Civil Action is where law meets power. Join attorneys Brian Kabateck and Shant Karnikian as they dive into the legal and political forces shaping our world right now. With decades of experience in the courtroom and cases across the country, they unpack the real stories behind the headlines — exposing how the legal system shapes, and is shaped by, the world around us. It’s not just analysis. It’s a front-row seat to the battles defining justice in America.
Attorney’s Brian Kabateck and Shant Karnikian expose the explosive federal class action lawsuit revealing how Trump’s ICE agents have turned Los Angeles into a constitutional dead zone with 3,000 daily arrest quotas. They break down the shocking allegations of os US citizens detained at gunpoint for walking through parks, workers
Attorneys Brian Kabateck and Shant Karnikian expose Trump’s stunning break with The Federalist Society – the conservative organization that delivered him 80% of his judicial nominees, including all three Supreme Court justices. They examine Trump’s nomination of Emil Bove, his criminal defense lawyer with zero judicial experience, to a lifetime
Attorneys Brian Kabateck and Shant Karnikian expose the constitutional crisis behind Trump’s National Guard deployment in California, explaining why his “win” in the Ninth Circuit was actually a devastating loss on presidential power. They break down how the court rejected Trump’s claim that military deployment is unreviewable, while sending the
Trump’s DOJ just filed a lawsuit against the City of Los Angeles for refusing to help ICE — claiming it’s “obstructing” federal immigration enforcement. In this solo episode, Shant Karnikian of Civil Action breaks down why the lawsuit is legally bogus, politically desperate, and flat-out unconstitutional. From the Supremacy Clause
Attorneys Brian Kabateck and Shant Karnikian dissect a disturbing Supreme Court decision that allows the Trump administration to deport people to countries where their lives are in danger – including sending immigrants to South Sudan’s active civil war zone regardless of their country of origin. They examine Justice Sotomayor’s powerful
Attorneys Brian Kabateck and Shant Karnikian examine Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier’s brazen defiance of a federal court order blocking the state’s unconstitutional immigration law. They explore how Uthmeier not only ignored a preliminary injunction but actively encouraged law enforcement to continue making arrests under the struck-down statute, leading to
Attorneys Brian Kabateck and Shant Karnikian dissect the constitutional crisis unfolding in Los Angeles as ICE agents conduct sweeping raids targeting Latino communities in parks and neighborhoods. They explain why stopping people based on skin color violates equal protection principles, how the Trump administration is using intimidation rather than legal
Attorneys Brian Kabateck and Shant Karnikian examine how the Trump administration’s rhetoric and behavior is fundamentally damaging the legal profession. They discuss two critical threats: the erosion of civility in courtrooms and legal practice, where Trump’s attacks on judges and lawyers are giving license to rudeness and aggression; and the
Attorneys Brian Kabateck and Shant Karnikian discuss the dangerous trend of personal attacks on judges, particularly during the Trump era. They explore how judges cannot defend themselves due to ethical constraints, why other judges take these attacks personally, and how political rhetoric undermining judicial authority threatens the entire system of
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