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Learned Resilience's avatar

Norm, your idea to bring Steve Vladeck into the Contrarian fold as a legal eagle/SME is fantastic! He and Katie are a great team of analysts who can communicate complex legal issues in plain language we can understand. Thanks for all you do!

CJ's avatar

I'm still wondering and waiting on what is going to happen with everyone already sent to El Salvador without due process.

Kathy Sowers's avatar

I don't know how they'll be returned, but I have hope. "The Lord looked down from his sanctuary on high, from heaven he viewed the earth, to hear the groans of the prisoners and release those condemned to death." (Ps. 102:19-20) May it be so.

Christina's avatar

I hope the Pope can do it

Klarity's avatar

Thanks for the chat and the explaining, and WOW—5,000 Contrarians turn out on spur of the moment to listen. America is dialed in to democracy for sure!

Carole Langston's avatar

I remain guardidly hopeful. Alito and Thomas are not jurists. Alito is a MAGA and nothing else. Thomas is a grifter and open to bribes. 7 to 2. 👍

Irena's avatar

Always good to hear from Steve Vladeck. The good news is that the judicial branch is doing its job, admirably. The bad news is that the executive branch is apparently ignoring all the rulings. The latest I heard is it wants to use the National Guard and also hire more bodies, all to deport as many people as possible. So I really want to know how can the executive branch be forced to follow the law, especially as it continues to spit at existing laws?

Shari Burnham's avatar

How to force the executive branch to follow the laws is a key question. Answer????

Angie's avatar

Good news. Keep fighting for the country and our democracy, America!

Alisa Kesten's avatar

Love y’all… let Katie talk

David Brockman's avatar

Great discussion! Very helpful explanation from Vladeck and Phang.

Judy Robinson's avatar

Norm Steve, and Katie,thank you for all of your work, for your explanations, andgorthis ray of hope! How you help, and I am grateful!

Joan (CA)'s avatar

You guys are great! Loved Katie's message that 'due process lives to fight another day!' Looking forward to the next live video.

Sallyss's avatar

Your live count of listeners only tells half the story. So many of us listen later, so thanks for making this valuable content available. It’s a great benefit of being a member of the Contrarian community.

Barb Rea's avatar

I think Katie had more to say.

Bird jones's avatar

So good just keep helping us non lawyers to understand what the hell is going on. Onward

Susan Toler's avatar

Let Katie talk.-clearly she had more to say and was ignored.

Kathy Sowers's avatar

Not being an attorney, I looked up "per curiam." Aha! Makes perfect sense! And Katie's parting good news is GREAT NEWS indeed! So thankful!

Thanks!!!

evi nyc's avatar

This report gives me hope.