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Ignorance of the law is no excuse! That’s true for a traffic stop, and it’s true if you want to participate in whatever’s left of American democracy. If the events since the 2016 election taught us anything, it’s that tuning out is not an option. Legal journalists Liz Dye and Andrew Torrez break down the week’s most important courtroom stories, so you can keep on top of this crazy news cycle. Whether it’s Texas giving two middle fingers to the Supreme Court, or Donald Trump in all the courts at once, we’ve got you covered.
The podcast Law and Chaos is created by Liz Dye. The podcast and the artwork on this page are embedded on this page using the public podcast feed (RSS).
The Trump administration spent the weekend trying hard to rendition immigrants to foreign gulags. But Supreme Court took some baby steps this weekend toward maybe possibly doing their damn jobs and ensuring that the rule of law survives. And in the biggest surprise since the stock market dropping like a rock on news of crippling tariffs on China, Pete Hegseth is texting war plans AGAIN. And for subscribers, Harvard University sues the Trump administration.
Links:
D.V.D. v. Homeland Security (Notice of Removal to Third Country) [Docket via Court Listener]
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69775896/dvd-v-us-department-of-homeland-security/
AFGE, AFL-CIO v. Office of Personnel Management [Docket via Court Listener]
President and Fellows of Harvard College v. US Department of Health and Human Services
American Oversight v. Hegseth [Docket via Court Listener]
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69788832/american-oversight-v-hegseth/
A.A.R.P. (W.M.M.) v. Trump [SCOTUS Docket]
https://www.supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?filename=/docket/docketfiles/html/public/24a1007.html
W.M.M. (A.A.R.P.) v. Trump [Trial Docket via Court Listener]
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69898198/wmm-v-donald-j-trump/
A.A.R.P. (W.M.M.) v. Trump [Fifth Circuit Docket]
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69913684/aarp-v-trump/
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Chief Justice Roberts and the howler monkeys rolled over and played dead. But lower court judges understand the assignment, including Fourth Circuit Judge Harvie Wilkinson, a conservative icon. He read Trump — and implicitly the Supreme Court — for filth. But will it be enough? Liz and Andrew discuss the latest developments in the Salvadoran rendition cases. Plus, Trump moves to put US taxpayers on the hook for the E. Jean Carroll verdict.
Links:
Abrego Garcia v. Noem [District Docket]
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69777799/abrego-garcia-v-noem/
Abrego Garcia v. Noem [Fourth Circuit Docket]
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69902650/kilmar-abrego-garcia-v-kristi-noem/
Noem v. Abrego Garcia [SCOTUS Docket]
https://www.supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?filename=/docket/docketfiles/html/public/24a949.html
J.G.G. v. Trump [District Docket]
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69741724/jgg-v-trump/
J.G.G. v. Trump [SCOTUS Docket]
https://www.supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?filename=/docket/docketfiles/html/public/24a931.html
Carroll v. Trump [Second Circuit Docket]
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/68985738/carroll-v-trump/
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If Chief Justice Roberts thought he was going to protect the judiciary by throwing trial judges under the bus, he was spectacularly mistaken. The case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia is hurtling toward contempt proceedings, with the government in open defiance of the court’s order to un-kidnap him. And meanwhile, Attorney General Pam Bondi is running the Justice Department like an arm of the Trump campaign. And for subscribers: Trump steals lunch from poor kids in Maine because the state’s governor is nice to trans kids in accordance with Maine law. The state is suing, in a test case for the administration’s plan to use tax dollars as a cudgel to force social policy without having to pass laws.
Links:
AP v. Budowich [DC Circuit Docket]
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69869862/associated-press-v-taylor-budowich/
AP v. Budowich [DC District Docket]
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69662918/associated-press-v-budowich/
Susman Godfrey LLP v. Trump [Docket]
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69881953/susman-godfrey-llp-v-executive-office-of-the-president
US v. Smirnov [District Docket]
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/68254959/united-states-v-smirnov
US v. Smirnov [Circuit Docket]
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69605315/united-states-of-america-v-smirnov/
US v. Mangione [District Docket]
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69486519/united-states-v-mangione/
US v. Villatoro Santos [District Docket]
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69804416/united-states-v-villatoro-santos/
Abrego Garcia v. Noem [District Docket]
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69777799/abrego-garcia-v-noem/
Maine v. USDA [District Docket]
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69853711/state-of-maine-v-united-states-department-of-agriculture/
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The Supreme Court had two big immigration rulings this week on deportees to the Salvadoran gulag prison: One terrible and one … marginally okay. Meanwhile at the White House, Tariff Man is running amok! Luckily, he extorted hundreds of millions of dollars worth of big firm billable hours to defend the government. But not from Susman Godfrey, the target of his latest wildly illegal executive order.
Links:
Tech Policy Podcast with Corbin Barthold (Liz and Andrew guest appearance)
https://podcast.techfreedom.org/episodes/403-the-constitutional-crisis
Abrego Garcia v. Noem (D.Md. docket)
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69777799/abrego-garcia-v-noem/
Abrego Garcia (SCOTUS Docket)
https://www.supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?filename=/docket/docketfiles/html/public/24a949.html
Perkins Coie Docket
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69725919/perkins-coie-llp-v-us-department-of-justice/
J.G.G. v. Trump (SCOTUS docket)
https://www.supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?filename=/docket/docketfiles/html/public/24a931.html
SCOTUS: Rendition Is Fine Actually
https://www.lawandchaospod.com/p/scotus-rendition-is-fine-actually
Jenner & Block Docket
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.278932/
J.A.V. v. Trump (S.D. Texas docket)
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69862833/jav-v-trump/
G.F.F. v. Trump (S.D.N.Y. docket)
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69857769/gff-v-trump/
Susman Godfrey EO
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Liz and Andrew sit down with fellow legal podcaster Ken White, AKA “Popehat,” to discuss the Trump administration’s attack on law firms. Who’s fighting? Who’s folding? And who’s f—ed? Plus an update on the case of the Maryland man deported to a torture prison in El Salvador, and the legal effort to get him home. And for subscribers: The DC Circuit considers if Humphreys Executor is dead, or just mostly dead?
Links:
Serious Trouble Podcast
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/serious-trouble/id1630160928
Wilcox docket (DC Cir)
Abrego Garcia v Noem Docket (4th Cir)
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69847836/kilmar-abrego-garcia-v-kristi-noem/
Perkins Coie Docket
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69725919/perkins-coie-llp-v-us-department-of-justice/
Jenner & Block Docket
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.278932/
WilmerHale Docket
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.278933/
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Why does the President of the United States not know what tariffs are, why does he want to crash the world economy, and can he do any of it? We answer as many of those questions as we can. Come for phi times epsilon times m sub i, stay for the Trading With the Enemy Act of 1917. Plus! Judge James Boasberg in D.C. is NOT HAPPY the administration flouted his orders and intends to figure out who was responsible and why. Also, things are about to get ugly at the D.C. Circuit.
Links:
DC Circuit Local Rules
https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/sites/cadc/files/rules-RulesFRAP20241212c.pdf
Trump Tariff EO
Trump Annex I to Tariff EO
https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Annex-I.pdf
USTR on how tariffs are calculated
https://ustr.gov/issue-areas/reciprocal-tariff-calculations
The Economist, “President Trump’s Mindless Tariffs Will Cause Economic Havoc”
Forbes, “How Much Would An iPhone Cost If Apple Were Forced to Make it In America?”
