S2 Ep101: Is Trump Declaring War on Courts?

George Conway Explains It All (To Sarah Longwell)

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🗓️ 18 March 2025

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Trump just tested the limits of executive power by deporting hundreds of Venezuelans, despite a federal court order against it. Are we headed toward a constitutional crisis? George Conway explains why Trump’s actions threaten constitutional protections, and what happens if presidents ignore judges.

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0:00.0	We had, there was a bipartisan immigration bill that was going to try to fix some of this stuff.
0:05.0	And Trump didn't want to fix it.
0:08.0	He made the House vote against it because he doesn't want a rational system.
0:14.0	He wanted the system to fail.
0:16.0	They don't want law.
0:18.0	Okay, President Stephen Miller, oops, I'm sorry, President Trump does not want law.
0:23.4	He does not believe in law.
0:30.0	Hello, everyone, and welcome to George Conway, explains it all to Sarah. I'm Sarah Longwell,
0:35.3	publisher of the bulwark, and because I'm not a lawyer, I've asked
0:38.0	my good friend, George Conway from the Society, for the rule of law to explain the legal news to me.
0:42.9	And George, my friend, you got some splaining to do today because we have a big illegal news issue.
0:53.4	Yep.
0:53.8	So we're recording this on Tuesday.
0:56.1	Right.
0:56.3	Yesterday, at 5 p.m., there was a hearing in Judge Boseberg's.
1:01.3	Yes.
1:01.8	Osberg's courtroom about the deportation of Venezuelans despite orders not to.
1:07.9	So to set the context on Saturday, Trump invoked the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, declaring that a
1:15.2	Venezuelan gang was conducting irregular warfare against America, which would allow the administration
1:21.4	to deport any non-citizen declared to be associated with the gang without proof or the ordinary
1:27.0	legal protections and process
1:28.5	required for deportation. So later on Saturday, a district court judge, this judge,
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