This Week's Episode: "Get 'Em Out!" + Richard Primus

This week on Versus Trump, the Take Care podcast, we start off with discussion of a lawsuit against Donald Trump (and others) for allegedly inciting violence at a campaign rally in Kentucky [1:30-28:00]. We debate whether the First Amendment protects what Trump said, and we talk about what might happen with the case going forward. (Amanda Shanor discussed the case on Take Care here.)

Next, Easha talks about the concept of unconstitutional animus with Professor Richard Primus of the University of Michigan Law School [28:12-56:25]. Easha and Richard discuss what animus is, the source of the constitutional prohibition against it, and what that prohibition means for the litigation against President Trump’s Muslim travel ban. (You can find his writing on the subject here.)  

We close with a quick segment that we’re tentatively calling “Trump Nuggets” [56:30-end]. Suggestions for a better name are welcome.

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Here are links to some of the other things we talked about this week:

• The Complaint in the Kentucky protester case against President Trump is here, and the court's recent ruling denying a motion to dismiss is here.
• Brandenberg v. Ohio, which establishes the test for un-protected incitement, is here.
• Youngdahl v. Rainfair, a labor-picketing case referencing the prior history of violence in similar circumstances, is available here.
• A dissent by Justice Thomas in Virginia v. Black, a case about cross burning, is available here.
• The New York Times covered what it's like to attend a Trump rally, and quoted from the pre-rally safety video.
• Here’s a Mashable compilation of violent rhetoric Trump has used at his rallies.
• The Southern Poverty Law Center called Matthew Heimbach “the new face of white nationalism.”
• A roundup of all the measures state legislators are taking to criminalize protest, including a measure in Arizona to expand racketeering laws to cover organizers of protest events.
• Neil Kinkopf’s Take Care article explaining why Trump’s lawyers can be sanctioned for claiming that Trump is immune from suit is available here.
• Easha’s Trump Nugget was about Judge Davis’ concurrence in the GG litigation, and it's available here.
• Politico's report that Trump is interviewing judges in their late 30s is available here.

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