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UNBIASED Politics (3/3/25): Trump, Vance, and Zelenskyy Fight It Out, 'Phase 1' of Epstein File Release, Measles Outbreak and Kennedy's Response, Halt on Russian Cyber Operations, and More.
03 Mar 2025
Get the facts, without the spin. UNBIASED offers a clear, impartial recap of US news, including politics, elections, legal news, and more. Hosted by lawyer Jordan Berman, each episode provides a recap of current political events plus breakdowns of complex concepts—like constitutional rights, recent Supreme Court rulings, and new legislation—in an easy-to-understand way. No personal opinions, just the facts you need to stay informed on the daily news that matters. If you miss how journalism used to be, you're in the right place. In today's episode: One Court Upholds Mass Firings; Another Says No. Here's What Happens Now (0:10) AG Bondi Releases 'Phase 1' of Epstein Files to Conservative Influencers (3:25) President Trump Declares English the Official Language of U.S. (9:14) ACLU Files New Lawsuit Preventing Transfer of Migrants to Guantanamo (11:19) President Trump, VP Vance, and President Zelenskyy Fight It Out in Oval Office (13:21) MANA Nutrition Sees USAID Contract Restored; What You Should Know About DOGE.gov (26:18) Measles Outbreak in Texas; Here's How the New HHS Secretary Is Responding (32:11) New Reports Say Hegseth Has Ordered a Stop on Russian Cyber Operations (37:17) Quick Hitters: Ed. Dept. Offers Employees $25k Buyout, Judge Puts Pause on Trump's Transgender Women in Sports Order, GSA Releases Tech Team Amid Federal Cuts (38:45) Critical Thinking Segment (41:16) Listen/Watch this episode AD-FREE on Patreon. Watch this episode on YouTube. Follow Jordan on Instagram and TikTok. All sources for this episode can be found here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Welcome back to Unbiased, your favorite source of unbiased news and legal analysis. Welcome back to Unbiased Politics. Today is Monday, March 3rd. Let's talk about some news. Per usual on Mondays, we start with some news from Thursday and then we kind of just work our way forward. So let's talk about this court ruling pausing mass firings within the government.
Obviously, we know the Trump administration has been issuing these mass layoffs within the government. Following those initial layoffs, multiple lawsuits were brought by those that lost their jobs as well as labor unions. die entweder waren oder vielleicht auf der Linie beeinflusst wurden.
Also in diesem speziellen Fall hat eine Koalition von Arbeitnehmern und Non-Profit-Mitgliedern gegen die Administration gefeiert, die argumentiert hat, dass das Büro des Personalmanagements ihre legalen Autoritäten übernommen hat, als es vorgelegt hat, diese verschiedenen Agenzien zu feiern, tausende von probationären Arbeitnehmern in Mass.
Speziell argumentieren sie, dass diese Aktion den Administrativen Procedure Act verurteilt hat und dass nur der Kongress die Macht hat, federales Arbeit und entsprechende Ausgaben zu kontrollieren. Nun, ich habe vorhin gesagt, dass mehrere Ausschüsse verabschiedet worden sind. Und der Grund, warum das wichtig ist, ist, weil... These rulings have been different in different jurisdictions.
And we'll talk about what that means. But just to illustrate, a federal judge in D.C. said recently that the administration could continue with mass firings because the plaintiffs lacked the legal right to bring the lawsuit. But in this case, which is out of San Francisco, the judge said the government had to temporarily stop the mass firings because they were likely unlawful.
So what happens now when we have these conflicting rulings? Well, the ruling out of San Francisco applies to the parties that brought that lawsuit and the ruling out of D.C. applies to the parties that brought that lawsuit in D.C.
The San Francisco ruling applies to federal employees that belong to certain branches of the American Federation of Government Employees Union and to other unions, whereas the D.C. ruling applies to employees that belong to the National Treasury Employees Union and for other unions.
so each ruling applies to the parties that brought that particular lawsuit there's also a related storyline here which is that some employees that lost their jobs are taking a different approach to getting their job back rather than filing a lawsuit in the courts they're filing complaints with the merit systems protection board which is this independent federal agency
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