Emily Ley Paper Inc. v. Trump
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69842090/emily-ley-paper-inc-v-trump/
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Time to round up the latest in lawsuits against the Trump administration. The trans military ban is blocked. Renditioning Venezuelans to El Salvador without due process is blocked. The shutdown of the CFPB is blocked. The shutdown of the US Inst of Peace … not blocked. Yet! Liz and Andrew run down a bunch of the Trump cases and explain why it seems like every day brings another restraining order. (Hint: It’s because Trump wants to do lots of illegal stuff in a hurry.)
Links:
Name & Shame
https://www.lawandchaospod.com/p/name-and-shame
Shilling v. Trump Docket
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69617888/shilling-v-trump/
Jenner & Block v. DOJ Docket
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69807126/jenner-block-llp-v-us-department-of-justice/
WilmerHale v. Executive Office of the President Docket
Georgetown students’ letter to Skadden
https://bsky.app/profile/heidilifeldman.bsky.social/post/3llon26enmc2o
US v. Sanders (5th Cir. 2025)
https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/15/15-31114-CR0.pdf
Eakin v. Adams County Board of Elections Docket
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/65738841/eakin-v-adams-county-board-of-elections/
J.G.G. v. Trump (D.D.C. - Judge Boasberg - Alien Enemies Act) docket
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69741724/jgg-v-trump/
Trump v. JGG (SCOTUS Docket)
https://www.supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?filename=/docket/docketfiles/html/public/24a931.html
US Institute for Peace v. Jackson Docket
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69754533/united-states-institute-of-peace-v-jackson/
NTEU v. Vought (DDC docket)
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69624423/national-treasury-employees-union-v-vought/?
NTEU v. Vought (DC Cir Appeal)
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69821739/national-treasury-employees-union-v-russell-vought/
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Play stupid games, win stupid prizes. Trump hand-picked his national security team to troll the libs, and boy did he get us good. From Pete Hegseth to Tulsi Gabbard to John Ratcliffe, each pick seemed more incompetent than the last. But are they also criminals? We break down all the criminal, civil, and record-keeping issues in Signalgate. Also: we’ve got good news from the D.C. Circuit as a conservative panel declines to hand Trump the unreviewable power to deport anyone, anywhere under the Alien Enemies Act of 1798. Things are… maybe looking up?
Links:
J.G.G. v. Trump (D.D.C. - Judge Boasberg - Alien Enemies Act) docket
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69741724/jgg-v-trump/
J.G.G. v. Trump (DC Circuit) docket
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69742127/jgg-v-donald-trump/
American Oversight v. Hegseth (D.D.C. - Judge Boasberg - Signalgate) docket
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69788832/american-oversight-v-hegseth/
Shilling v. Trump (W.D. Wash - trans military ban) docket
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69617888/shilling-v-trump/
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It’s another week in paradise with the Trump administration trying to burn down the government. First we’ll talk about the attack on law firms and judges, then we’ve got a breakdown of the newest executive order on immigration silos. You know when they try to hide crazy sh*t under the most boring, generic label ever. It’s that! Plus subscribers get a visit with Dinesh D’Souza.
Links:
Perkins Coie v. DOJ docket
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69725919/perkins-coie-llp-v-us-department-of-justice
JGG v. Trump (DC) docket (removal under the Alien Enemies Act)
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69741724/jgg-v-trump
Does 1-26 v. Musk [Docket]
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mdd.576293
The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
Presidential Proclamation on information silos
“Fact Sheet”
OMB Data on Improper Payments
https://www.paymentaccuracy.gov/payment-accuracy-the-numbers/
GAO Report on Improper Payments
https://www.gao.gov/assets/d24106927.pdf
PIIA
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/31/subtitle-III/chapter-33/subchapter-IV
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Musk’s fash-coders take out the US Institute for Peace. Mahmoud Khalil’s case gets transferred to New Jersey. And the DOJ is daring the court to find it in contempt in the case of the kidnapped Venezuelans. Plus, we have the second half of our interview with immigration expert Aaron Reichlin-Melnick.
Links:
JGG v. Trump (DC) docket (removal under the Alien Enemies Act)
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69741724/jgg-v-trump
US Institute for Peace v. Jackson (docket)
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69754533/united-states-institute-of-peace-v-jackson/
Khalil v. Joyce (docket)
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69719040/khalil-v-joyce/
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Today, we’ve got an all-immigration show. We break down J.G.G. v. Trump, the lawsuit seeking to block Trump’s effort to summarily deport Venezuelan nationals under a 227-year-old law left over from the Alien and Sedition Acts. Then, we have Part One of our interview with Aaron Reichlin-Melnick, Senior Fellow at the American Immigration Council.
Links:
Presidential Proclamation
JGG v. Trump (DC) docket (removal under the Alien Enemies Act)
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New York Times financial editor David Enrich joins us to discuss his new book, Murder the Truth, about the history of defamation litigation and the right wing’s plan to gut the Sullivan standard to make it easier for politicians to bankrupt journalists for saying mean, true things
Links:
Murder the Truth
https://www.harpercollins.com/products/murder-the-truth-david-enrich?variant=42734343421986
Brehm v. Morocco (DDC) (USADF)
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69711562/brehm-v-marocco/
Talbott v. Trump (DC) (trans servicemembers ban)
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69583866/talbott-v-trump/
American Federation of Government Workers v. OPM (Cal.) (probationary employees)
Trump SCOTUS birthright citizenship docket
https://www.supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?filename=/docket/docketfiles/html/public/24a884.html
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It’s another week where the DOGE bros are trying to burn down the government, and another week where the courts are trying to stop it. For our main story, we focus on the Trump administration’s crazy shenanigans at the United States Africa Development Corp. Trump may have tried to fire Senate-confirmed principal officers by email… to an email address that doesn’t exist.
Links:
Perkins Coie Executive Order
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/03/addressing-risks-from-perkins-coie-llp/
Climate United Fund v. Citibank [Docket via CL]
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69718818/climate-united-fund-v-citibank-na/
Trump’s false claim that Stacey Abrams headed a group that got $1.9 billion
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/03/06/trump-stacey-abrams-fact-checker/
US v. Adams docket (SDNY) (charges against NYC Mayor Eric Adams)
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.628916/
Brehm v. Morocco (DDC) (USADF)
USADF Act
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/22/chapter-7/subchapter-XXIII
USADF Bylaws
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.278118/gov.uscourts.dcd.278118.7.5.pdf
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Today’s episode is another roundup of how trial judges are playing whack-a-mole with the Trump administration, and how all of it fits in with Trump’s plan to usurp Congress’s power to reshape the country in his image. Plus, we’ve got some crazy stories featuring the Interim US Attorney for DC trying to strongarm Georgetown University, a blast from the past with bigoted Kentucky court clerk Kim Davis, and a subscriber bonus on an obscure Civ Pro rule that Trump plans to use to make terrible losing arguments in court.
