Tiers of Scrutiny w/ Eva Eapen & Pari Sidana Eva Eapen & Pari Sidana

Wondering about the nitty gritty of former President Donald Trump's conviction last week? We were too. Listen here for a discussion of Trump's actions, the charges, the trial, the verdict, and the response.



Read more here:

https://www.npr.org/2024/05/30/g-s1-1848/trump-hush-money-trial-34-counts

https://www.vox.com/politics/353111/trump-trial-verdict-criticisms-wrongly-convicted

https://time.com/6985067/donald-trump-felon-travel-guns-voting/

https://www.vox.com/scotus/353561/supreme-court-donald-trump-nullfy-conviction

https://apnews.com/article/trump-trial-deliberations-jury-testimony-verdict-85558c6d08efb434d05b694364470aa0

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We hope you enjoy today's episode. You can read more about the case here:

- https://www.oyez.org/cases/2023/23-175:

- https://hls.harvard.edu/today/supreme-court-preview-city-of-grants-pass-v-johnson/

https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2023/23-175_6kh7.pdf

- https://www.culawreview.org/journal/evolving-standards-of-decency-on-the-abolition-of-capital-punishment#:~:text=As%20highlighted%20in%20Weems%20v,cruel%20and%20unusual%20standards%E2%80%9D%20clause.

On today's episode of Tiers of Scrutiny Eva and I discuss Trump v. US, the SCOTUS case about former President Trump's immunity in the January 6th trial.



https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/23/23A745/300410/20240212154110541_2024-02-12%20-%20US%20v.%20Trump%20-%20Application%20to%20S.%20Ct.%20for%20Stay%20of%20D.C.%20Circuit%20Mandate%20-%20Final%20With%20Tables%20and%20Appendix.pdf

https://www.scotusblog.com/2024/02/supreme-court-takes-up-trump-immunity-appeal/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/03/06/trump-immunity-supreme-court-argument-date/

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We hope you are doing well. On today's episode Eva and I discuss the Tik Tok Ban which was passed by the House of Representatives on March 13th. Here are the sources we used for the episode:



https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/15/technology/tiktok-ban-bill-senate.html

https://time.com/6958140/tiktok-ban-jeff-jackson-vote-apology/

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/tiktok-ban-israel-gaza-palestine-hamas-account-creator-video-rcna122849

https://apnews.com/article/florida-social-media-ban-desantis-fd07f61e167bd9109a83cd7355b5f164

https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/a-national-tiktok-ban-and-the-first-amendment#:~:text=The%20judge%20was%20presented%20with,in%20the%20least%2Drestrictive%20manner.

On today's episode, Eva and I cover Texas v. United States (2024). This case regards SB4 (an immigration law) and Article 1, Section 10. Here are the sources which we used:

- https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/20/us/texas-immigration-law.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb

- https://www.texastribune.org/2024/03/18/texas-sb-4-immigration-arrest-law/#:~:text=Texas%20has%20argued%20the%20law,own%20%E2%80%9Cunless%20actually%20invaded.%E2%80%9D

- https://www.oyez.org/cases/2011/11-182

- https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/23a814_febh.pdf

- https://www.cbsnews.com/news/sb4-texas-immigration-law-blocked-again-after-supreme-court-allowed-state-to-arrest-migrants/

- https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/supreme-court-allows-strict-texas-sb4-immigration-law/story?id=108248478

Tune in to hear us discuss the Supreme Court's per curial opinion in Trump v. Anderson. We also delve into Sections 3 and 5 of the 14th Amendment, as well as states' inability to remove federal office holders from elections.



Read the Court's opinion here: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/23-719_19m2.pdf