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And today we're going to talk about what's happening in the courts, kind of at all levels.
Over the past year, the Trump administration has done a lot in the courts and also fought a lot in the courts with lots of legal challenges to many of the administration policies they've been trying to roll out.
But how well are these challenges actually working?
And how is the Trump administration using the justice system to fight back?
Plus, a big question for all of us here at Marketplace.
What does this mean for the economy?
And so here to make us smart about this is someone who is very tuned in to what's happening in the courts.
Kyle Cheney, who's a legal affairs reporter at Politico.
Welcome back to the show, Kyle.
Last time you were on Make Me Smart, we were talking about the January 6th investigations because you were deep into all those cases.
And what January 6th actually meant for our democracy and the economy.
We had a five year anniversary of the attack on the Capitol last week.
What has it been like for you kind of looking back on your own coverage of these cases and where we ended up?
I think that's exactly right.
I mean, we have seen so many examples over and over again of the Trump administration and President Trump himself really pushing the bounds of what he can do and basically saying, you know, see you in court if you can make it happen.
Speaking of independent agency heads, obviously huge news broke over the weekend, which folks, especially folks listening to Marketplace, have heard by now about the Department of Justice opening a criminal investigation into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell.
What is your take on this case and what it tells us about how Trump is using the justice system?
Because as you said, I mean, we've really seen Republicans in Congress in particular stay very quiet for a lot of these moments where, as you said, Trump is sort of pushing the line or stepping over the line of what's constitutional and legal.