{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.coons.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/icymi-senator-coons-joins-amicus-podcast-to-discuss-threats-to-constitution-civil-rights", "ICYMI: Senator Coons joins Amicus Podcast to discuss threats to constitution, civil rights", "2016-12-02", "2016", "2016-12", "Democrat", "House", "DE", "Christopher Coons", "C001088", "www.coons.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "12.02.16\n\t\t\t ICYMI: Senator Coons joins Amicus Podcast to discuss threats to constitution, civil rights \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tWASHINGTON \u2013 In case you missed it, U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, this week joined Slate\u2019s Supreme Court podcast, Amicus, to talk with host Dahlia Lithwick about President-elect Donald Trump\u2019s threats to the constitution, civil rights, and his Cabinet appointments.\r\nListen to the full podcast here: http://slate.me/2fN7VN9\r\nAmicus: The Specter of KorematsuBy Dahlia Lithwick\r\nJust a few weeks into the era of President-elect Donald Trump, and already there is a lot of bruising around the edges of the Constitution. The past few weeks have brought talk of Muslim registries, jail time for flag burners, restrictions on voting, and the sweet mystery of the Emoluments Clause. This week, we sit down with U.S. Sen. Chris Coons to discuss how much of this talk we should take seriously and where the true threats to Americans\u2019 constitutional protections lie.\r\nWe also speak with Neal Katyal, former acting solicitor general of the United States, about the 1944 Supreme Court decision that upheld the internment of Japanese Americans. In 2011, Katyal issued an official apology for the role of one of his predecessors in that case. Korematsu v. United States has been in the news again recently, after one Trump surrogate cited it as a \u201cprecedent\u201d for a possible Trump administration program that would require the registration of immigrants from a handful of predominantly Muslim countries.\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t Press Contact \n\t\t\t\tSean Coit at 202-224-5042 or Sean_Coit@coons.senate.gov\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t  \n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t \n\t\t\n\t\t\tPrint\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tEmail\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tTweet\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t \n\t\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n    \n\t\n\t\n    \n    \n    \n    \t\n    \t\n\t    \t  \n\t\t    \n\t\t    \tNext Article\n\t\t    \n\t\t    \n\t\t    \tPrevious Article", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.coons.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/icymi-senator-coons-joins-amicus-podcast-to-discuss-threats-to-constitution-civil-rights"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.159353345632553, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}