)

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An Impeachment Primer Oct 03, 2019

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Gotcha, suckers! No impeachment dessert until you eat your immigration broccoli. On this week’s Versus Trump, Easha (back from parental leave!) and Charlie (just starting parental leave) discuss two immigration losses for the Trump administration. The first concerns Trump’s attempts to roll back court-ordered protections for migrant children; the second, Trump’s attempt to subject more immigrants to expedited removal.

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Can You Hear The Whistle Blowing? Sep 26, 2019

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On this week's episode of Versus Trump, Charlie and Jason discuss the legal stakes of the fight over what Trump said to the President of Ukraine and the related whistleblower complaint. A lot happened between when they recorded the episode and when it's being posted, but we still think it's a useful primer on the legal questions in this dispute.

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Jason mentioned this post by David Post at Volokh Conspiracy.
An excellent Just Security primer on all this is here.

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What's Left of Asylum Law? Sep 19, 2019

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On this week's episode of Versus Trump, Charlie and Jason discuss the Supreme Court's recent action permitting the Trump Administration to enforce tough new restrictions on asylum eligibility for those who enter the U.S. at the southern border. They discuss the tough new policy, whether it's valid substantively or procedurally, and what might happen now.

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The Supreme Court's opinion lifting the stay is here.
SCOTUSblog's case page is here.
A useful Vox explainer is here.

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Watch Out, Watch List Sep 12, 2019

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On this week's episode of Versus Trump, Charlie and guest-host Alexandra Brodsky discuss a recent opinion invalidating the FBI's terrorism watch-list. They discuss the implications of the opinion for the Trump administration (and beyond), the merits (and demerits) of the court's reasoning, and all sorts of other cool stuff, including how annoying it is when people think they're important enough to be spied on by the FBI.

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The decision in Elhady v. Kable is here.
A useful Q&A at Just Security is here.

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Versus DeVos 2.0 Sep 05, 2019

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This week on Versus Trump, Jason discusses the continuing illegal intransigence of the Department of Education, with Eileen Connor and Toby Merrill of Harvard's Project on Predatory Student Lending. Eileen and Toby explain how many students have a right to have their student loans cancelled because the for-profit schools they attended were fraudulent—but the Department of Education has illegally refused to process their cancellation applications for the entire duration of the Trump Administration. Eileen and Toby detail the continuing evasive tactics of the Department and its lawyers, and they mention an upcoming hearing over the Department's failure to comply with a court order that it stop collecting on illegal loans. We might hear more about that on Uncle Charlie's sanctions corner!

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You can find details on the Project on Predatory Student Lending here. Toby is the director, and Eileen the legal director.
The student testimony is available at the Sweet v. DeVos case page here.
After we recorded the podcast, the Department issued new rules on borrower defense that Eileen said throws students "under the bus." They've vowed to sue over it. Read the press release here.

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Straight to the Supremes Aug 29, 2019

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This week on Versus Trump, Jason and Charlie are back from a hiatus, and they discuss why the Trump Administration has been going to straight to the Supreme Court with emergency requests so frequently. They use that question to delve into some of the themes we've seen from Versus Trump cases in the last few years.

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Jason and Charlie use Professor Stephen Vladeck's paper The Solicitor General and the Shadow Docket to examine these issues. You can download the paper from SSRN here.

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We're Still Here! (Quick Update) Aug 22, 2019

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Okay, we're not gonna lie: we've been slacking this month. But we just wanted to let you know that we're still here and will be back with new episodes soon!

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Trump v. Everyone Who Wants His Tax Returns Aug 01, 2019

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This week on Versus Trump, Jason and Charlie are back from a hiatus to discuss the President's lawsuit against New York State and the House Ways and Means Committee, both of whom—he says—may be conspiring to release his New York State tax returns.

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