Welcome to The Reconstruction Agenda, I’m Andy Craig.

Since the murders of Renee Good and Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, we have faced a largely unprecedented situation: lawless federal agencies, backed by the White House, coming into conflict with state laws. The same laws as apply to everyone else against murder, theft, assault, kidnapping. Under immense public pressure, state and local authorities are now having to grapple with the complicated constitutional issues with potentially prosecuting federal officers.

To break down this issue, we’re joined by Steve Vladeck, professor at the Georgetown University Law Center, where he is one of the nation’s leading scholars and commentators on the federal courts, constitutional law, and accountability for government misconduct. He also publishes the excellent blog One First, a wonderful source for analysis of the latest developments at the Supreme Court.

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Erscheinungs­datum: 6.3.2026, 15:30:40