Strict Scrutiny How SCOTUS is Making Project 2025 a Reality
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Sep 15, 2025 Symone Sanders Townsend, co-host of MSNBC’s The Weeknight and former senior advisor to President Biden, joins the discussion to unpack the Supreme Court's influence on Project 2025. They explore how recent rulings facilitate government policies impacting immigration and racial profiling. Townsend emphasizes the disconnect between court decisions and the lived realities of marginalized communities. The conversation also delves into the Court's role in shaping educational governance and the implications of Christian nationalism on public rights.
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Shadow Docket Greenlights Racial Profiling
- The Supreme Court's shadow-docket stay enabled ICE roving patrols and effectively sanctioned racial profiling in Los Angeles.
- Justice Sotomayor warned this erodes Fourth Amendment protections for people who "look Latino, speak Spanish, and appear to work a low-wage job."
Administrative Stays Signal Pro-Executive Tilt
- The Court issued administrative stays in major agency cases, pausing lower-court injunctions against presidential firings and foreign-aid withholdings.
- Those stays signal judicial willingness to enable executive overreach even without full reasoning on the merits.
Docket Choices Shape National Policy Rhythm
- The Court fast-tracked high-profile cases like the tariffs dispute, showing docket choices shape policy timelines.
- Hosts note those expedited grants create recurring content and political consequences for the term.
