Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts · Slate Podcasts

Is The National Guard Coming To Your City?

August 30, 2025·54 min·5 clips

Trump's deployment of armed National Guard in D.C. may be the most flagrant constitutional violation of the 21st century.

Dahlia Lithwick hosts legal expert Liza Goytien to analyze President Trump's deployment of the National Guard in Washington D.C. and threats to other cities, examining constitutional and statutory guardrails like the Posse Comitatus Act. They discuss the dangers of military domestic policing, loopholes being exploited, and implications for democracy and civil liberties.

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