Uploaded June 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
Join Charles Fain Lehman, Ilya Shapiro, John Ketcham, and Renu Mukherjee as they dissect the week’s seismic Supreme Court rulings—nationwide injunctions gutted, free speech battles won, and the ideological fault lines now splitting the bench wide open.
They take on Trump’s bold executive swipe at TikTok, expose the social media platforms society could ditch, and throw down their picks for Mount Rushmore—where only true American grit belongs.
“If the government has to win every time, and challengers only once, the deck is stacked against liberty,” declares Shapiro, firing a shot at the judicial overreach plaguing our rights.
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Renu Mukherjee: https://x.com/RenuMukherjee1
Ilya Shapiro: https://x.com/ishapiro
John Ketcham: https://x.com/JKetcham91
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00:00 Introduction and court term overview
01:59 Trump v. Casa and nationwide injunctions explained
10:29 Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton, Mahmood v. Taylor and Administrative State cases
17:50 Political takeaways on the Supreme Court Rulings
25:49 Federalism, Free Speech and next-term teasers
29:58 TikTok sale and social media at large
37:49 Mount Rushmore picks
Join Charles Fain Lehman, Ilya Shapiro, John Ketcham, and Renu Mukherjee as they dissect the week’s seismic Supreme Court rulings—nationwide injunctions gutted, free speech battles won, and the ideological fault lines now splitting the bench wide open.
They take on Trump’s bold executive swipe at TikTok, expose the social media platforms society could ditch, and throw down their picks for Mount Rushmore—where only true American grit belongs.
“If the government has to win every time, and challengers only once, the deck is stacked against liberty,” declares Shapiro, firing a shot at the judicial overreach plaguing our rights.
Charles Fain Lehman: https://x.com/CharlesFLehman
Renu Mukherjee: https://x.com/RenuMukherjee1
Ilya Shapiro: https://x.com/ishapiro
John Ketcham: https://x.com/JKetcham91
Get the best of City Journal—urban policy, politics, and culture—delivered weekly.
city-journal.org/email-alerts
00:00 Introduction and court term overview
01:59 Trump v. Casa and nationwide injunctions explained
10:29 Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton, Mahmood v. Taylor and Administrative State cases
17:50 Political takeaways on the Supreme Court Rulings
25:49 Federalism, Free Speech and next-term teasers
29:58 TikTok sale and social media at large
37:49 Mount Rushmore picks