Links:
Ermold v. Davis [Sixth Circuit Opinion, Gay Marriage Clerk Case]
AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition v. Department of State (DC docket)
Harris v. Bessent DC Circuit appeal
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69704122/cathy-harris-v-scott-bessent/
Some asshole is signing your name to stupid letters
https://www.loweringthebar.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/browns_letter_1974.pdf
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The Supreme Court is still sitting on its (tiny) hands, but trial judges are holding strong against the Trump administration’s assault on the rule of law. We’ll talk about the pushback to Trump’s anti-trans executive orders, his assault on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and the effort to ensure that the Dear Leader can fire watchdogs at will. Plus subscribers get a deep dive on trial judges attempting to SCOTUS-proof their rulings to protect trans kids.
Links:
Dellinger v. Bessent [District Court Docket via Court Listener]
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69624836/dellinger-v-bessent
Dellinger v. Bessent [SCOTUS Docket]
https://www.supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?filename=/docket/docketfiles/html/public/24a790.html
National Treasury Employees Union v. Vought [Docket via Court Listener]
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69624423/national-treasury-employees-union-v-vought/
Jones v. Bondi [Docket via Court Listener]
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.277335
Washington v. Trump [Docket via Court Listener]
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69620657/state-of-washington-v-trump/
PFLAG v. Trump [Docket via Court Listener]
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69614668/pflag-inc-v-donald-j-trump/
Seila Law v. CFPB [SCOTUS Opinion]
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/19pdf/19-7_new_bq7d.pdf
Corporate Transparency Act, 31 USC § 5336
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/31/5336
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The Trump administration is now openly defying court orders as multiple trial court judges seek to rein in the government’s illegal conduct. Are sanctions the solution? In at least one case, we won’t know until Chief Justice Roberts releases the “administrative hold” he imposed to consider Trump’s latest meritless request for help from the Supreme Court. All of this plus the return of ChatGPT lawyering and a subscriber bonus on the OG Coat Factory Law Firm!
Links:
Jack Smith 278e disclosure
Talbott v. Trump
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69583866/talbott-v-trump/
Wadsworth v. Walmart (ChatGPT litigation)
Trump’s anti-Covington EO (Patreon bonus)
Doe v. Office of Personnel Management.
AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition v. US Department of State
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The Trump administration has been sued by everyone and their mother, and we’re here to cover it all. From the First Amendment violations to the illegal terminations, we’ve got you covered. Plus, we’ve got an update in the Eric Adams case.
Links:
AP v. Budowich
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69662918/associated-press-v-budowich
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Trump Media & Technology Group Corp. v. De Moraes
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69650977/trump-media-technology-group-corp-v-de-moraes/
Mizelle Letter to Judge Srinivasan [via Bloomberg]
https://assets.bwbx.io/documents/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/r0FHd6DtBQwE/v0
Dunne/Pomerantz Feb. 20 amicus
US v. Adams criminal docket (SDNY)
In re Flynn, 973 F.3d 74 (DC Cir. 2020)
https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=3512121653435918827
Bessent v. Dellinger (Supreme Court Shadow docket) order
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/24a790_6i79.pdf’
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It’s been another wild week as the Trump administration took some time off from breaking all the laws to break the rules of civil procedure. Will the Supreme Court let them get away with it?
Links:
AIDS VACCINE ADVOCACY COALITION v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69627654/aids-vaccine-advocacy-coalition-v-united-states-department-of-state/
Metropolitan Transportation Authority v. Duffy
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.637159
Dellinger v. Bessent Supreme Court docket
https://www.supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?filename=/docket/docketfiles/html/public/24a790.html
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We follow up on the Thursday Night Massacre, as Acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove finally got someone to file the paperwork to dismiss the case against New York Mayor Eric Adams. And we do a deep dive into Dellinger v. Bessent, as the Trump administration asks the Supreme Court to remind everyone that the laws don’t actually apply to Donald Trump. All of that and DOCKET ALERTS!
Links:
Courts Stand Up For Trans Rights and the Rule of Law
https://www.lawandchaospod.com/p/courts-stand-up-for-trans-rights
Bove Feb. 10 letter to Sassoon (SDNY) ordering dropping of Adams prosecution
https://static01.nyt.com/newsgraphics/documenttools/76308bc134b67d36/4cc46c59-full.pdf
Hagen Scotten resignation letter
US v. Adams docket
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.628916/
Nick Akerman amicus
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.628916/gov.uscourts.nysd.628916.124.0.pdf
Henry Cuellar criminal docket
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/68499933/united-states-v-cuellar/
Dellinger v. Bessent district court docket
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.277297/
Dellinger v. Bessent (DC Circuit docket)
Dellinger v. Bessent (SCOTUS petition)
***REPLACE S3 LINK WHEN SCOTUS LINK IS AVAILABLE***
https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25536866/bessent-v-dellinger-vacatur-app-final.pdf
Seila Law v. CFPB (2020)
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/19pdf/19-7_n6io.pdf
AIDS VACCINE ADVOCACY COALITION v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Talbott v. Trump
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69583866/talbott-v-trump/
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Trump’s personal lawyers are turning the DOJ into a protection racket, dropping bribery charges against NYC Mayor Eric Adams after he agreed to violate the City’s immigration laws. But they can’t find any lawyer in the Justice Department to implement their corrupt decree. At least seven prosecutors have been fired or quit. But will anyone in America notice?
Links:
Sassoon resignation letter
https://static01.nyt.com/newsgraphics/documenttools/24535586a908999e/3801d435-full.pdf
Bove response letter to Sassoon
https://static01.nyt.com/newsgraphics/documenttools/7c71f04757006735/05b1f604-full.pdf
Dellinger v. Bessent docket (Office of Special Counsel)
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.277297/
US v. Eric Adams [Docket via Court Listener]
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69197933/united-states-v-adams/
Bove Letter Ordering Adams Dismissal [via NYT]
https://static01.nyt.com/newsgraphics/documenttools/76308bc134b67d36/4cc46c59-full.pdf
After Meeting With Trump’s Border Czar, Adams Opens Rikers to ICE Agents
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/nyregion/adams-ice-rikers-homan.html
How the Justice Dept. Helped Sink Its Own Case Against Eric Adams
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/nyregion/adams-lawyers-justice-department-dismissal.html
Grand Vizier Musk Is A Problem For The Justice Department
https://www.lawandchaospod.com/p/grand-vizier-musk-is-a-problem-for
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Donald Trump got bored during the Super Bowl, and now apparently pennies are illegal. Also, as everything Trump torches the entire executive branch, trial judges aim their garden hoses at the flames to save what they can. Today we’ll talk about as many cases as we can cram into an hour. Come for the DOGE take over of Treasury, stay for the Project 2025 shutdown of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
Links:
ABA STATEMENT on the Rule of Law
https://www.americanbar.org/news/abanews/aba-news-archives/2025/02/aba-supports-the-rule-of-law/
When You’ve Lost Clarence Thomas
https://www.lawandchaospod.com/p/when-youve-lost-clarence-thomas
New York v. Trump (state Treasury challenge) docket
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69623558/state-of-new-york-v-donald-j-trump/
CNN: Trump stopping penny production
https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-doge-usaid-news-02-09-25#cm6yd9c61001m3b6no8ip8cc3
Coinage clause annotated
https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/essay/artI-S8-C5-1/ALDE_00001066/
Coinage Act of 1792
https://www.usmint.gov/learn/history/historical-documents/coinage-act-of-april-2-1792
31 U.S.C. § 5112
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/31/5112
12 U.S.C. § 5481 et seq. (creating CFPB)
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/12/chapter-53/subchapter-V
Sen. Warren Initial Report on the CFPB
https://files.consumerfinance.gov/f/2011/07/Report_BuildingTheCfpb1.pdf
Seila Law, LLC v. CFPB
https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=14557349188638541514
NTEU V. VOUGHT I docket (CFPB data)
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.277286/
NTEU V. VOUGHT II docket (CFPB dismantling)
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.277287/
CFPB v. CFSA
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/22-448_o7jp.pdf
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Donald Trump’s blitzkrieg of executive orders is running into a million lawsuits. And Elon Musk’s inability to keep his mouth shut isn’t helping. We’ll discuss the avalanche of lawsuits by labor unions, non-profits, FBI agents, and anonymous federal employees, along with the judiciary’s response.
