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It’s the Same Constitution.”]]> https://slate.com/podcasts/political-gabfest/2026/04/politics-trump-attends-birthright-citizenship-arguments-at-scotus?via=rss Thu, 02 Apr 2026 21:00:00 GMT https://slate.com/podcasts/political-gabfest/2026/04/politics-trump-attends-birthright-citizenship-arguments-at-scotus David Plotz, Emily Bazelon, and John Dickerson Politics Senate Supreme Court cmnhuewog0030cjm5y92qigum <![CDATA[Former Attorney General Pam Bondi Was Memed Out of a Job]]> https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2026/04/trump-attorney-general-pam-bondi-fired-memes.html?via=rss Thu, 02 Apr 2026 19:17:22 GMT https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2026/04/trump-attorney-general-pam-bondi-fired-memes.html Shirin Ali Department of Justice Donald Trump Jurisprudence Judiciary Blanche looking scared/confused, Bondi looking smarmy. cmnhs9774000lcjm5tltn82g8 <![CDATA[One of the Most Famous Trials in U.S. History Disproves Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Case]]> https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2026/04/supreme-court-analysis-john-brown-birthright-citizenship.html?via=rss Thu, 02 Apr 2026 18:46:51 GMT https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2026/04/supreme-court-analysis-john-brown-birthright-citizenship.html Steven Lubet Constitution Donald Trump History Immigration Jurisprudence Supreme Court Judiciary John Brown with his arms folded next to an old photo of the U.S. Supreme Court. cmngxvjz3001sgem5hxvbco0t <![CDATA[Donald Trump’s Awful Approval Ratings Probably Don’t Matter—Except in One Crucial Way]]> https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2026/04/donald-trump-iran-war-news-polls-jd-vance.html?via=rss Thu, 02 Apr 2026 14:47:34 GMT https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2026/04/donald-trump-iran-war-news-polls-jd-vance.html Ian Prasad Philbrick Donald Trump Elections Iran Polls Republicans J.D. Vance Donald Trump. cmngbprt2001b2sm51tevvm6a <![CDATA[It’s Possibly the Worst Part of Prison. One Job Illustrates the Horror Like Nothing Else.]]> https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2026/04/solitary-confinement-prison-life-mass-incarceration-injustice.html?via=rss Thu, 02 Apr 2026 14:00:00 GMT https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2026/04/solitary-confinement-prison-life-mass-incarceration-injustice.html Antoine E. Davis Jurisprudence Incarceration An empty solitary cell with a bench, a drain, and little else. cmn9cd70q004j7em85ctowigl <![CDATA[Which Organ in the Body Produces <em>Glucagon</em>?]]> https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2026/04/trivia-quiz-daily-slate-science-anatomy-illness-geology.html?via=rss Thu, 02 Apr 2026 09:55:00 GMT https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2026/04/trivia-quiz-daily-slate-science-anatomy-illness-geology.html Ray Hamel Quizzes Trivia Slate Games cmngjy6w60038gpm5yowtgbqk <![CDATA[The Pardoned Jan. 6 Rioters Say You Owe Them Money. Trump’s DOJ Might Agree.]]> https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2026/04/jan-6-pardons-trump-doj-riot-payoff.html?via=rss Thu, 02 Apr 2026 09:40:00 GMT https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2026/04/jan-6-pardons-trump-doj-riot-payoff.html Shirin Ali Donald Trump Florida Jurisprudence Supreme Court Judiciary Capitol Riot Executive Dysfunction Jan. 6 rioters at the U.S. Capitol. cmngkaf9o0016gem5e0zqom27 <![CDATA[Trump Went to Court—But Left Early]]> https://slate.com/podcasts/what-next/2026/04/the-supreme-court-doesnt-buy-trumps-anti-birthright-citizenship-case?via=rss Thu, 02 Apr 2026 09:20:00 GMT https://slate.com/podcasts/what-next/2026/04/the-supreme-court-doesnt-buy-trumps-anti-birthright-citizenship-case Mary Harris Supreme Court cmngjdkbc0013mlme54d7otfr <![CDATA[Trump Watched his Birthright Citizenship Case Collapse in Real Time]]> https://slate.com/podcasts/amicus/2026/04/what-about-the-constitution-birthright-citizenship-at-scotus?via=rss Wed, 01 Apr 2026 21:23:46 GMT https://slate.com/podcasts/amicus/2026/04/what-about-the-constitution-birthright-citizenship-at-scotus Mark Joseph Stern Slate Plus cmngfvfw10012k0m6wymbubug <![CDATA[Amy Coney Barrett Unraveled the Case Against Birthright Citizenship With One Question]]> https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2026/04/supreme-court-analysis-amy-coney-barrett-birthright-citizenship-fail.html?via=rss Wed, 01 Apr 2026 20:49:45 GMT https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2026/04/supreme-court-analysis-amy-coney-barrett-birthright-citizenship-fail.html Mark Joseph Stern Constitution Donald Trump Immigration Jurisprudence Slate Plus Supreme Court Judiciary Amy Coney Barrett Donald Trump leerting at Amy Comey Barrett on the balcony at the White House. cmngdjsej000l2qksw7519el7 <![CDATA[I Found the Veterans at the Huge Anti-Trump Protest. 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Hasen Donald Trump Elections Jurisprudence Supreme Court Voting Voting Rights Judiciary Conspiracy Theories President Donald Trump signs a document as Vice President JD Vance and Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson look on during a White House signing ceremony in the Oval Office. cmn9cae6l0045g8m6ti7haz9k <![CDATA[Anne Frank Hid in the Attic of a House for Two Years in Which City?]]> https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2026/04/trivia-quiz-daily-slate-history-soviets-holocaust-us-presidents.html?via=rss Wed, 01 Apr 2026 09:55:00 GMT https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2026/04/trivia-quiz-daily-slate-history-soviets-holocaust-us-presidents.html Ray Hamel Quizzes Trivia Slate Games cmnf2cfsb000lgxmefc272eki <![CDATA[MAGA Conservatives Are Getting Angrier and Angrier About the Iran War. 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