Glenn Kirschner - he’s an NBC News and MSNBC legal analyst and former Assistant U.S. Attorney at the D.C. U.S Attorney's Office. Now you can join him for Justice Matters. Glenn brings analysis and insight to current legal issues, drawing from his 30 years as a federal prosecutor, homicide prosecutor, and Army JAG. For three decades, Glenn argued to juries and judges, breaking down complex legal issues in clear and relatable ways. Every weekday his podcast brings that same approach to his ana ...
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Judge in USIP Case Delivers Trump/Musk/DOGE a CRUSHING REBUKE of Their Lawlessness & Abuse of Power
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10:01District of Columbia Federal District Court Judge Beryl Howell has issued a 102-page legal opinion and ruling, announcing that Trump/Musk/DOGE's takeover and decimation of the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) was "unlawful" and "null and void." Glenn reviews what the Trump administration did to USIP - an independent, non-profit organization …
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The Supreme Court AGAIN Tells Trump NO UNCONSTITUTIONAL DEPORTATIONS of Venezuelan Immigrants
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13:18A pattern seems to be emerging: 7 Supreme Court Justices are repeatedly standing up for the Constitution by telling the Trump administration it can not deport Venezuelans without due process/notice and opportunity to be heard AND it can not use the Alien Enemies Act to deport anyone until the legality of invoking that act is fully and finally litig…
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Trump Administration Officials Become Hysterical at Social Media Post of Former FBI Director Comey
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13:21Former FBI Director James Comey posted a picture on Instagram of seashells on a beach arranged into the numbers "8647." Several Trump officials broke into hysterics, claiming that Comey intended the post as a threat. Showing her disregard for the rule of law, the rules of criminal procedure law and the Constitution - one prominent official announce…
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Trump's DOJ Indicts Wisconsin Judge Dugan; Righteous Prosecution OR Trump/Bondi Abuse and Overreach?
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15:05In a disturbingly thin and obviously rushed federal indictment, Donald Trump and Attorney General Pam Bondi had DOJ prosecutors seek a grand jury indictment of Milwaukee County Judge Hannah Dugan for allegedly trying to assist an immigrant evade arrest by ICE agents. Glenn reviews the evidence contained in the two-count indictment; discusses how gr…
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The attorneys representing Kilmer Abrego Garcia in his unconstitutional deportation case have asked the presiding Judge, Paula Xinis, to order two more Trump administration officials to sit for depositions to be forced to explain what, if anything, they are doing to "facilitate" Garcia's release and return to the US. In a breathtaking "F U" to the …
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Judge Rules Trump's Attempt to Punish Law Firm Perkins Coie is "UNCONSTITUTIONAL" and "NULL & VOID"
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12:40In a meticulously and persuasively reasoned 112-page legal opinion, DC Federal Court Judge Beryl Howell ruled that Donald Trump's Executive Order punishing the law firm Perkins Coie is unconstitutional. The case is over, as Judge Howell granted summary judgment in favor of plaintiffs - Perkins Coie (though the case likely will be appealed by Trump)…
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Trump Thinks He Can Get Around Due Process by Suspending Habeas Corpus
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14:42Donald Trump apparently thinks the Constitution is inconvenient, getting in the way of his fervent desire to deport anyone and everyone he wants out of the United States. His latest unconstitutional scheme is to suspend the writ of Habeas Corpus, which enables people being confined by Trump's executive branch to challenge the legality of their dete…
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Trump's Unrelenting Losing Streak in Court During His First 100 Days . . . And Beyond
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13:47Federal judges one after another have been ruling against Trump's illegality, unconstitutionality, and abuse of power, including many Republican-appointed judges - some appointed by Trump himself. Glenn reviews some of what went on during Trump's first 100 days (a losing streak that seems to be continuing), and discusses what likely will happen to …
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Republican Senator Says NO to Trump's Nominee to be US Attorney for Washington DC
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12:47It appears Donald Trump's grip on the Senate Republicans is loosening. Trump pushed hard for his nominee for DC US Attorney, Ed "Stop the Steal" Martin. Trump even posted that, "We are going to take our Country BACK and FAST. Ed Martin will be a big player in doing so and, I hope, that the Republican Senators will make a commitment to his approval.…
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During a White House meeting with the nation's governors, Donald Trump let them know, in substance, that they better get in line with some of his policies and proposals or he would cut off certain funding to their states. Maine's Governor Janet Mills would have none of it, and told Trump, "I'll see you in court." Trump replied, Good, I'll see you i…
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Trump Says He Doesn't Know if He Needs to Uphold the Constitution
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11:13As if Donald Trump didn't already wear his autocratic aspirations on his sleeve, during an interview on Meet the Press - Kristen Walker asked him, as president if he "needed to uphold the Constitution", of course his answer was a democracy-busting, "I don't know". This is severe, reckless and stubborn disregard for the duties of an American preside…
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Trump-Appointed Judge Rules ALL Trump Deportations of Venezuelan Immigrants are UNLAWFUL!