Links:
44 USC § 3501 Note
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/44/3501
Musk associates sought to use critical Treasury payment system to shut down USAID spending, emails show
https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/06/politics/elon-musk-treasury-department-payment-system/index.html
US v. Illinois docket
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69616357/united-states-v-state-of-illinois/
FBI Agents Association v. DOJ
AFL-CIO v. Department of Labor docket
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69613359/afl-cio-v-department-of-labor/
Nat’l Council of Nonprofits v. OMB (“Nonprofits Case”) docket
ALLIANCE FOR RETIRED AMERICANS v. BESSENT (challenge to Treasury/BFS)
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69607077/alliance-for-retired-americans-v-bessent/
Doe v. OPM docket (challenge to Musk server spoofing OPM email)
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69582338/doe-v-office-of-personnel-management
New Hampshire Indonesian Community Support v. Trump (challenge to birthright EO)
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69560542/new-hampshire-indonesian-community-support-v-trump/
The Three-Headed Chimera of Trumpian Destruction [Gift Link]
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Elon Musk has invaded Washington. He has set loose a pack of feral teenage code monkeys with a god complex inside every federal agency, promising to do for Washington what he did for Twitter. What could possibly go wrong? Oh, and Musk also has a plan to “rightsize” the government by waving unenforceable contracts at federal employees to induce them into resigning. There’s a Fork in the Road all right, but this one is perhaps best not taken.
Links:
Nat’l Counsel of Nonprofits v. OMB (“Nonprofits Case”) docket
Elon Musk Wants to Get Operational Control of the Treasury’s Payment System. This Could Not Possibly Be More Dangerous by
Office of Personnel Management “Fork in the Road”
OPM Guidance on Schedule Policy/Career (formerly Schedule F)
American Federation of Gov’t Employees v. Trump docket
VSIP 5 U.S.C. § 3521 et seq.
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/5/part-III/subpart-B/chapter-35/subchapter-II
Truman EO 9830
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Trump issued dozens of imperial edicts — oh, sorry, executive orders. Many of them are wildly illegal, mostly are deeply cruel, and all are being challenged in court. We’ll discuss the pending injunctions on his birthright citizenship order and the “pause” on government spending so that he can redline the federal budget and delete all the “woke.”
Links:
Trump v. Meta docket
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/61568745/trump-v-meta-platforms-inc/
American Federation of Government Employees, AFL-CIO v. Trump docket
OMB M-25-13
https://www.washingtonpost.com/documents/deb7af80-48b6-4b8a-8bfa-3d84fd7c3ec8.pdf?itid=lk_inline_manual_2
OMB CLARIFICATION MEMO
https://ngma.memberclicks.net/assets/docs/White%20House%20OMB%20Clarification%20Memo.pdf
Nat’l Counsel of Nonprofits v. OMB (“Nonprofits Case”) docket
State of New York v. Trump (“States Case”) docket
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69585994/state-of-new-york-v-trump/
OPM Guidance on Schedule F
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Everyone knows that Congress has the power of the purse. What this administration presupposes is … maybe they don’t??? We’ll talk about Trump’s decision to steal budgeting power from Congress in violation of both the Constitution and the Impoundment Control Act with Office of Management and Budget Alum Bobby Kogan.
Links:
Bobby Kogan
https://www.americanprogress.org/people/bobby-kogan/
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends v. Department of Homeland Security
Trump Energy impoundment EO
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/unleashing-american-energy/
Trump EO pausing foreign aid for 90 days: https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/reevaluating-and-realigning-united-states-foreign-aid/
Trump OMB “Clarification”
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/2025/01/omb-memo-m-25-11/
Kendall v. US ex Rel. Stokes, 37 U.S. 524 (1838) https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/37/524/
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We’re breaking down two of the vilest executive orders Trump signed on his first day in office. First up, he’s attacking trans people every way he can, and the crueler, the better. How does this interact with the Supreme Court’s holding in Bostock? And Trump ignored 125 years of precedent to declare birthright citizenship illegal. One federal judge has already said NFW. Subscribers get a discussion of the latest Alex Jones bankruptcy negotiations.
Links:
Skrmetti: It was THAT Bad
https://www.lawandchaospod.com/p/skrmetti-it-was-that-bad?utm_source=publication-search
Trump EO - DEFENDING WOMEN FROM GENDER IDEOLOGY EXTREMISM AND RESTORING BIOLOGICAL TRUTH TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
Foley & Lardner instructions to clients re: Trump’s EOs
https://www.foley.com/insights/publications/2025/01/president-trumps-rescission-executive-order/
Trump EO on birthright citizenship
Coughenour TRO
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.wawd.343943/gov.uscourts.wawd.343943.43.0_1.pdf
Baldoni/Lively docket
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.635145
Alex Jones docket (for Patreon bonus)
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/66583024/alexander-e-jones/
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Contributing Artist: Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez
Album artist: Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez
Album: Law and Chaos
Genre: Government; Politics
Publisher: Res Ipsa Media LLC
Trump has vowed to deport millions of undocumented immigrants and close the border. Today’s guest, Dan Kowalski, practiced immigration law for 38 years and writes extensively on the subject. We’ll break down what to expect and how to fight back.
Links:
Involuntary Departure, by Dan Kowalski
https://dankowalski.substack.com/
American Council on Education: Immigration-Related Campus Concerns
https://www.acenet.edu/Documents/Issue-Brief-Immigration-Related-Campus-Concerns-2025.pdf
Against the Wall
NYT Debate on Birthright Citizenship
Is Birthright Citizenship Good for America
https://www.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/serials/files/cato-journal/2012/1/cj32n1-10.pdf
Myths and Facts about Birthright Citizenship
IPTP Will Track Trump 2.0
Justice Action Center: Tracking Extremist Challenges to Immigrant Inclusive Policies
https://litigationtracker.justiceactioncenter.org/
Us and Them: The Science of Identity
https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/U/bo5812106.html
Understanding INA Section 212(f): The President’s Authority to Suspend the Entry of Migrants
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As we prepare for the disaster, we break down Volume One of the Special Counsel Report, and discuss the brazen hackery behind Judge Cannon’s effort to bury Volume Two. And Rudy settles with Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss. Is that good or bad news?
Links:
SMITH FINAL REPORT Vol. 1
https://www.justice.gov/storage/Report-of-Special-Counsel-Smith-Volume-1-January-2025.pdf
Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton [SCOTUS Docket]
https://www.supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?filename=/docket/docketfiles/html/public/23-1122.html
TikTok C.E.O. Plans to Attend Trump Inauguration
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/15/us/politics/tiktok-ceo-trump-inauguration.html
US v Trump (SDFL) docket
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/67490070/united-states-v-trump/
Freeman v. Giuliani (SDNY) docket
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69116157/freeman-v-giuliani/
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Judge Aileen Cannon is popping off, the Alex Jones bankruptcy continues to be crazy, and judges in Arkansas are going to war with each other. Plus, as always, we’ll check in with our pal Rudy.
