Season 6, Episode 30 (Show 292): Preclearing the President

August 19, 2026

The President keeps hammering away at some of his favorite themes, including tariffs and birthright citizenship.  Does he pay a price for that?

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What happens when the president loses in court, even at the Supreme Court, but repeatedly attempts to fight the battle again?  New tariffs are offered after the old ones are thrown out.  Birthright citizenship, resoundingly affirmed, is challenged anew.  To Americans who lived in the South after Brown v. Board, this might sound familiar.   And indeed, as we wrap up our Roberts court constitutional survey, and we arrive at the cases we take great issue with, this theme echoes back to the Shelby County case.  We therefore discuss a question that has rankled many Americans in recent years. 

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