The Majority Report w/ Sam Seder

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Death Of The Voting Rights Act; The Coming Oil Shock w/ Rory Johnston, Ari Berman | MR Live
Oil MarketsGeopoliticsEnergy Crisis

Death Of The Voting Rights Act; The Coming Oil Shock w/ Rory Johnston, Ari Berman | MR Live

This episode unpacks the severe global oil shock caused by the Strait of Hormuz closure and the Supreme Court's systematic dismantling of the Voting Rights Act, drawing parallels to the post-Reconstruction era.

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GOP Plots New Trump Supreme Court Pick Before Midterms | Elie Mystal | TMR
Judicial AppointmentsPolitical StrategyMidterm Elections

GOP Plots New Trump Supreme Court Pick Before Midterms | Elie Mystal | TMR

Elie Mystal and Sam Seder discuss the Republican strategy to pressure Justice Samuel Alito into retiring before the midterms to allow Donald Trump to appoint a new, younger conservative justice, and the origins of the Supreme Court's 'shadow docket'.

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Trump’s Crooked Fed Chair Nominee; GOP Plotting Next Supreme Court Pick? w/ Elie Mystal | MR Live
Judicial AppointmentsPolitical StrategyDonald Trump

Trump’s Crooked Fed Chair Nominee; GOP Plotting Next Supreme Court Pick? w/ Elie Mystal | MR Live

Elie Mystal and Sam Seder discuss the strong political signals indicating Justice Alito's imminent retirement and the GOP's strategic plan to replace him before the 2026 midterms, alongside the concerning origins of the Supreme Court's 'shadow docket'.

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Trump's Iran Quagmire Hits Inflection Point | MR Live
US-Iran conflictStrait of HormuzConversion therapy

Trump's Iran Quagmire Hits Inflection Point | MR Live

The hosts dissect the US-Iran conflict's escalation, the Supreme Court's controversial conversion therapy ruling, and Israel's new death penalty law, framing these events as driven by unchecked power and detrimental to global stability.

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Trump’s Major SCOTUS Tariff Loss | Mark Joseph Stern | TMR
TariffsExecutive PowerStatutory Interpretation

Trump’s Major SCOTUS Tariff Loss | Mark Joseph Stern | TMR

The Supreme Court significantly curtailed presidential tariff power, ruling 6-3 against Trump's broad use of an emergency statute, but the decision highlighted deep ideological splits over judicial doctrines and left a $175 billion refund mess.

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Trump's Trade War Derailed By SCOTUS w/ Mark Joseph Stern | MR Live
TariffsPresidential PowerJudicial Doctrines

Trump's Trade War Derailed By SCOTUS w/ Mark Joseph Stern | MR Live

The Supreme Court significantly curtailed former President Trump's sweeping tariff authority, ruling his use of an emergency statute for broad taxation was unlawful, yet the financial benefits of these illegal tariffs are unlikely to reach the public.

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SCOTUS Torpedoes Tariffs; Epstein’s Billionaire Rolodex w/ Ryan Grim, Wren Woodson, Mabel Kabani
TariffsMajor Questions DoctrineJeffrey Epstein

SCOTUS Torpedoes Tariffs; Epstein’s Billionaire Rolodex w/ Ryan Grim, Wren Woodson, Mabel Kabani

The Supreme Court strikes down most of Trump's tariffs, while new reports detail Epstein's deep ties to Israeli intelligence, a Gaza 'reconstruction' plan, and the pervasive influence of dark money in US politics.

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