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Alex Jones - TX Plaintiffs settlement
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.txsb.459750/gov.uscourts.txsb.459750.1011.0.pdf
McKesson v. Arkansas complaint
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/3671323-McKesson-Complaint/
Baker Jan. 1 appointment orders
https://arkansasadvocate.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Appointment-Orders.pdf
Arkansas Administrative Order 24
https://opinions.arcourts.gov/ark/supremecourt/en/item/523224/index.do
Arkansas Supreme Court per curiam opinion 1/6/25
https://opinions.arcourts.gov/ark/supremecourt/en/item/523226/index.do
“Order of Chief Justice,” 2025 Ark. 4
https://opinions.arcourts.gov/ark/supremecourt/en/item/523231/index.do
Trump emergency motion to block release of Smith Report
Giuliani NY docket
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.627518/
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Trump narrowly loses his bid at SCOTUS to stave off his sentencing in New York. And the 11th Circuit denies his bid to bury the Special Counsel report. But the case is now back in front of Judge Aileen Cannon, so opportunities for f*ckery abound!
Links:
Judge Cannon Manages To Out-Crazy Judge Kacsmaryk
https://www.lawandchaospod.com/p/judge-cannon-manages-to-out-crazy
SCOTUS Trump Docket
https://www.supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?filename=/docket/docketfiles/html/public/24a666.html
US v. Trump, Cannon Docket via Court Listener
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/67490069/united-states-v-trump
US v. Nauta, 11th Circuit Docket via Court Listener
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ca11.87822
SCOTUS TikTok Docket
https://www.supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?filename=/docket/docketfiles/html/public/24-656.html
Salaam v. Trump Docket via Court Listener
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69279738/salaam-v-trump/
Griffin v. NC Board of Elections Docket via Democracy Docket
Filthy Kentucky Title IX Order
Freeman v. Giulani, DC Docket via Court Listener
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/68097449/freeman-v-giuliani
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Trump is losing his mind at the prospect of being sentenced Friday for his 34 felony business accounts. Now he’s demanding that the case be stayed based on president-elect immunity, something his lawyers Todd Blanche and Emil Bove made up yesterday. And, as always, Rudy Giuliani is wilding out in court.
Links:
Please Keep Shit Talking Judges
https://www.lawandchaospod.com/p/please-keep-shit-talking-judges
2024 Year End Report on the Federal Judiciary
https://www.supremecourt.gov/publicinfo/year-end/2024year-endreport.pdf
US v. Boeing docket
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/29089563/united-states-v-the-boeing-company/
Rudy demands courtroom sketch artist draw him “nice”
Alex Jones - Trustee Motion for Approve PQPR settlement
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.txsb.459750/gov.uscourts.txsb.459750.1005.0.pdf
Roberts EOY 2024 Report
https://www.supremecourt.gov/publicinfo/year-end/2024year-endreport.pdf
Trump NY Docs via Law360
https://www.law360.com/newyork-vs-trump-tracker
New York Article 78
https://law.justia.com/codes/new-york/cvp/article-78/7803/
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Blake Lively is suing Justin Baldoni. Justin Baldoni is suing the New York Times. The New York Times is suing … nobody. Yet. We’ll untangle this f-tussle, and for subscribers, we’ll break down Rudy Giuliani’s wild ride to contempt of court.
Links:
Paxton NCAA Trollsuit
Sixth Circuit Strikes Down Net Neutrality
https://www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions.pdf/25a0002p-06.pdf
Second Circuit Affirms E. Jean Carroll Verdict
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ca2.60504/gov.uscourts.ca2.60504.176.1.pdf
Please Keep Shit-Talking Judges
https://www.lawandchaospod.com/p/please-keep-shit-talking-judges
Trump TikTok brief
In re MCP No. 185 (Net Neutrality)
https://www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions.pdf/25a0002p-06.pdf
Lively NY Complaint
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.634304/gov.uscourts.nysd.634304.1.0.pdf
Lively CA Complaint
https://static01.nyt.com/newsgraphics/documenttools/1629cc34e562e325/4410b1d9-full.pdf
Baldoni CA complaint
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25473221-justin-baldoni/#document/p1
NYT Article
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/21/business/media/blake-lively-justin-baldoni-it-ends-with-us.html
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We lived through it once, and we’ll do it again. Liz and Andrew talk with Wonkette Senior Editor Evan Hurst about the changing media landscape as we prepare for inauguration.
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The Moral High Ground
https://evanhurst.substack.com/
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Rudy Giuliani’s wilding out, RFK Jr wants to bring back polio, and the Georgia Court of appeals just set fire to the last remnants of the Trump election interference case.
Links:
Freeman v. Giuliani [Docket via Court Listener]
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69015293/freeman-v-giuliani/?order_by=desc
GA Court of Appeals Willis Order
https://efast.gaappeals.us/download?filingId=cdec1774-027f-4de6-aaf5-fb6c9bb99270
Siri FDA Petition to revoke polio vaccine approval
https://static01.nyt.com/newsgraphics/documenttools/e68bd8b142eb7bf0/914e0b90-full.pdf
FDA Response
https://www.regulations.gov/document/FDA-2022-P-1998-0008
21 CFR Subpart B
https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/21/part-10/subpart-B
About Aaron Siri
https://www.sirillp.com/aaron-siri/
Carrier & Wander, Citizen Petitions: An Empirical Study, Cardozo Law Review (2012)
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/Delivery.cfm?abstractid=2074656
IPOL package insert
https://www.fda.gov/media/75695/download
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Republicans in Congress are suggesting that the FBI should LOCK HER UP Liz Cheney, and Donald Trump thinks that’s a great idea. But can he do that? We’ll discuss. Plus, a Georgia appeals court has disqualified Fulton County DA Fani Willis and her entire office from prosecuting Donald Trump, likely dooming the entire case. And for subscribers, we’ve got a fun tour of defamation trollsuits from one of our favorite Kraken lawyers.
Links:
GA Court of Appeals Willis Order
https://efast.gaappeals.us/download?filingId=cdec1774-027f-4de6-aaf5-fb6c9bb99270
Loudermilk Report
Loudermilk Committee Report (October 15, 2024)
GA Ct Appeals Decision Re Willis
https://efast.gaappeals.us/download?filingId=cdec1774-027f-4de6-aaf5-fb6c9bb99270
Robinson v. CNN Federal Docket via Court Listener
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nced.214292
Mike Flynn Florida Appeal Dismissed
https://2dca.flcourts.gov/content/download/2444599/opinion/Opinion_2024-0278.pdf
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We talk with TechDirt’s Cathy Gellis, who is going to walk us through the DC Circuit’s opinion banning TikTok. And in the subscriber bonus, we’ll bring you up to speed on Rudy Giuliani’s continuing efforts to dodge justice in multiple courts.
