in this week’s this Cause Roundtableeditors Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie and Peter Suderman take a closer look at President Joe Biden’s executive order updating asylum restrictions at the U.S.-Mexico border to address illegal Cross-border issues.
01:32 – Biden’s new asylum restrictions
21:38 – Prosecuting political opponents: Former President Donald Trump, Hunter Biden and Steve Bannon
33:25—Weekly listener question
39:56 – No one is reading Washington post
48:09—This week’s cultural recommendations
Mentioned in this podcast:
“Biden announces sweeping asylum restrictions at US-Mexico border” By Fiona Harrigan
“Biden’s New Asylum Policy Is Harmful and Illegal” by Ilya Somin
“Travel Ban, Redux” by Josh Blackman
“Immigration adds to US cricket shock over Pakistan” by Eric Boehm
“Liberal candidate Chase Oliver wants to restore ‘Ellis Island-style’ immigration handling” by Fiona Harrigan
“Donald Trump and Hunter Biden Face the Illogical Consequences of Arbitrary Gun Laws” by Jacob Salem
“Hunter Biden’s trial highlights a gun law that is widely flouted, haphazardly enforced and constitutionally dubious” By Jacob Salem
“Hunter Biden’s Multiple Charges Reveal Serious Threat to Jury Trial” by Jacob Salem
The Belief Effect by Liz Wolfe
“Lawrence Tribe’s bizarre claim that Trump won the 2016 election by falsifying business records in 2017” by Jacob Salem
“A bunch of legal theories fail to give Trump ‘fair notice’ of the charges against him in New York” By Jacob Salem
“Will Donald Trump’s New York Conviction Make Us Banana Republicans?” By J.D. Tussier
“The Myth of the Federal Private Nondelegation Doctrine, Part 1” by Sasha Volokh
“Federal Court Condemns Congress for Giving Amtrak Unconstitutional Regulatory Powers” by Damon Root
“Making Amtrak Safer and Privatizing It” by Ira Stoll
“Biden threatens to veto Republican spending bill that would ‘cut’ Amtrak funding to twice pre-pandemic levels” By Christian Britschgi
“This company is running high-speed trains in Florida—without subsidies” by Natalie Dowzicky
“Never nationalize Greyhounds under any circumstances” by Christian Britschgi
“and ride or die‘Bad Boys’ movie becomes referendum on masculinity” Peter Suderman
“DC Water spends nearly $4,000 on water-drop mascot Wendy” by Christian Britschgi
Upcoming cause events:
Reason Speakeasy: Corey DeAngelis in New York City on June 11
Send your questions to roundtable@reason.com. Please be sure to provide your social media handle and the correct pronunciation of your name.
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Audio production by Justin Zuckerman and John Carter
Luke Allen and Hunt Beaty serve as assistant producers
Music: “Angeline” by Brother Steve
- Producer: Hunter Beatty
- Video editor: Cesar Baez
