Politics and views in the United States.

An immigration case draws attention to indefinite detention, No Kings rallies sweep Nevada, Tampa targets pedestrian deaths, labor groups defend offshore wind, and the Supreme Court considers a major Voting Rights Act case.

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Welcome to 2025 Talks, where we're following our democracy in historic times.

No administration should be able to sidestep the Constitution and hold someone indefinitely without giving that person a fair and full chance to be heard.

Mariam Uddin at the Muslim Legal Fund of America says the detention of Texas Community Leader Marwan Maruf by immigration authorities for three weeks without any hearing is offensive to constitutional due process rights.

The Department of Homeland Security argues that unlike native-born citizens, migrants like Maruf can be held indefinitely without trial.

A federal judge has ordered the government to justify its position by early November.

Organizers say they have more than 2,400 "No Kings" rallies planned nationwide this weekend after thousands of similar events in June.

Ariel Torres with the 50/51 movement says this time people in at least nine Nevada cities plan to protest Trump administration abuses.

It's assault after assault after assault on our rights that are supposed to be constitutional rights as well as trying to ignore due process and the things that our democracy has been founded on.

The White House consistently argues their policies reflect the will of the voters as expressed by his election and will impose order.

With the shutdown showing no sign of ending, President Donald Trump says he will continue to target federal funding for blue areas and what he calls democratic programs. local governments say they need federal grants passed by Congress for routine health and safety efforts.

Tina Hodges with Atlas Public Policy points to Tampa Bay's safe streets and roads for all effort to curb pedestrian deaths by building historically underfunded infrastructure.

Ensuring that people can have the ability to bike or there's a lot of breaks in the sidewalk network where if you wanted to go someplace that's even not very far away you can't safely get there.

California labor unions are joining environmental advocates to defend offshore wind energy after the administration suspended new leases and revoked hundreds of millions in funding.

Mark Simonin with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers says the technology represents a rare opportunity for working families.

There will be operation and maintenance.

There will be small manufacturing, warehousing.

There's going to be multiple jobs through multiple sectors.

It will be a real positive impact for the working class folks.

Supreme Court justices are weighing whether to narrow Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, an important safeguard for minority representation key to how congressional maps are drawn.

Conservatives say the law gives federal courts too much sway over state elections, but civil rights advocates warn weakening it would permit racial gerrymandering.

In an unusual show of unity, every major broadcast network, from Fox to CNN, has refused to sign the Pentagon's new press access policy, calling it a violation of First Amendment principles.

I'm Farah Siddiqui for Pacifica Network and Public News Service.

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