Links:
TikTok v. Garland (DC Cir.)
https://media.cadc.uscourts.gov/opinions/docs/2024/12/24-1113-2088317.pdf
Petition for injunction staying order
Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act (PAFACA)
15 U.S. Code § 9901
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/15/9901
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Last night US Bankruptcy Judge Christopher Lopez voided the sale of Infowars to The Onion as part of the Alex Jones Bankruptcy. It sucks a lot. And speaking of sucking, let’s talk about the Impoundment Control Act and How Trump plans to violate it.
Links:
ALEX JONES BANKRUPTCY DOCKET
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/66583024/alexander-e-jones/
Revised Infowars proposed sale order (REDLINE)
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.txsb.459750/gov.uscourts.txsb.459750.975.1.pdf
Trump on impoundment
Train v. City of New York
https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/420/35/#42
House Dems Impoundment Explainer
https://democrats-budget.house.gov/resources/fact-sheetss/impoundment-explainer
GAO Report on Ukraine Impoundment Violation
https://www.gao.gov/products/b-331564
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Trump has nominated Brendan Carr to chair the FCC, calling him a “warrior for Free Speech” who “will end the regulatory onslaught that has been crippling America's Job Creators and Innovators, and ensure that the FCC delivers for rural America." But as tech journalist Karl Bode explains, Carr has threatened to go after media outlets that criticize Trump, and his plans for rural broadband are even worse. And Liz and Andrew break down the issue “scrutiny” in Skrmetti, the SCOTUS case on healthcare for trans kids. Plus, we check in with Rudy Giuliani’s shenanigans in the subscriber bonus.
Links:
Skrmetti: It Was THAT Bad
https://www.lawandchaospod.com/p/skrmetti-it-was-that-bad
Institute for Local Self Reliance
Karl Bode at Techdirt
https://www.techdirt.com/user/kbode/
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It’s a roundup of Hunter Biden, Rudy Giuliani, and Infowars news, before a preview of US v. Skrmetti, the challenge to Tennessee’s ban on gender confirming care for minors, which will be argued at the Supreme Court on Wednesday. And for subscribers, we’ll catch up with Dinesh D’Souza, who’s getting sued by a man he falsely accused of being a “ballot mule.”
Links:
Elon Musk’s X is stepping into the legal fight over Alex Jones’ Infowars. Experts say it’s unprecedented
https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/29/media/alex-jones-elon-musk-x-infowars-accounts/index.html
Freeman v. Giuliani Docket
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69116157/freeman-v-giuliani/
Hunter Biden Delaware Docket
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/67511701/united-states-v-biden/
Hunter Biden California Docket
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/68072483/united-states-v-biden/
Inside the Collapse of Hunter Biden’s Plea Deal
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/19/us/politics/inside-hunter-biden-plea-deal.html
Tennessee SB 1 - Tennessee Code, Title 68, Chapter 33
Skrmetti reply brief (gender affirming care)
https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/23/23-477/331420/20241107183937931_23-477rbUnitedStates.pdf
Danyon Anderson et al., Gender Dysphoria and Its Non-Surgical and Surgical Treatments (2022)
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9501960/
In re Vital Pharmaceutical (2023)
https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/us-ban-crt-s-d-flo-for-lau-div/2289548.html
D’Souza Statement
https://dineshdsouza.com/statement-on-2000-mules/
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Today, we learned that Special Counsel Jack Smith has moved to dismiss both of the federal cases against Donald Trump; we tell you what that means and what happens next. On the plus side, we learned that the Onion is almost certainly going to get to buy Infowars AND the next Attorney General of the United States won’t be Matt Gaetz. Although it probably will be Pam Bondi. Oh, and the Supreme Court just took up a case on a 100-year-old doctrine as to whether the government can help rural and underserved areas get phone and internet coverage.
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Pam Bondi: Less Terrible Than Matt Gaetz
https://www.lawandchaospod.com/p/pam-bondi-is-less-terrible-than-matt
No, Elon Musk Isn’t Riding To Alex Jones’s Rescue
https://www.lawandchaospod.com/p/no-elon-musk-isnt-riding-to-alex/comments
SCOTUS Order in FCC v. Consumers Research
https://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/112224zr1_7l48.pdf
5th Circuit opinion in FCC v. Consumers Research
https://casetext.com/case/consumers-research-v-fed-commcns-commn-4
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Kel McClanahan joins us for part two of the interview, where he tells us how to keep tabs on Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy as they gear up to do for the federal government what Elon did for Twitter. Meanwhile, Donald Trump is not going to jail, Alex Jones continues to be a ghoul, and Rudy Giuliani has found another lawyer to help him humiliate himself in federal court.
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Rudy Giuliani Can't Go On Trial, He Has An Inauguration To Attend!
https://www.lawandchaospod.com/p/rudy-giuliani-cant-go-on-trial-he
Roake v. Brumley 5th Circuit denial of stay
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ca5.221848/gov.uscourts.ca5.221848.68.2.pdf
Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), 5 U.S.C. Chapter 10 et seq.
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/5/part-I/chapter-10
Kel McClanahan, President Trump’s Cronyism and Excesses Should Prompt Security Clearance Reform
Kel McClanahan, The Case for Legislative Security Clearance Reform
https://www.justsecurity.org/60440/case-legislative-security-clearance-reform/
Kel McClanahan, What Everyone Gets Wrong About Kushner’s Clearance Fiasco
https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/03/01/jared-kushner-clearance-fiasco-217210/
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Goblinlover Alex Jones is threatening to jail Ben Collins, CEO of the Onion for trying to buy InfoWars. Meanwhile, the bankruptcy trustee is threatening to seek sanctions against Alex Jones’s lawyers for making frivolous arguments and telling half-truths. What’s next for the efforts to find some measure of justice for the Sandy Hook families? Plus, Donald Trump seems poised to hand over the nation’s national security secrets to a bunch of goons who couldn’t get cleared for a job as a mall cop. Can he do that? We welcome back Kel McClanahan of National Security Counselors to answer all of our security clearance-related questions.
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Alex Jones Bankruptcy docket (SDTX)
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.txsb.459750/
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The Onion is buying Infowars! Unless a bankruptcy judge puts the kibosh on the sale. And Rudy Giuliani’s lawyers are pulling the ripcord in the Freeman/Moss case. Also … Attorney General Matt Gaetz? WTF?!?!
Links:
Onion Press Release
https://theonion.com/heres-why-i-decided-to-buy-infowars/
Alex Jones Bankruptcy docket
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/66583024/alexander-e-jones/
Giuliani - Caruso Declaration - lawyers withdrawing
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.626017/gov.uscourts.nysd.626017.110.0.pdf
New York Rules of Professional Conduct
Matt Gaetz ethics report
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/13/us/politics/matt-gaetz-ethics-committee-report.html
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A week after the election, Trump is already demanding that Congress bend the knee and allow him to staff his administration without bothering to get Senate confirmation. Can he do that? And will the new Senate majority leader let him?
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Musk's X seeks to steer lawsuits to conservative court in Texas
https://www.reuters.com/legal/musks-x-seeks-steer-lawsuits-conservative-court-texas-2024-10-17/
Federalist No. 67 (Hamilton)
https://teachingamericanhistory.org/document/federalist-no-67/
Noel Canning v. NLRB
https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=67923386243166640
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Well, it happened. We talk about what the election of Donald Trump means for you, for the country, for this show, and for the efforts to hold Trump accountable for his crimes against the American people. Special Counsel Jack Smith has announced that he intends to “wrap up” his office; we tell you why and what that means. We’ll be here with you, and we’ll always tell you the truth.
