About this episode

The episode discusses the Supreme Court's ruling on birthright citizenship and its implications for American democracy amidst political divisions.

Donald Trump has been thwarted by the Supreme Court over his plan to end birthright citizenship, prompting passionate reactions on both left and right. One Maga influencer has called for a ban on pregnant women travelling to the US and for the sterilisation of foreign visitors. Is the Trump v Barbara Supreme Court ruling evidence that the reports of the death of American democracy have been exaggerated? As America celebrates its 250th birthday at a time of bitter divisions in US politics, are there reasons to be cheerful about, well, the state of it? And another left-wing, anti-Israel candidate wins a Democratic primary. Melat Kiros, who has won her primary in Colorado, has said that calls for the elimination of the Israeli state should not be conflated with antisemitism. What does her win tell us about the direction of travel for the left in America, and about the future of relations between Israel and the US? Katy Balls, Washington editor and columnist at The Times and The Sunday Times Gerard Baker, columnist at The Times and editor at large at The Wall Street Journal Producers: Euan Dawtrey, Harry Kitson Executive producer: Molly Guinness 00:00 - Introduction: The State…

People in this episode

Host: Katy Balls

Guest: Gerard Baker

Topics covered

• birthright citizenship
• Supreme Court
• US politics
• Democratic primary
• Israel relations
• American democracy
• political divisions

Keywords

• birthright citizenship
• Supreme Court
• Donald Trump
• Melat Kiros
• Democratic primary
• political divisions
• Israel
• US politics

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Supreme Court, The Times, The Sunday Times, The Wall Street Journal

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