Deported to Torture? The Supreme Court Greenlights Trump
Deported to Torture? The Supreme Court Greenlights Trump  
Podcast: The Oath and The Office
Published On: Thu Oct 01 2026
Description: What if the government sends you to a country you've never known—where you fear persecution or torture—and you never get a real chance to challenge it?The Supreme Court has allowed Trump's third-country deportations to continue while the case is pending. Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang examine the human stakes, and what it means when the government acts first and the courts decide later.Also this week: taxpayer-funded ads pushing Trump's political message, the fight over a federal voter database, and the White House's ongoing restrictions on the press.Learn more about our sponsor, Americans United for Separation of Church and State: https://www.au.org/tenc/00:51 – Third-Party Removals17:06 – Donald Trump’s Taxpayer-Funded Campaign Ads31:41 – SCOTUS is Letting States Use the SAVE Databases