The Takeaway

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has vowed to bring that nominee to a vote by the fall, and now the pressure is on Democrats to resist a confirmation. We explore the political strategy that has evolved following the sabotage of Merrick Garland’s confirmation to today; nobody knows for certain how this moment will play politically five months from now, but Amy Walter reflects on what working to motivate the bases of both parties and how this could be a strategic tool heading into November; a look at how a new court could shape the future of reproductive rights and how the issue will play for lawmakers in the fall; and we look at Trump’s legacy on the judiciary thus far.   

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On Wednesday, on the last day of the term, Justice Kennedy announced his retirement. We look at Kennedy’s departure through the focus of his role as the swing vote; we seek to better understand why people are continuing to cross the border; we have a dispatch from Saudi Arabia where a family of women drove for the first time on Sunday; a look at the police department in Pittsburgh in light of the news that the DA has charged the officer with criminal homicide; a look at the political turmoil roiling the state of West Virginia; and using the new Sicario sequel as a lens to understand how Hollywood depicts the border. 

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In her dissent on the travel ban ruling, Justice Sotomayor invoked Korematsu v. United States, a 1944 Supreme Court decision that found it legal to hold Japanese Americans in internment camps during World War II. We look back at that decision and at whether the racial motivations then are similar to those we are seeing today. We follow our look at the immigration courts with a look at criminal courts handling the fallout from zero tolerance; we watch the Nigeria and Argentina game with spectators at Buka in Brooklyn; a look at results from primaries that were held in Colorado, New York, Maryland, Utah, and Oklahoma; and we visit the history of the Zoot Suit Riots of 1942 with Margarita Engle, first Latino to receive the honor of being a Young People’s Poet Laureate.

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Today, the Supreme Court issued a 5-4 ruling on the third version of the travel ban. In a huge and long-awaited victory for President Trump -- the court sided with the Trump administration. We look at how the Trump Administration's policies are playing out in the immigration court system; a reporter covering the motorcycle industry explains the major Harley-Davidson announcement; a look at what is at stake for former for-profit college students who claim they were defrauded and are still waiting for promised relief from federal loans; and people told Stacey Abrams she shouldn't run for governor, because of her student loan debt. She says: that’s part of why she needed to run.

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As Immigration and Customs Enforcement — better known as ICE — dominates the headlines with stories like families being separated at the border, increased deportations, and the profitability of migrant detention, it can be easy to forget that ICE is a relatively new agency. So today, we discuss the department at the center of the immigration debate in the United States with two former top officials; a look at the shooting of an unarmed black teen and protests throughout the county; the transformative election for Turkey; and all this week we will be exploring the intersection of surveillance and policing.

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All this week, The Takeaway is talking about men. The Takeaway speaks with two experts about why they're optimistic for the future of masculinity; Since the Parkland shooting, comedian and actor Michael Ian Black has been thinking critically about how masculinity is shaping our youth; a former NBA player spent most of his life running away from his experience of childhood sexual abuse, until it caught up to him; a man who was assigned female at birth and then transitioned to male in his mid-20s on how he has reckoned with how to avoid reinforcing gender norms in his everyday life; and a mother of three sons, on the challenges of raising black boys.

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This week on The Takeaway Friday with Amy Walter, a big look at immigration from history and political strategies to consequences and the current state of immigration and the electorate. After announcing a zero tolerance at the border and the forced separation of children from their parents, outrage grew - from the media, the public and politicians on both sides of the aisle. We hear from a Republican strategist who was at the center of an immigration debate weighs in on how the party has responded historically and if they have learned from past mistakes; experts discuss how the Democrats have lost their way when it comes to immigration reform and what they need to address to keep progressives happy; and a look at how Latino voters are responding to the rhetoric surrounding immigration. 

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Up first, we take a look at the money behind private corrections and detention operators via a comprehensive report from the Corrections Accountability Project. Then, we talk to a self-described lifelong Republican Reverend about how he got interested in immigration, and why faith leaders chose to speak out now; we have a conversation about the farm bill with a Latino farmer who owns a small organic farm in CA; plus, a look at a documentary following the first eight months of a refugee resettlement.

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A look inside two types of detention facilities, as Border Patrol finds itself unable to humanely process families being separated by the Trump administration's zero tolerance policy; an update on the Pukri family, who wanted to make America great again - but just didn't think it would come at the cost of their own family separation; listeners share their feelings about the zero tolerance policy; and a discussion about the U.S.’s diminishing role in aiding refugees.

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How both the far right in Germany and America have come to define the immigration debate around the world. And Minnesota regulators open final arguments this week on whether they should approve proposal to replace deteriorating pipeline from Canada across Minnesota. Also, today is Juneteenth, we talked with Actress Jenifer Lewis and writer Vann R. Newkirk II. Finally, we welcomed the tiniest member of The Takeaway team.

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