UNBIASED Politics (3/17/25): What is the Alien Enemies Act? Did Trump Defy the Court Order? Birthright Citizenship Goes to Supreme Court, What We Know About Presidents Using an Autopen, and More.

Episode Format:

1. Columbia University Sanctions Students Who Occupied Hamilton Hall (0:42)

2. Trump Administration Takes Birthright Citizenship to Supreme Court (3:06)

3. Trump Signs Executive Order Virtually Eliminating Seven Entities (12:19)

4. Congress Passes Stopgap Measure to Avoid Government Shutdown (16:41)

5. Trump Invokes Alien Enemies Act; Judge Blocks It; Flights With Migrants Fly Anyway (22:37)

6. Trump Says Biden's Orders Signed With Autopen Are Void; Here's What We Know About the Autopen (31:05)

7. Oracle Reportedly Talking to White House About TikTok Deal (34:07)

8. Officials Say Assistant Brown University Professor Deported Back to Lebanon for Attending Hezbollah Leader Funeral (36:16)

9. Quick Hitters (38:14)

10. Critical Thinking Segment (40:11)

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Columbia University Sanctions Students Who Occupied Hamilton Hall

https://communications.news.columbia.edu/news/university-statement-regarding-ujb-determinations

https://apnews.com/article/columbia-university-protests-c148d1d01718a4482541a6df6cad8d74

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/columbia-university-punishes-pro-palestinian-protesters-who-occupied-building-2025-03-13

https://www.foxnews.com/us/columbia-university-punishes-students-who-took-over-building-during-anti-israel-protests

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/smashed-windows-piled-furniture-left-occupation-hamilton-hall-columbia-rcna150154

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/6/23/israeli-tank-fired-at-hind-rajab-family-car-from-metres-away-investigation

Trump Administration Takes Birthright Citizenship to Supreme Court

https://apnews.com/article/trump-administration-birthright-citizenship-059a5d7a564ee025d5b4b6e4492c6e66

https://www.wsj.com/us-news/law/trump-makes-emergency-plea-to-supreme-court-on-birthright-citizenship-9c02cc3e

https://nypost.com/2025/03/13/us-news/trump-administration-asks-supreme-court-to-partly-allow-birthright-citizenship-restrictions

https://www.scotusblog.com/2025/03/trump-asks-supreme-court-to-step-in-on-birthright-citizenship/

https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24/24A884/352051/20250313135341225_Trump%20v.%20CASA%20Inc%20application.pdf

https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24/24A885/352045/20250313134644359_Trump%20v.%20Washington%20Application.pdf

https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24/24A886/352043/20250313135344529_Trump%20v%20New%20Jersey%20Stay%20Application.pdf

https://judicature.duke.edu/articles/one-for-all-are-nationwide-injunctions-legal/

Trump Signs Executive Order Virtually Eliminating Seven Entities

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/03/continuing-the-reduction-of-the-federal-bureaucracy/

https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/03/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-continues-the-reduction-of-the-federal-bureaucracy/

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/15/us/politics/trump-order-voice-of-america.html

https://www.usa.gov/agencies/u-s-agency-for-global-media

https://www.fmcs.gov/

https://www.usaspending.gov/federal_account/093-0100

https://www.fmcs.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/FMCS-Fast-Facts-FY23-update-Jan-2024.pdf

https://www.usagm.gov/who-we-are/mission/

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/03/15/trump-executive-order-voice-of-america/82443203007/

https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/trump-signs-order-gut-voice-america-other-agencies-2025-03-15/

https://www.wilsoncenter.org/about

https://www.imls.gov/

https://www.usich.gov/about/usich

https://www.cdfifund.gov/

https://www.mbda.gov/

https://www.mbda.gov/awards-instructions#:~:text=MBDA%20serves%20minority%20business%20enterprises,especially%20sought%20from%20these%20groups.

https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/R46816

https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/R45442

https://www.law.georgetown.edu/georgetown-law-journal/wp-content/uploads/sites/26/2021/03/Sunstein_Vermeule_Presidential-Review-The-Presidents-Statutory-Authority-over-Independent-Agencies.pdf

https://www.usich.gov/sites/default/files/document/FY%202025%20Congressional%20Budget%20Justification_0.pdf

https://www.scrippsnews.com/politics/president-trumps-first-100-days/in-effort-to-trim-government-trump-targets-media-and-homelessness-agencies#:~:text=Out%20of%20the%20%246.8%20trillion,annual%20budget%20of%20%243.6%20million.