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12:52In an important ruling cutting back the lawless conduct of Trump and his administration officials, Judge Fernando Rodriguez - appointed to the federal bench by Trump himself - ruled that Trump can not use the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to deport Venezuelan immigrants. Glenn reviews this important new ruling. If you're interested in supporting our al…
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Trump Says He CAN But WON'T Bring Abrego Garcia Back from El Salvador
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11:27We are now squarely in constitutional crisis territory. After the Trump administration wrongfully deported Abrego Garcia to El Salvador, the Supreme Court ordered the Trump administration to facilitate his release from a prison in El Salvador and handle his case the way it would have been handled had he not been wrongfully deported. Attorney Genera…
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Judge Orders Release of Two Venezuelan Immigrants; Blasts AG Pam Bondi for Having No Evidence
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16:31In a scorched-earth, 37-page Opinion and Order, Federal Judge David Briones excoriated Trump administration officials, including named respondents Kristi Norm and Pam Bondi, for claiming that a Venezuelan couple were dangerous gang members who should be deported under the Alien Enemies Act, but did not produce "a single piece of meaningful evidence…
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Trump's Attorney General - Pam Bondi - Says Judges are "Deranged"
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10:47Donald Trump's Attorney General, Pam Bondi, is now parroting the lies of her boss, saying that judges are "deranged". Although Bondi clearly is trying to undermine the public's confidence in a co-equal branch of government - the judiciary - in reality, her statements are eroding the legitimacy of the Department of Justice. Glenn takes on the questi…
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How to Stop Donald Trump's March Toward a Constitutional Crisis? Cross the Aisle to Save Democracy
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As a former career prosecutor and current legal analyst, I'm not much of a comedian. But recently I was asked to participate in a pay per view event called "Not The White House Correspondents' Dinner" which is something of a celebration of independent media. Here's my shot at legal analysis that's a bit on the lighter side, though it finishes with …
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Trump's FBI Arrests a Judge for Allegedly Interfering with ICE
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12:55The Washington Post reported, "Wisconsin judge arrested by FBI, charged with obstructing immigration arrest." Curiously, FBI Director Kash Patel first posted then deleted information about this arrest. Glenn takes on the the nature of the allegations against the judge, and of Patel's ill-advised post-and-delete regarding the arrest. If you're inter…
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Judge Finds Trump Administration/DOJ Attorneys Presented "Falsehoods" & Acted in "Bad Faith"
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15:37In a devastating new order, Judge Paula Xinis, who is presiding over the Abrego Garcia unlawful deportation case, found the following: "Defendants (the Trump administration) - and their counsel (the DOJ lawyers) - well know that the falsehood lies . . . in their continued mischaracterization of the Supreme Court's Order. . . . Defendants' objection…
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Trump Tries To Get Supreme Court To Reverse Course; Here's Why It's Unlikely To Work
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13:32Donald Trump's former criminal defense attorney John Sauer, who is now the Solicitor General at the Department of Justice, filed a petition asking the Supreme Court to reverse itself and lift the block on further deportations of Venezuelan immigrants. What is both interesting and telling is that Sauer said nothing about the midnight run ICE made wi…
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Supreme Court Puts a Late-Night STOP to the Trump Administration's Unconstitutional Deportations
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12:13In a remarkable turn of events, as Trump's ICE officers filled buses with Venezuelan immigrants and headed toward an airport in Texas, an emergency battle was being waged in court to try to prevent the Trump administration from engaging in more unconstitutional deportations. As the busloads of immigrants reached the airport exit, they turned around…
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Appeals Court Calls Out Trump's Abuse of Power; Says He's "REDUCING THE RULE OF LAW TO LAWLESSNESS"
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10:40The 4th Circuit Federal Court of Appeals has issued a scorched-earth opinion in the Kilmar Abrego Garcia case. Judge Harvey Wilkinson, a Ronald Reagan appointee, called out the Trump administration for grave and upsetting constitutional violations, saying, "This should be shocking not only to judges, but to the intuitive sense of liberty that Ameri…
