Power Check

Each week, two hosts break down how government authority actually works, where it's expanding, and who (if anyone) is pushing back. Power Check tracks the real mechanics behind executive orders, agency rulemaking, congressional oversight, and court decisions that redraw the boundaries of state power. Built for policy-aware citizens, government watchers, and anyone who wants to understand how institutional power shapes daily life without the partisan shouting match.

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• Episode #19

  Court Struck the Tariffs. The Tariffs Stayed.

  Sep 8, 202621 minS1

  <p>The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 in Learning Resources v. Trump that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act never authorized the president's tariffs. Yet tariff revenue kept flowing the same month the ruling came down, because the administration had already pivoted to Section 122 tariffs before the ink dried. Grant and Maya trace how that pivot, its later strike-down in court, and a fast expansion into Section 232 and 301 authority kept the money moving no matter what judges decided.</p><p>Listeners get a plain-language walk through the legal mechanics, the mounting refund backlog now estimated as high as $175 billion, and what...

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• Episode #18

  Aug 31: How Standing Sank the Ballroom Case

  Sep 1, 202619 minS1

  <p>The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 this week that the National Trust for Historic Preservation likely lacks standing to challenge construction of a $400 million White House ballroom, allowing the project to continue without the Court ever deciding whether a president can demolish federal property without Congress's approval. That distinction matters beyond Washington: it shows how a case can be won on a technicality while the underlying question of who controls public buildings goes unanswered.</p><p>Maya and Grant walk through the National Trust's original APA and NEPA claims, the prediction that the Court would dodge the merits through standing...

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• Episode #17

  The Mail Ballot Ruling That Answered Nothing

  Aug 25, 202617 minS1

  <p>The Supreme Court’s 6–3 order letting Trump-backed mail-in ballot restrictions in Massachusetts move forward, while keeping a nationwide Postal Service injunction in place, is the latest shift in who controls access to voting by mail. It matters because ballots start printing soon, and election officials must lock in rules before courts settle the underlying legality.</p> <p>Maya and Grant walk through what Monday’s emergency order actually did, why it avoided deciding whether the policy is lawful, and how that affects voters and local election offices far from Washington. They revisit the Purcell doctrine and the Court’s history...

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• Episode #16

  The Mail Ballot Case Hits Purcell

  Aug 19, 202615 minS1

  <p>Solicitor General Sauer asked the Supreme Court not just to block a nationwide injunction on mail-ballot rules, but to explain its reasoning for doing so — an unusual move for an emergency stay request. Grant and Maya use this as the entry point into Executive Order 14399, which relies on state voter lists and barcoded ballot envelopes to let USPS refuse undeliverable mail ballots, with the midterms now close enough that timing itself becomes a legal weapon.</p><p>The two walk through Judge Talwani's second nationwide injunction, the First Circuit's 2-1 refusal to lift her original order, and the procedural bi...

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• Episode #15

  The Insurrection Act Door Kavanaugh Left Open

  Aug 11, 202615 minS1

  <p>The Supreme Court just blocked President Trump's National Guard deployment to Chicago in a 6-3 ruling, but Justice Kavanaugh's concurrence left the door wide open for the older, broader Insurrection Act. Grant and Maya break down what the majority actually decided, why it hinges on proving active-duty troops weren't an option first, and why that narrow reading matters even for people who don't follow military law closely.</p><p>The hosts trace the statutory mechanics behind the ruling, then dig into the vaguer, less-checked Insurrection Act that Congress has left unreformed for decades. They connect the case back to...

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