How SCOTUS is Making Project 2025 a Reality

<p>Our fearless hosts continue to slog through this sh*tty shadow docket summer, covering an order from the Court okaying racial profiling by ICE officers, some ominous administrative stays, Amy Coney Barrett’s ongoing press tour through right wing media, and the lower courts’ continuing frustrations with this Supreme Court. Then, Leah and Kate speak with special guest Symone Sanders Townsend, co-host of MSNBC’s <i>The Weeknight</i>, about how the Supreme Court is carrying out key parts of Project 2025, and enabling and facilitating other parts of the government to do the same. </p><p>Hosts’ favorite things:</p><ul>

<li>Leah: <a href="https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-judicial-learning-curve">The Guatemalan Children’s Case and the Judicial Learning Curve</a>, Anna Bower (Lawfare); <a href="https://www.dorfonlaw.org/2025/09/what-should-lower-federal-court-judge.html">What Should a Lower Federal Court Judge Do When SCOTUS Plays Calvinball?</a> By Michael Dorf (Dorf on Law). </li>

<li>Kate: <a href="https://www.stevevladeck.com/p/bonus-177-a-closer-look-at-justice">Bonus 177: A Closer Look at Justice Kavanaugh's ICE Raids Opinion</a>, Steve Vladeck (One First); <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@zohran_k_mamdani/video/7546597703447350558">Zohran Mamdani’s ‘Stop Sending Us Money” TikTok</a>

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<li>Melissa: “<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/us/politics/trump-treasury-bessent-pulte-threat.html">Trump’s Treasury Secretary Threatens to Punch Housing Official in the Face</a>,” Maggie Haberman and Shawn McCreesh (Washington Post)</li>

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