New Executive Orders: Prosecuting Burning of the American Flag & Ending Cashless Bail. PLUS National Guard Troops to 19 More States and Abrego Garcia's Possible Deportation.

Written By Jordan Berman

Episode Format:

  1. National Guard Troops to be Sent to 19 States to Assist with Immigration Enforcement; Trump Wants National Guard to go to Chicago Next to Crack Down on Crime (0:14)

  2. Abrego Garcia Released From Custody on Friday, Detained Again on Monday, Facing Possible Imminent Deportation to Uganda (8:25)

  3. President Trump Signs New Executive Order Aiming to Prosecute Burning of American Flag; Here's How It Squares Up with Existing Precedent (12:40)

  4. New Executive Orders Seek to End Cashless Bail in D.C. and Nationwide (18:03)

  5. Quick Hitters: Fires Burning in California and Oregon, American Jets Monitor Russian Jets Near Alaska, Trump to Rename Dept. of Defense (22:31)

  6. Critical Thinking Segment (24:04)

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National Guard Troops to be Sent to 19 States to Assist with Immigration Enforcement; Trump Wants National Guard to go to Chicago Next to Crack Down on Crime

https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section12406&num=0&edition=prelim

https://san.com/cc/national-guard-members-coming-to-19-states-to-assist-dhs-report/

https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/military/1700-troops-to-assist-ice-in-19-states/

https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/23/politics/national-guard-chicago-plans-trump

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/gov-pritzker-says-trump-trying-manufacture-crisis-admin-plans-national-guard-deployment-chicago

https://www.foxnews.com/us/national-guard-roll-out-19-states-not-linked-trumps-crime-crackdown-wh-says

https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/4256444/statement-by-chief-pentagon-spokesman-sean-parnell-on-dod-personnel-support-to/

https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/depts/mayor/press_room/press_releases/2025/august/Statement-National-Guard-Chicago.html

https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/posse-comitatus-act-explained

https://www.military.com/benefits/reserve-and-guard-benefits/whats-difference-between-title-10-and-title-32-mobilization-orders.html

https://www.moaa.org/content/publications-and-media/moaa-blog/your-benefits-title-10-vs.title-32-vs.-the-state/ 

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/national-guard-mobilizing-19-states-immigration-crime-crackdown 

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/24/what-to-know-4-ways-ice-is-training-new-agents-and-scaling-up-00521581 

https://gov-pritzker-newsroom.prezly.com/statement-from-governor-pritzker-on-reports-of-military-deployments 

Abrego Garcia Released From Custody on Friday, Detained Again on Monday, Facing Possible Imminent Deportation to Uganda

https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/immigration/border-coverage/kilmar-abrego-garcia-could-be-deported-to-uganda-ice/

https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/23/politics/kilmar-abrego-garcia-uganda-deport

https://www.foxnews.com/us/ice-notifies-kilmar-abrego-garcias-lawyers-possible-deportation-uganda-after-tennessee-jail-release

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/70476164/united-states-v-garcia/

https://www.yourcriminaldefenseattorney.com/blog/vindictive-and-selective-prosecution/

President Trump Signs New Executive Order Aiming to Prosecute Burning of American Flag; Here's How It Squares Up with Existing Precedent

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/08/prosecuting-burning-of-the-american-flag/

https://www.oyez.org/cases/1988/88-155 

New Executive Orders Seek to End Cashless Bail in D.C. and Nationwide

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/08/taking-steps-to-end-cashless-bail-to-protect-americans/

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/08/measures-to-end-cashless-bail-and-enforce-the-law-in-the-district-of-columbia/

Quick Hitters

https://san.com/cc/major-wildfire-in-californias-wine-country-chars-thousands-of-acres/

https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/military/fighter-jets-alaska-russian-spy-plane/

https://www.newsnationnow.com/politics/defense-department-of-war-trump/

Jordan Berman
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