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The Morning Five: Tuesday, October 7, 2025 -- SCOTUS Opens New Term, Illinois Pushes Back on National Guard Order, Nobel Prize Week
In this episode of The Morning Five, host Michael Ware discusses the opening of the Supreme Court's new term, highlighting significant cases on executive authority and civil rights. Additionally,...
The Morning Five: Tuesday, October 7, 2025 -- SCOTUS Opens New Term, Illinois Pushes Back on National Guard Order, Nobel Prize Week
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This is the morning five.
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I'm your host Michael Ware, president and CEO of the Center for Christianity and Public
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Life, giving you five minutes of news and scripture Mondays through Thursdays.
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Today is Tuesday October 7th, 2025.
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Let's open with scripture today.
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I'll read from Proverbs 3.
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Blessed are those who find wisdom.
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Those who gain understanding for she is more profitable than silver and yields better
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returns than gold.
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She is more precious than rubies.
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Nothing you desire can compare it with her.
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Long life is in her right hand, in her left hand are riches in honor.
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Her ways are pleasant ways and all her paths are peace.
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She is a tree of life to those who take hold of her.
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Those who hold her fast will be blessed.
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May God bless the reading of his word.
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Good morning friends, you're listening to the morning five.
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I'm your host Michael Ware.
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Thanks for joining us.
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Let's get right to the news.
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First, the Supreme Court opened a new term yesterday with cases on a variety of topics
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ranging from birthright citizenship to tariffs.
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The docket for this term includes many cases around executive authority and present Trump's
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authority, such as his firing of independent agency heads and tariff implementation.
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Now, critically, as we've reported to you in previous months, Supreme Court has had
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a number of emergency orders, which is something they do when they're out of session.
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Now some of those cases are coming back through the court and decisions will be made.
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For example, the court will hear the case of Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook.
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In August, President Trump tried to fire Lisa Cook for alleged mortgage fraud, but she was reinstated
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by a lower court.
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The Supreme Court will assess that case.
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Supreme Court will also hear cases not involving the executive branch, such as a case regarding
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transgender students in school sports and a case on campaign finance law.
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We will keep you updated both as these cases are heard by the Supreme Court and as decisions
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come out in the coming months.
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Second news item, the State of Illinois filed a lawsuit as expected against the Trump
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administration yesterday to block national guard troops from entering Chicago.
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We told yesterday about President Trump's plans to send California National Guard to Oregon.
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Now, Illinois is responding to Trump's move to send National Guard troops to Chicago.
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The Trump administration argues the troops are deployed to stop, quote, rioting and lawlessness.
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One administration representative stated, quote,
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President Trump will not turn a blind eye to the lawlessness plaguing American cities.
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Illinois suit argues that the deployment of federalized national guard, including from another state,
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infringes on Illinois sovereignty and right to self-governance.
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Illinois attorneys have argued that Chicago is not in a state of emergency or lawlessness that
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requires troops. This lawsuit follows district judge Karen Emmergut's temporary
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block on the deployment of National Guard troops to Portland. Again, as we reported yesterday.
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Final news item, today the Nobel Prize for Medicine was awarded on Monday to three scientists for
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their immunology research on regulatory T-cells. The research questions how the body fights
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pathogens but does not attack itself. The scientists found regulatory T-cells help regulate
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immune responses, which could have implications for autoimmune disease, cancer and allergy treatment.
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The three scientists, Mary Brunkow, Fred Ramsdale and Shimon Sakaguchi, began their work in the 1990s
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studying immune responses in mice. Steven Ziegler and immunologist remarked, quote,
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it's basically changed how we view the immune system referring to the awardees work.
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More Nobel prizes will be awarded this week, culminating in the Nobel Peace Prize announcement
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this Friday. All right, let's end it there for today and we'll close with prayer.
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Dear Father, always near us. May your name be treasured and loved. May your rule be completed in us.
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May your will be done here on earth and just the way it is done in heaven.
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Give us today the things we need today. Forgive us our sins and impositions on you as we are
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forgiving all who in any way offend us. Please don't put us through trials but deliver us from
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everything bad because you are the one in charge. You have all the power and the glory too is all
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yours forever, which is just the way we want it. All right friends, thank you for joining me today.
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Hope you have a great Tuesday.
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Supreme Court news
Trump administration
National Guard deployment
Nobel Prize for Medicine
immunology research
regulatory T-cells
autoimmune disease treatment
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