Topic: Vitiate

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Episode 473 1:06:35 - 1:10:00

473: Mac and Cheese

Harry Reid, Vitiation of NDAA Amendments

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid used the legal term "vitiate" to quietly strip an amendment from the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that would have protected citizens from indefinite detention. The hosts explain that "vitiate" serves as a code word for destroying the legal validity of a provision, allowing controversial measures to be removed without public outcry.