Trump's biggest clash with the courts yet

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🗓️ 20 March 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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President Donald Trump’s invocation of the Alien Enemies Act last week kicked off a battle with the courts that’s getting more heated by the day. On Tuesday, he called U.S. District Judge James E. Boasberg “crooked” and a “radical left lunatic” and suggested he should be impeached. Then, Supreme Court Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. issued a rare public rebuke of the president, saying impeachment is “not an appropriate response” to a judicial decision.

Senior politics reporter Aaron Blake speaks with Supreme Court reporter Justin Jouvenal and White House reporter Natalie Allison about the legal and political calculus behind Trump’s fight with the courts. And they also weigh in on the partial ceasefire deal for Ukraine brokered by the president and his Russian counterpart.

Today’s show was produced by Laura Benshoff. It was edited by Reena Flores and Rachel Van Dongen. It was mixed by Sam Bair.

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0:00.0	So have you figured out who killed JFK yet?
0:05.8	Lee Harvey Oswald.
0:07.7	No, that's what they want you to think, Justin.
0:09.9	That is what they want you to think.
0:11.2	I'm still working through the 80,000 pages.
0:14.1	I'll get back to you when I finish reading.
0:16.3	Waiting for a light week to go through the documents.
0:20.7	Maybe the truth will be in there somewhere.
0:22.6	So keep looking, folks.
0:27.6	From the newsroom of the Washington Post.
0:30.0	This is Post Reports.
0:31.6	I'm Aaron Blake, senior politics reporter and host of the Post Reports Weekly Politics Roundtable.
0:36.6	It is Thursday, March 20th, and we're a day early in your feeds this week because I am off on Friday.
0:44.0	I'm joined this week by Supreme Court reporter Justin Juvenile.
0:47.4	Hey, Justin.
0:48.2	Thanks for having me on again.
0:49.5	And we're also here with a relatively new addition to the Washington Post team, White House reporter Natalie Allison.
0:56.5	Hey, Natalie.
0:57.1	Hey, Aaron.
0:57.7	Thanks for having us.
0:58.4	Thanks for being here.
1:02.4	So, guys, I'm really glad that we have both of you today because we are going to be breaking down Trump's courtroom dramas, which I know you've both been reporting on.
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