The Justice Department is set to take a significant step this week, initiating a lawsuit against Iowa over its new immigration law. This law, which criminalizes the entry of individuals previously deported or barred from the country, mirrors the controversial Texas law. The latter is currently under legal scrutiny. Notably, other Republican-led states are also contemplating similar legislation. Spencer Amdur, a senior staff attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union’s Immigrants’ Rights Project, sheds light on the rationale behind these stringent state immigration laws and why federal courts have invalidated similar state laws.
And in headlines: Adult film star Stormy Daniels described in explicit detail a sexual encounter she had with Donald Trump during testimony in the former president’s criminal hush-money trial, TikTok sued the federal government over a new law that could ban the app in the U.S., and Israeli forces seized control of the Rafah border crossing in southern Gaza.
Show Notes:
Not On My Ballot
The Global Plea For Peace
A Dark Day For Maine
The Real House Speaker of D.C.
Never Have I Emmer
The War Next Door
The Worst People for the Worst Job
All Talk And No Speaker
An All-Consuming Rage
Biden's High-Wire Act
Reopening Gaza's Lifeline
The Deepening Crisis in Gaza
The Fact of the Matter
The View From Tel Aviv
Not Some Distant Tragedy
Israel Declares War on Hamas
SCOTUS Is Back! Term Preview from Strict Scrutiny
Putting Alabama On The Map
Reading Is Fundamental, Honey
Kevin Knows I'm Miserable Now
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