Congress Passes Stopgap Measure to Avoid Government Shutdown

CNN: GOP government funding bill

NewsNation: Congress poised to force $1B cut to local DC budget, surprising many lawmakers

FOX: Spending bill to avert shutdown successfully beats filibuster with hours until deadline Temporary government funding bill

NPR: House GOP passes spending bill, sending plan to avert government shutdown to Senate

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/13/opinion/trump-musk-shutdown-senate.html

https://x.com/SenSchumer

https://www.axios.com/2025/03/14/senate-democrats-vote-with-republicans-avoid-government-shutdown

https://ballotpedia.org/United_States_Senate

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/legislative-maneuver-house-republicans-block-vote-trump-tariffs/story?id=119758683

https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/03/11/congress/house-republicans-move-to-block-vote-on-trumps-tariffs-00223947

Trump Invokes Alien Enemies Act; Judge Blocks It; Flights With Migrants Fly Anyway

CNN: Federal judge temporarily blocks Trump's ability to quickly deport noncitizens under Alien Enemies Act

FOX: Trump invokes wartime Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to target violent illegal immigrant street gangs

White House statement: Invocation of the Alien Enemies Act Regarding the Invasion of the United States by Tren de Aragua

CNN: Tren de Aragua, a gang started in a Venezuelan prison, becomes early target of Trump administration immigration raids

ALCU: Federal Court Broadens Temporary Block on Trump Using Alien Enemies Act to Remove Immigrants from the U.S.

https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/alien-and-sedition-acts

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/03/invocation-of-the-alien-enemies-act-regarding-the-invasion-of-the-united-states-by-tren-de-aragua/

https://www.aclu.org/cases/j-g-g-v-trump?document=COMPLAINT

https://nypost.com/2025/03/16/us-news/first-flight-of-250-migrant-gang-members-arrive-in-el-salvador-to-be-held-in-notorious-mega-prison/

https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/17/politics/deportation-flights-judge-timeline/index.html

https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/g66143#397d9d0b

https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/n837va#397da5a6

https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/g66122#397dd873

Trump Says Biden's Orders Signed With Autopen Are Void; Here's What We Know About the Autopen

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114175908922736427

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-claims-biden-pardons-void-alleging-were-signed-via-autopen

https://www.axios.com/2025/03/17/trump-biden-pardons-autopen-jan-6-committee

https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-biden-autopen-signature-pardons-b2716533.html

https://www.justice.gov/file/494411/dl?inline=

https://www.newsweek.com/joe-biden-autopen-drama-explained-nullify-pardons-legally-binding-2045775

https://nypost.com/2025/03/14/us-news/trump-establishes-far-more-restrictive-autopen-rules-as-biden-aides-murmur-about-possible-misuse/

https://www.justice.gov/file/494411/dl?inline

TikTok Update

https://www.yahoo.com/news/tiktok-tries-sway-dc-ad-090000146.html

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/16/white-house-oracle-tiktok-00232302

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/application-of-protecting-americans-from-foreign-adversary-controlled-applications-act-to-tiktok/

https://www.theinformation.com/articles/oracle-leading-contender-help-run-tiktok-new-deal?utm_campaign=Editorial&utm_content=Article&utm_medium=organic_social&utm_source=twitter

https://haystackid.com/haystackids-independent-security-review-validates-tiktok-u-s-data-securitys-continued-compliance-efforts/

https://apnews.com/article/tiktok-bytedance-shou-zi-chew-8d8a6a9694357040d484670b7f4833be

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/17/tiktok-tries-to-sway-dc-with-ad-blitz-00231498

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oracle_Corporation

Officials Say Assistant Brown Professor Deported Back to Lebanon Attended Hezbollah Leader Funeral

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/brown-professor-deported-lebanon-allegedly-attending-hezbollah-funeral-rcna196706

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/17/rasha-alawieh-deportation-026038

Quick Hitters

https://san.com/media-miss/dhs-kristi-noem-says-trump-admin-will-resume-construction-of-7-miles-of-southern-border-wall/

https://www.newsweek.com/trump-admin-announces-new-arizona-border-wall-construction-what-know-2045970

https://san.com/cc/starbucks-ordered-to-pay-50-million-to-driver-burned-by-hot-coffee/

https://san.com/cc/democratic-partys-favorability-ratings-drop-to-record-low-poll/

https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25563079/cnn-poll-political-parties.pdf

https://san.com/cc/four-astronauts-arrive-at-iss-on-spacex-capsule-replacing-crew-after-9-months/