What Next - Is The Border Patrol Accountable to Anyone?
The Supreme Court seems to be stepping aside.
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Show Notes
Lower courts have consistently ruled against the Trump administration’s hardline immigration policies. But at the Supreme Court, the conservative majority almost always reverses lower court opinions, even in the most shocking cases. Last week, justices ruled that a Customs and Border Protection agent cannot be sued for shooting and killing a Mexican teenager in 2010, presenting the grim prospect that federal agents are free to act with impunity.
Guest: Mark Joseph Stern covers the courts and the law for Slate.
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