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Judge Rules Trump Administration Violated Court Orders; Finds Probable Cause for Criminal Contempt
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14:21Judge James Boasberg, the Chief Judge of Federal District Court for the District of Columbia, found probable cause that the Trump Administration is in criminal contempt of court for intentionally defying his orders regarding the unlawful "deportation" of Venezuelan immigrants. Glenn reviews Judge Boasberg's new ruling and order and tries to determi…
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Judge Finds Trump Administration has Done "NOTHING" to Bring Abrego Garcia Back; Moves Toward Contempt
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14:29After finding that the Trump Administration has done "nothing" to facilitate the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia to the US, Judge Paula Xinis ordered expedited discovery in the case to determine if Trump Administration officials should be held in contempt for violating her court orders - court orders that were affirmed and reinforced by the Supreme …
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Trump CAN'T Deport American Citizens to Foreign Prisons: Experts Weigh In
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11:09As Donald Trump continues to drag the American people to the edge of the constitutional crisis cliff in the Kilmar Abrego Garcia case, he's now threatening to deport American citizens to foreign prisons, and says that Attorney General Pam Bondi is "studying the law" to see if it's legal. Glenn says: AG Bondi can probably close the law book she's "s…
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Trump Says He Will NOT Bring Abrego Garcia Back, Signaling He Will Defy the Supreme Court's Order
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10:43In an Oval Office meeting with the president of El Salvador, Donald Trump indicated that he won't bring a wrongly-deported man back from El Salvador, which would constitute a violation of a directive from the Supreme Court. As he was doubling-down on lawlessness and unconstitutionality, Trump also told the president of El Salvador that he "needs to…
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Federal Judge REJECTS Trump's Attempt to Get Rid of Defamation Case
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14:16The Central Park 5, now known more accurately as The Exonerated 5, brought a defamation lawsuit against Donald Trump for stating during a presidential debate that the five men had "pled guilty", had "badly hurt someone" and had "killed someone", in connection with crimes that had been committed in Central Park in New York City. All three of Trump's…
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Trump Undercuts His DOJ Lawyers in the Abrego Garcia Deportation Case
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13:14After the Trump administration unlawfully deported Abrego Garcia to El Salvador, a federal judge ordered the Trump administration to "facilitate" Garcia's release and return to the United States, and that order was affirmed by the Supreme Court. However, Trump's DOJ has been dragging its feet, claiming it can't bring Garcia back from El Salvador, a…
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Supreme Court UNANIMOUSLY Orders the Trump Administration to Return Kilmar Abrego Garcia To The US
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18:05The Supreme Court ordered the Trump administration to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia to the US after they unconstitutionally deported him to El Salvador in violation of a court order. Indeed, even the Trump administration's DOJ lawyers admitted that their deportation of Garcia was "illegal." As Justice Sotomayor wrote: "The United States Government ar…
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Supreme Court - ALL 9 JUSTICES - Tell Trump, No More Deportations Without Due Process
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15:42In a rare display of unanimity, ALL 9 Supreme Court Justices told the Trump administration that it MUST provide due process - notice and opportunity to be heard - to every single person it seeks to deport. As Justice Sotomayor said in her dissenting opinion: "To the extent, the Government (the Trump administration) removes (deports) even one indivi…
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Trump-Appointed Judge Rules Trump Administration Violated 1st Amendment by Banning AP Reporters
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Another day, another judge ruling against the Trump administration. Trump-appointed Judge Trevor McFadden found the following: "The Court simply holds that under the First Amendment, if the Government (the Trump administration) opens its doors to some journalists . . . it cannot then shut those doors to other journalists because of (their) viewpoin…
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"Hands Off" Rally - The People Are FIRED UP!
