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Trump's Immigration System; South Korea's Political Crisis; Gender-Affirming Care and the Supreme Court; 2024's Best Sports Writing
The Brian Lehrer Show | Dec 5, 2024
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On today's show:
- There will likely be changes to the immigration system under Donald Trump, who has pledged to initiate a mass deportation campaign. Murad Awawdeh, president and CEO at the New York Immigration Coalition (NYIC), speaks to the concerns of immigrants.
- Bryan Pietsch, Washington Post reporter on the international desk covering foreign affairs, discusses the short-lived martial law order from South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol, and the political crisis unfolding in the National Assembly and streets of Seoul.
- On Wednesday, Supreme Court Justices heard arguments in a case about gender-affirming care for minors. Kate Shaw, professor at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, co-host of the Supreme Court podcast Strict Scrutiny, a contributor with ABC News and a contributing opinion writer with the New York Times, explains why the court is considering a challenge to a Tennessee law that bars the use of puberty blockers and hormone therapy.
- Jane McManus, sports writer, an adjunct professor at New York University's Preston Robert Tisch Institute for Global Sport, editor of The Year's Best Sports Writing 2024 (Triumph, 2024) and author of the forthcoming The Fast Track: Inside the Surging Business of Women's Sports (Temple University Press, 2025), looks back on some of the best writing about sports and athletes this year.
