Courts Under Siege: Dahlia Lithwick on Trump's Judicial Threats & Democracy's Future

In this very speacial episode of The Asset, legal journalist Dahlia Lithwick (Slate’s Amicus podcast) exposes how Trump’s second-term agenda—and cases like Dr. Rasha Alawieh’s deportation (perplexity.ai/search/write-a-guest-packet-prep…) and Mahmoud Khalil’s ICE detention (perplexity.ai/search/write-a-guest-packet-prep…)—are testing judicial independence.
We break down:
• The "metaphorical weapons" courts still have against executive overreach;
• Why Chief Justice Roberts’ rare public warning matters now;
• Project 2025’s blueprint for reshaping the judiciary; and
• Real-world impacts on immigrants, academics, and civil liberties.

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