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Presidents Have to Follow the Rules, Too... Right?

Presidents Have to Follow the Rules, Too... Right?

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Attorney Mark Lyda has built a rapidly growing social media audience by doing something deceptively simple: reading the law, digging into the details, and explaining what they actually mean. In this episode of MORE with Marc Istook, Marc (Istook) talks with Mark (Lyda) about his unexpected evolution from practicing attorney to online legal commentator - and why he believes social media has become an important place for serious conversations about law, politics and democracy. They dig into the challenge of creating thoughtful content in a medium that rewards speed and outrage, why Mark says he normally wouldn’t even discuss politics “in polite company,” and what finally convinced him that staying quiet wasn’t an option. Then they turn to some of the biggest legal questions surrounding the Trump administration, including the SAVE America Act, immigration enforcement, executive power, birthright citizenship, the Supreme Court and what Mark sees as weaknesses being exposed in America’s legal and political systems. Marc also reconnects with Mark for a special follow-up conversation after a new Supreme Court ruling involving President Trump’s executive order targeting mail-in voting. Mark explains why the Court’s decision did not declare the order constitutional, why litigation over it remains unresolved, and why he believes the uncertainty could create significant problems ahead of the midterm elections. In this episode: 00:00 - Cold open: “They rule it’s illegal... but we’re going to let it proceed?” 00:32 - Introduction to Mark Lyda 02:03 - From practicing attorney to social media creator 05:29 - How Mark scripts and researches his videos 06:05 - How long a one-minute video can actually take 07:14 - The “psychological gauntlet” of creating content online 08:55 - Social media as a new way people consume news and information 10:17 - What would Walter Cronkite be doing today? 11:22 - Why the quality of information matters more than the platform 12:41 - Covering politics when the news feels like “drinking from a fire hose” 13:11 - The SAVE America Act and ICE push Mark into political commentary 15:11 - “You would have done what you’re doing now” 16:15 - Why major stories can disappear amid the constant flood of news 17:26 - What happens when legal guardrails stop working? 18:13 - Trump as a stress test for weaknesses in the legal system 19:43 - Finding stories worth digging into 20:46 - The SAVE America Act and “visions of Saddam Hussein’s elections” 21:16 - Why Mark doesn’t want to make the 100-millionth “Trump is bad” video 23:08 - Giving people useful facts they can carry into real-world conversations 24:47 - Can confidence in the rule of law be repaired? 25:11 - Why Mark says the Supreme Court is legitimate - even when its decisions are deeply troubling 26:13 - The structural reforms he believes government needs 27:23 - Should Democrats use the same expansive executive powers if they regain control? 28:54 - The Trump action Mark considers most clearly unconstitutional 29:09 - Birthright citizenship and the Constitution 30:02 - Why the Supreme Court’s birthright citizenship ruling was more complicated than 6-3 33:44 - Supreme Court ethics and structural reform 35:16 - What bothers Mark most about the Trump presidency: “It’s the brutality” 36:17 - Stephen Miller, political power and “an unholy mix” 36:56 - Government dysfunction, institutions and the normalization of bigotry 38:49 - Racism becoming more openly expressed BONUS: Supreme Court ruling on mail-in voting 39:19 - Breaking-news addendum begins 39:54 - What exactly did the Supreme Court decide? 40:21 - “They ruled it illegal... but we’re going to let it proceed?” 41:08 - What Trump’s executive order actually does 42:32 - Threatening state election officials with prosecution 43:20 - When does the constitutional harm actually occur? 44:01 - Why the appeals process may not finish before the midterms 44:28 - Could this inject chaos into the November election? 45:07 - The legal catch-22: sue too early, then potentially too late 45:33 - Mark’s prediction: “There is a guarantee that it will muck up the works” 46:56 - What disruption could mean for states heavily reliant on mail voting 48:01 - How problems at the margins could affect close races 49:19 - Could changes to mail voting disproportionately affect Democrats? 49:50 - Trump himself votes by mail 50:02 - Could discretion over mailed ballots create unequal treatment? 52:29 - False positives in federal voter-eligibility databases 53:06 - “Please tell me it’s going to be okay, Mark” 53:23 - Mark’s answer: turnout matters 53:38 - “Vote early and vote often.” “No!” Follow Marc: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/marcistook TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@marcistook YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@marcistook Substack: https://morewithmarcistook.substack.com Website: https://www.marcistook.com Find more episodes ...
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