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Episode 1350Mar 18, 2025

We have a constitutional crisis. Now what?

Trump is going head-to-head with the judicial branch.

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We have a constitutional crisis. Now what?
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On today’s episode, Kai Ryssdal and Kimberly Adams discuss the Donald Trump administration’s disregard for the courts. The White House has ignored a judge’s order to turn around a pair of deportation flights and failed to rehire federal workers. A constitutional crisis has arrived. Plus, get ready for a three-bleep Kai rant. And how anime helps explain the GOP’s attempt to get around the real cost of its $4 trillion tax cut.

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We have a constitutional crisis. Now what?