Created for situations where time is of the essence, the Supreme Court's shadow docket allows the justices to weigh in on matters of extreme urgency without requiring a full trial. Since Trump's first term, the shadow docket is being used more and more frequently to remove obstacles to the president's agenda. New data reveals an overwhelming bias towards conservative rulings through the shadow docket and highlights the dangers of an increasingly compliant Supreme Court. 

The Politics of New America explores and explains the policies of the American federal government in this era of radical change.

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Once a fringe belief, the Unitary Executive Theory is being used by the Trump administration and right-wing political analysts to justify handing the president absolute authority over federal agencies. Expansion of presidential power threatens to further marginalize congress, the courts, and American democracy. 

In this episode we look at the history of the Unitary Executive Theory and how it’s being invoked in the present. Then we take some time to explain how Washington DC’s strange history allows for Trump to militarize the city over a fictional emergency.

The Politics of New America explains and explores the policies of the American federal government in an era of radical change.

Gerrymandering is an American tradition dating back to the nation’s founding. Join us as we look back at how Gerrymandering took root in the US, the humorous story of how it got its name, and its continued devastating impact on American democracy. 

The Politics of New America explores and explains the American federal government in this age of radical change. 

The US accounts for close to 40% of the world’s military spending, but it never seems to be enough. Maintaining the globe’s mightiest armed force is becoming unsustainably expensive. Join us as we look at the over inflated and fiscally disastrous state of the US military and how the Trump administration is making a big problem even worse. 

Welcome to the Politics of New America. We explore and explain the policies of the American federal government in this age of radical change. 

President Trump's latest Executive Order seeks to institutionalize thousands of Homeless Americans without their consent. It also forces states to abandon their current homelessness initiatives or face funding cuts and criminal investigations. Join us as we break down the order piece by piece to look at the context and consequences of this new aggressive approach toward America's ever worsening homelessness crisis. 

The Politics of New America explores and explains the policies of the American federal Government in this era of rapid change. 

The Supreme Court has given the Trump administration the green light to continue its dismantling of the Department of Education. At the same time the federal government is pulling billions out of school programs. We discuss the effects of these cuts and how the most vulnerable children will face the greatest impact. 

The Politics of New America explores and explains the policies of the American Federal Government in an era of radical change. 

A key victory that sprung from the Civil Rights Movement, The Voting Rights Act has long protected black and minority voters from racist policies designed to weaken their political power and silence their voices. Now after decades of conservative attacks on the act, the supreme court has the opportunity to kill some of its strongest voter protection measures. Should they succeed, Americans will lose the ability to challenge discriminatory voting rules and Gerrymandering.

The Politics of New America explains and explores the policies of the American federal government in this era of rapid change.  

People from all over the world have long sought American citizenship as a way towards a better life. The rights, privileges and protections guaranteed by citizenship could only be removed in special and rare circumstances, until now. The federal government is stepping up efforts to strip citizenship from naturalized immigrants for offenses as minor as traffic violations. At the same time, birthright citizenship, long constitutionally enshrined, risks being overturned and creating millions of stateless children. 

This episode dives into details of the Trump administration's legal attacks on naturalized citizens and American children born to undocumented parents.

The Politics of New America explores and explains the policy of the American federal government in an era of radical change.

President Trump has used executive orders to weaken enforcement of regulatory crimes and corporate corruption in the name of making American businesses more competitive globally. On this episode we explore Trump's policies around corruption and corporate crimes. We examine two executive orders that weaken the federal government's ability to prosecute companies who violate long standing corruption laws. Then ask, will these measures help American businesses or make things a lot tougher for them?

The Politics of New America explores and explains the policies of the American Federal Government in this era of radical change. 

The Supreme Court has quashed a lower court order that sought to make sure the Trump administration wasn't sending deportees to unsafe nations. While the decision isn't final, the SCOTUS judges have made removing detained immigrants much easier for now. Meanwhile the massive detention infrastructure needed to house the ten of thousands of people scooped up in ICE raids is being worked on all over the nation. Old prisons with terrible reputations are being re-opened and new facilities are being built. Get up to date on all of this, plus Alligator Alcatraz, in this Weekly Brief.

The Politics of New America explains and explores the policies of the American federal government in this era of radical change. 
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