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Supreme Court SHUTS DOWN Trump Agenda in DEVASTATING Ruling
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January 4, 2026
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12:40Now PlayingBrian Kabateck and Shant Karnikian review Trump's major immigration failures in 2025 as his agenda repeatedly crashed into constitutional limits. The hosts discuss the Supreme Court's recent 6-2-1 decision denying a stay for Trump's deployment of troops to round up immigrants in Illinois cities, affirming lower court rulings that such actions violate the Posse Comitatus Act. Brian explains the Posse Comitatus Act prohibits using military as a police force except for limited circumstances like quelling insurrections—not immigration enforcement. The conversation reveals Trump's promise to round up criminals has instead resulted in breaking up families and grabbing regular undocumented people, including children and parents. Brian notes even Trump supporters like farmers are questioning why their field laborers are being taken. The hosts discuss how Trump's immigration attacks have predominantly targeted brown people, with Brian predicting Trump has lost the Latino vote for a generation—similar to California's 1994 Proposition 187 that devastated the state Republican party. They explore the irony of Republicans championing states' rights while federal ICE agents swoop into communities terrorizing residents. Shant emphasizes Los Angeles as a diverse, integrated community where these raids affect everyone, citing examples of federal agents stopping kids at gunpoint. The hosts conclude by celebrating the courts stopping wannabe dictators from running amok, with democracy and rule of law protecting communities from unconstitutional overreach.
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