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NPR report: Smith To Wind Down
https://www.npr.org/2024/11/06/g-s1-33021/trump-trials-jack-smith-election-2024
28 CFR Part 600 (Special Counsel regulations)
https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/28/part-600
Trump v. US (2024)
https://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/pdf/23-939.pdf
24 Op. OLC 222 (2000) - Presidential immunity
https://www.justice.gov/file/146241-0/dl?inline
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Joe Dye is back to talk us through how to watch the election returns. How similar are Wisconsin and Iowa? When will we know the results out of Georgia? And what’s up with that Selzer poll? Andrew and Joe break it all down.
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Election litigation is well underway in Pennsylvania, even before election day. The Trump campaign has already racked up a win, since they decided that early voting is … good now? Meanwhile Elon Musk is dodging a civil action by Philadelphia’s DA over his million dollar “lottery,” and Trump filed an absolutely gonzo trollsuit in Texas against CBS.
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Workers Say They Were Tricked and Threatened as Part of Elon Musk’s Get-Out-the-Vote Effort
https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-america-pac-blitz-canvassing-michigan-uhaul/
Lancaster County officials should deliver real answers on voter registration issues — not shut down questions [editorial]
Fed. R. Crim. Pro. 48
https://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/frcrmp/rule_48
Baxter v. Philadelphia Board of Elections (Pa. App. Oct. 30, 2024)
https://www.pacourts.us/assets/opinions/Commonwealth/out/1305CD24_10-30-24.pdf?cb=1
Trump v. CBS Texas Consumer Protection Law Complaint
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.txnd.396451/gov.uscourts.txnd.396451.1.0.pdf
Krasner v. Attorney General
https://casetext.com/case/commonwealth-v-the-attorney-gen-1
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Republicans have discovered ONE WEIRD TRICK to win elections, and it is for the legislatures to steal all the electoral votes. Or if that can’t be arranged, they’d accept an intervention from SCOTUS. We’ll discuss the independent state legislature theory, as well as Trump’s latest filing in the stolen documents appeal.
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Musk Petition
https://petition.theamericapac.org/
Pennsylvania v. America PAC complaint
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25255630-philly-v-musk
Pennsylvania SCT appeal (Genser v. Butler County)
https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25255962/scotus-24a408-stay-application-pa.pdf
5th Circuit provisional ballots case (RNC v. Wetzel)
https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/24/24-60395-CV0.pdf
US v. Trump (11th Circuit appeal) docket
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/68955302/united-states-v-donald-trump/
US v. Trump (SDFL documents case) docket
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/67643393/united-states-v-trump/
28 CFR § 600.1
https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/28/600.1
Inside the Movement Behind Trump’s Election Lies
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What will happen on November 5 if Vice President Harris is narrowly ahead of Trump? Will it look like 2020? Or is it more likely to resemble 2000, with a knock down, drag out fight over every ballot? Liz and Andrew break it down.
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Musk Is Going All In to Elect Trump https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/11/us/politics/elon-musk-donald-trump-pennsylvania.html
Press Release: Benedictine Sisters subject of fraudulent claim https://eriebenedictines.org/news-stories.html/article/2024/10/23/press-release-benedictine-sisters-subject-of-fraudulent-claims
Wand et al., The Butterfly Did It: The Aberrant Vote for Buchanan in Palm Beach County, Florida, American Political Science Review (2001)
Bush v. Gore (Supreme Court 2000)
https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=2298973060085224552
Gore v. Harris (FL Supreme Court 2000)
https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/fl-supreme-court/1489353.html
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Elon Musk is giving Trump’s campaign $75 million. Plus he’s paying out $1 million per day to “registered voters.” Is that a crime, or just a photo op? Meanwhile in DC, what can we learn from the Special Counsel’s latest filing in the Trump election case? And we answer questions about how to watch early election night returns.
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Musk Petition
https://petition.theamericapac.org/
US v. Trump [Docket via Court Listener]
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/67656595/united-states-v-trump/?order_by=desc
Elon Musk Veers Into Clearly Illegal Vote Buying by Rick Hasen
https://electionlawblog.org/?p=146397
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In this BONUS episode, elections expert Joe Dye returns to tell us what to watch for when the very first returns on Election Day come in at 6 pm Eastern from Indiana and Kentucky. Learn how those deep red states will help us test six different bits of conventional wisdom we’ve all heard from the pundits, like whether Kamala Harris is facing a backlash from college students, or whether she has made inroads with educated white voters & so much more!
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The Republican Feelings Industrial Complex
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Lt. Gov. Mark “Horndog” Robinson is suing CNN and a former porn shop worker named Louis Love Money for $50 million. And Texas’s worst(?) federal judge threatens to tank a Boeing plea deal because the federal monitor might do DEIs. Can’t have the airline pay victims of airline crashes unless the deal is 100 percent woke free! And for subscribers, a deep dive into the latest Trump election interference case foolishness.
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Liz on Andrew Bailey: “Missouri AG Andy Bailey Face Plants All Over Federal Docket In Media Matters Case”
https://www.lawandchaospod.com/p/missouri-ag-andy-bailey-face-plants
Judge McBurney Order re Georgia Hand Count Rule
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25214879-file_0479
‘I’m a black NAZI!’: NC GOP nominee for governor made dozens of disturbing comments on porn forum
The Lt. Governor Owes Me Money
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4CbWIXGzvE
Ex-Porn Shop Employees Say Mark Robinson Was A Regular. He Denies It.
Robinson v. CNN complaint
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25215289-robinson-cnn-complaint
NC Pattern Jury Instructions
NC Rule 8(a)(2)
https://ncleg.net/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_1A/GS_1A-1,_Rule_8.html
Boeing Order
US v. Trump (DC docket)
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The courts are closed, but crazy never takes a break. We’ll check in on Alex Jones’s bankruptcy liquidation, Donald Trump’s shenanigans in the election interference case, and the horror show now that the mifepristone case is back before Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk. Subscribers catch up with Peter Navarro, who seems to be working at cross purposes to his old boss in federal court — although perhaps it hasn’t yet occurred to him.
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Free Speech Systems Auction Page
https://360assetadvisors.com/events/fssmh/
US v. Trump (DC docket)
L&C on Trump Revoking CBS’s “license”
https://www.lawandchaospod.com/p/no-the-fcc-cant-revoke-cbss-license
Oklahoma RFP 00000555
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JbS0fT-wBSpLhKojxAv_BN5htPPKSi1g1d8bfbz-wWE/edit?tab=t.0
Alex Jones TX plaintiff appeal
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.txsb.457706/gov.uscourts.txsb.457706.1028.0.pdf
FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine (2024)
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/23-235_n7ip.pdf
Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine docket (ND Tex.)
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.txnd.370067
Navarro order
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.245941/gov.uscourts.dcd.245941.53.0.pdf
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The Trump election interference case is back, and the immunity ruling isn’t the only way the Supreme Court tried to kneecap it. A case called Fischer v. US may prove fatal as well. Also, we take your questions of Florida’s abortion and marijuana ballot initiatives. And for subscribers, we catch up with Kraken weirdos Stefanie Lambert and Patrick Byrne.
