The Crisis Arrives

Episode #216

This week, Bill and Phil explore the ongoing battle between the Trump administration and the judiciary, pondering whether the country finds itself in a full blown constitutional crisis, then continue their ongoing series looking at attacks on core democratic institutions, focusing this week on Trump‘s attack on higher education.

Links related to this week’s episode:

• “I Should Have Seen This Coming” by David Brooks in The Atlantic

• “The Emergency Is Here” by Ezra Klein in The New York Times

• “Judge Threatens Contempt Proceedings Over Deportation Flights to El Salvador” by Alan Feuer in The New York Times

• “Trump Dares the Supreme Court to Do Something” by David A. Graham in The Atlantic

• “What the Courts Can Still Do to Constrain Trump” by Stephen I. Vladeck in The Atlantic

• “America’s Universities Could End up Zombies”by Steven A. Cook in Foreign Policy

• “I.R.S. Is Said to Be Considering Whether to Revoke Harvard’s Tax-Exempt Status” by Andrew Duehren and Maggie Haberman in The New York Times

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