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11:33On Saturday, April 5th - millions of people all across the world protested against the lawless Trump regime. That day - Glenn spoke to the thousands of people marching in the "Hands Off" rally in his hometown in Virginia. If you're interested in supporting our all-volunteer efforts, you can become a Team Justice patron at: / glennkirschner If you'd…
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Judge REJECTS DOJ's Position In Eric Adams Case; Blasts DOJ Attorney For Unethical Conduct
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16:11In a remarkable 78-page ruling, Judge Dale Ho, the presiding judge in the public corruption case of New York City Mayor Eric Adams, denied the DOJ's efforts to dismiss Adams' case without prejudice (temporarily) so they could hold it over Adams' head as political leverage. Glenn does a deep dive into Judge Ho's ruling, and the implications of his f…
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Trump Administration UNCONSTITUTIONALLY Deports Legal US Resident in Violation of Court Order
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As CNN reported previously, "Trump calls for the termination of the Constitution in Truth Social post." Well, it looks like Trump is putting his money where his mouth is, as he seems to be trying to terminate the due process rights to which we are all entitled under the 5th Amendment. The Trump administration has deported a young man named Kilmer A…
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In a surprising show of opposition, Senate Republicans are pushing back against Donald Trump's unhinged and reckless calls to impeach judges that dare to rule against him. Glenn discusses how other judges and even some in the GOP seem to believe that Trump has gone a bit too far this time. If you're interested in supporting our all-volunteer effort…
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Two More REPUBLICAN-APPOINTED Judges Rule Against Trump's Executive Orders Punishing Law Firms
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10:50Donald Trump seems to spend his days golfing and signing unconstitutional executive orders. Two more federal court judges have halted executive orders Trump signed to punish law firms who displeased him for one reasons or another. And one of the Republican-appointed judges, Judge Richard Leon, had some choice words for the absurd arguments that wer…
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Two More Law Firms Sue the Trump Administration to Block Presidential Orders Punishing Law Firms
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14:04And then there were three. Two more big law firms have sued the Trump administration for issuing executive orders punishing firms that Donald Trump doesn't like for one reasons or another. Paul Clement, former United States Solicitor General in the George W. Bush administration, is representing WilmerHale, one the the punished law firms. Attorney C…
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Appeals Court Sides with Judge Boasberg and Against the Trump Administration in Deportation Case
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11:50The DC Federal Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Judge James Boasberg's temporary restraining order would remain in place, rejecting arguments from Trump's DOJ lawyers to lift the ban so they could resume deporting Venezuelan immigrants without honoring their constitutional due process rights to notice and opportunity to be heard. In her written …
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Trump's DOJ Lawyers Creep Closer to Contempt of Court
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12:44In the ongoing litigation over whether the Trump administration violated Judge James Boasberg's order to turn around planes which were carrying Venezuelan immigrants to El Salvador - DOJ attorneys are now refusing to provide additional information about who was deported and when the planes took off and landed. Those attorneys are claiming that such…
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Judge Boasberg DENIES Trump/DOJ's Demand to Withdraw his Restraining Order
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16:26Donald Trump and his Department of Justice just keep losing in court. In a new ruling, DC Federal District Court Judge James Boasberg denied the DOJ's demand to withdraw his restraining order prohibiting deportation of Venezuelan immigrants under the Alien Enemies Act of 1798. In a second related legal development, a DC appeals court heard oral arg…
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Trump's DOJ Lawyers Make ABSURD Argument in Court; Judge Erupts, Saying "Do You Think I'm an Idiot?"
