War Crimes, Christian Nationalism, and the 25th Amendment

About this episode

The episode discusses legal news including Trump's threats against Iran, Christian nationalism in the military, and the 25th Amendment.

Even though the Supreme Court took a break from hearing oral arguments, there was still plenty of legal news breaking every day. Katie Phang joins Leah to recap that news, including Trump's threats against Iran, the overt Christian nationalist rhetoric coming from the Secretary of Defense, and a disturbing case that SCOTUS decided not to hear. Then, Emily Amick , joins Leah to talk all things 25th Amendment-- where it came from, why we probably won't see it invoked here and now, and why we should keep talking about it anyways. Favorite things: Leah: Democracy in Retrograde by Sami Sage and Emily Amick; “ Drunks, Lampposts, and the Birthright Citizenship Case ” by Steve Vladeck; Levain Bakery’s carrot cake cookie Katie: her dog Lucky Emily: Strangers by Belle Burden; Smitten Kitchen’s zucchini butter spaghetti ; meet-ups with the EYP community Get tickets for STRICT SCRUTINY LIVE in New York City on June 20th. Learn more at http://crooked.com/events Vote for us in the Webbys ! Preorder Melissa’s book, The U.S. Constitution: A Comprehensive and Annotated Guide for the Modern Reader Preorder a signed paperback of Leah’s book, Lawless, here . Follow us on Instagram , Threads , and…

People in this episode

Host: Leah

Guests: Katie Phang, Emily Amick

Topics covered

• War Crimes
• Christian Nationalism
• 25th Amendment
• Supreme Court
• Legal News

Keywords

• Supreme Court
• Christian Nationalism
• 25th Amendment
• Trump
• Legal News

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Levain Bakery, Crooked Ideas

Books & works: Democracy in Retrograde, Drunks, Lampposts, and the Birthright Citizenship Case, Lawless, The U.S. Constitution: A Comprehensive and Annotated Guide for the Modern Reader, Strangers, Smitten Kitchen’s zucchini butter spaghetti

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