Contested Courts and Foreign Policy

This chapter explores the contentious role of U.S. courts in shaping foreign policy, particularly concerning the treatment of citizens and non-citizens alike. It critiques recent governmental practices that threaten due process and examines the troubling rhetoric around detaining individuals, including American citizens, in foreign prisons. The discussion raises alarms about the historical echoes of totalitarianism in current U.S. political rhetoric and immigration policies.

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All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.

When Care Workers Organize
Behind Myanmar's Devastating Earthquake
Trump's Concentration Camps in El Salvador
How Strikes Build Democratic Workplaces
Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #12

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Sources/Links:

When Care Workers Organize

https://www.instagram.com/friendspdxunionnetwork/

https://friendspdx.org/donate

Behind Myanmar's Devastating Earthquake

https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/up-to-700-myanmar-muslims-killed-in-quake-hit-mosques-weakened-by-neglect.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/30/world/asia/myanmar-earthquake-aftershocks-airstrikes.html

https://myanmar-now.org/en/news/myanmar-juntas-aerial-attacks-continue-despite-post-quake-ceasefire/

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/myanmar-junta-shoots-chinese-earthquake-aid-convoy-rcna199233

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/world/asia/myanmar-earthquake-aid.html

https://www.reuters.com/article/economy/myanmar-lashes-out-at-quotchocolate-barquot-foreign-aid-idUSSP172535/