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22:27District of Columbia Federal Court Judge Ana Reyes erupted at Donald Trump's Department of Justice lawyers as they made absurd and unsupportable arguments trying to defend Trump and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth's unconstitutional ban on military service by transgender individuals. Not only did the DOJ attorneys have no evidence to back up the …
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Law Firm Trump Retaliated Against Gives In Rather Than Fighting Back
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14:05The New York Times reports "Law Firm (Paul, Weiss) Bends in Face of Trump Demands." After Trump retaliated against the law firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison by issuing an executive order against the firm that, per the NYT is "likely illegal", instead of fighting the executive order in court, the head of the firm, Brad Karp, made that pi…
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Feds Rehire 25,000 Wrongfully Fired Employees; Musk & DOGE are WASTING, NOT SAVING, Taxpayer $$$
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The federal government is now rehiring 25,000 public servants that Trump/Musk/DOGE unlawfully fired. Think about this: after being wrongfully terminated, those federal workers sat at home for a month or more performing no work for the American people. But because Musk and Trump fired them unlawfully, they will very likely receive back pay for the t…
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Did the Trump Administration Violate Court Orders by Not Turning their Deportation Planes Around?
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11:25The Chief Judge for the District of Columbia Federal District Court, Judge James Boasberg, is holding hearings to decide if Trump administration officials violated his order to turn planes around that were carrying Venezuela migrants. The Washington Post headline is "Who is the judge Trump wants impeached over Venezuelan deportations?" Glenn knows …
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Donald Trump and his administration have been losing in court after court, trial courts and appellate courts, from coast to coast. His latest loss: an appeal court refused to put a stop to Trump's administration being ordered to rehire federal employees that were wrongfully terminated. So of course, Trump tries to distract everyone from his unrival…
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Trump's Revenge-Fueled Speech at the Department of Justice
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16:47Donald Trump gave a speech at the Department of Justice unlike any speech that has ever been given at the DOJ by any president of the United States. Trump was disrespectful and demeaning of the rule of law and the public servants who enforce it every day without fear or favor on behalf of the American people. Glenn reviews the reporting about Trump…
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In a huge win for federal government employees, a federal judge has ruled that the Trump Administration's firing of thousands of probationary employees was illegal, and ordered the government to return those public servants to their jobs. Glenn reviews both the substance and the form of Judge William Alsup's ruling. It's clear that the federal judi…
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District of Columbia Federal District Judge Beryl Howell pulled no punches in a new ruling against Trump and his administration. Trump issued an executive order punishing a law firm he doesn't like, prohibiting the firm's attorneys from interacting with federal agencies and even from entering federal buildings. In ruling against Trump and in favor …
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Trump Has Now Lost in Court from Coast to Coast!
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11:07With a new federal appeals court ruling against Trump's attempt to revoke the constitutional guarantee of birthright citizenship, Trump has now lost from the east coast (1st Circuit Court of Appeals) to the west coast (9th Circuit Court of Appeals). Glenn reviews Trump's most recent court of appeals loss and highlights one extremely troubling argum…
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If Trump Defies Court Orders, Can the Supreme Court Revisit the Presidential Immunity Ruling?
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16:32In an opinion authored by Chief Justice John Roberts, the Supreme Court created the doctrine of presidential immunity, bestowing upon Donald Trump the power of lawlessness. At his recent address to a joint session of Congress, Trump thanked Roberts and said he "won't forget it," although Trump did not tell Roberts what he was thanking him for. The …
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Big Development in NYC Mayor Eric Adams Case That CUTS AGAINST What Trump's DOJ Is Trying To Pull
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17:46Donald Trump's Department of Justice officials have been trying to dismiss the criminal prosecution against New York City Mayor Eric Adams without prejudice, meaning they could continue holding the prosecution over his head as leverage. Judge Dale Ho appointed an outside attorney to brief and argue the issue, given that the DOJ prosecutors and defe…
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