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FL Stat. 101-161
Fischer v. US (2024)
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/23-5572_l6hn.pdf
US v. Trump (DC docket)
Trump opp redacted appendix
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.258148/gov.uscourts.dcd.258148.259.0_2.pdf
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They’re baaaaaack! The Supreme Court’s October term starts this week, and the howler monkey wing is ready to FSU. Down in Florida, Trump appointee Judge Kathryn Mizelle is doing her best Aileen Cannon impersonation. That story has an old school deep dive from Andrew into 13th century Saxony and beyond. And, for subscribers, we’ll unpack an amazing grift in Oklahoma.
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ABA Letter rating Mizelle “Not Qualified”
False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. Subchapter III
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/31/subtitle-III/chapter-37/subchapter-III
US ex rel Clarissa Zafirov v. Florida Medical Associates
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flmd.364103/gov.uscourts.flmd.364103.346.0.pdf
2007 OLC Memo re Relators
https://www.justice.gov/file/494641/dl?inline
OKLAHOMA TRUMP BIBLES
https://www.lawdork.com/p/oklahoma-ryan-walters-bible-inhalers
OKLAHOMA RFP
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Special Counsel Jack Smith filed his opening salvo since the Supreme Court invented a new doctrine of absolute presidential immunity. Trump complained that the immunity brief is functionally a mini-Special Counsel report, and he’s not wrong. But if you don’t want your crimes on the public docket, maybe don’t try to overthrow democracy! Liz and Andrew break down the latest in Trump’s election interference case.
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US v. Trump [Docket via Court Listener]
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/67656595/united-states-v-trump/?order_by=desc
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It’s a regular Star Wars bar on today’s show, with updates in Donald Trump’s election interference case and Alex Jones’s bankruptcy. But the real star is New York Mayor Eric Adams, who wants to dismiss his indictment because the Supreme Court says it’s not a bribe if you don’t get paid until after you do the official act. It’s a gratuity, which is as American as apple pie!
Links:
US v. Adams [Docket via Court Listener]
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69197933/united-states-v-adams/
Free Speech Systems Bankruptcy [Docket via Court Listener]
Alex Jones Bankruptcy [Docket via Court Listener]
Alex Jones' Company To Be Broken Up And Sold For Scrap
https://www.lawandchaospod.com/p/alex-jones-company-to-be-broken-up
Tell Alex Jones to Eat Shit: Let’s Buy Infowars
https://thebarbedwire.com/2024/09/30/tell-alex-jones-to-eat-shit-lets-buy-infowars/
Sistersong Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective v. State of Georgia, Order
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25178630-mcburney-sistersong-final-order
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The Mayor of New York was federally indicted for taking bribes from the Turkish government. He was not indicted for taking notes on a criminal f***ing conspiracy in flagrant violation of the Stringer Bell Rule. But perhaps the feds are saving that for a superseding indictment. And for subscribers: an update on the DC election interference case.
Links:
US v. Adams [SDNY Docket via Court Listener]
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69197933/united-states-v-adams/
US v. Trump [DC Docket via Court Listener]
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/67656604/united-states-v-trump/
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It’s a roundup day! Time to run down the latest efforts to mess with the vote, from Georgia to Nebraska and all places in between. Then Cards Against Humanity sues SpaceX, and the complaint is a thing of beauty. Finally, let’s talk about Republicans’ grudging plan to NOT sink the economy before November. Please clap!
Links:
Fuzzy Math: Wrong Way Reforms for Allocating Electoral Votes
https://fairvote.app.box.com/v/fuzzy-math-wrong-way-reforms
RFK Jr. FEC Statement of Candidacy
https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=2ofcShRVs71csui/f9Yq6g==
New York election law 1-104
https://codes.findlaw.com/ny/election-law/eln-sect-1-104/
31 U.S.C § 3101
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/31/3101
Debt limit votes 1978 to present https://sgp.fas.org/crs/misc/R41814.pdf
HR 9494
https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/9494/text
Treasury debt data
https://fiscaldata.treasury.gov/datasets/debt-to-the-penny/debt-to-the-penny
GA Hand Count Rule
Cards Against Humanity Stops the Wall
https://cardsagainsthumanitystopsthewall.com/
Cards Against Humanity v. SpaceX Complaint
https://cah-sues-elon-musk.s3.amazonaws.com/240919+Plaintiff's+Original+Petition.pdf
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Republican Mark Robinson hopes to be North Carolina’s next governor. Trump hopes he will go away and stop dragging down the ticket. Meanwhile, the documents case hits the Eleventh Circuit, and outside amici are asking the appeals court to disqualify Judge Aileen Cannon. And in Arizona, a federal judge told Mark Meadows to GTFO with his claim that he was doing official White House business when he tried to steal the state’s electors in 2020. Subscribers will get a deep dive into the sh*tshow that is Trump Media Technology Group stock.
Links:
US v. Combs [Docket via Court Listener]
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69167625/united-states-v-combs/
‘I’m a black NAZI!’: NC GOP nominee for governor made dozens of disturbing comments on porn forum
https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/19/politics/kfile-mark-robinson-black-nazi-pro-slavery-porn-forum
-TMTG/DJT Form S-4
https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1849635/000119312524036093/d408563ds4a.htm
TMTG Pitch Deck
https://tmtgcorp.com/static/tmtg-company-overview-f6cfb16513c78a61681aea3bbdae7a78.pdf
US v. Trump [Eleventh Circuit Docket via Court Listener]
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/68955302/united-states-v-donald-trump/
-Meadows AZ state court indictment
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.azd.1393979/gov.uscourts.azd.1393979.1.1_1.pdf
Arizona v. Meadows Order of Remand
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.azd.1393979/gov.uscourts.azd.1393979.21.0_2.pdf
US v. Torkington
https://casetext.com/case/us-v-torkington
ProPublica, Judge Aileen Cannon Failed to Disclose a Right-Wing Junket
https://www.propublica.org/article/judge-aileen-cannon-trump-documents-case-travel-disclosures
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Utah tried to implement an age verification requirement for social media. The governor even got into a fight with our guest, free speech lawyer Ari Cohn, on Twitter, when he pointed out that the law was patently unconstitutional. But now a federal judge has enjoined it, because there is no One Weird Trick to get around the First Amendment. Did Gov. Cox ever apologize?
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Nechoice v. Reyes [Docket via Court Listener]
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/68097000/netchoice-llc-v-reyes/
Utah Netchoice opinion
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.utd.145120/gov.uscourts.utd.145120.86.0_1.pdf
Social Media and Youth Mental Health
https://www.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/sg-youth-mental-health-social-media-advisory.pdf
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After Kamala Harris dogwalked Trump in Tuesday’s debate, he’s been melting down on every platform and demanding retribution against ABC. How many ways is that threat BS? All the ways! Meanwhile, it’s not just Taylor Swift who hates Donald Trump. It’s basically every artist on earth. And they’re making their feelings known in court. Finally, subscribers get a look at recent court decisions keeping RFK Jr on and off the ballot.
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NC Supreme Court Ruling Re RFK Ballot Removal
https://appellate.nccourts.org/orders.php?t=P&court=1&id=439795&pdf=1&a=0&docket=1&dev=1
MI Trial Court Ruling Re RFK Ballot Removal
ABC Should Be Prosecuted For Illegal Contributions To Harris In ‘Debate’
Hayes v. Trump docket
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.gand.332945/
Hayes v. Trump PI order
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.gand.332945/gov.uscourts.gand.332945.60.0.pdf
Trump BMI Music License for Political Entities
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.gand.332945/gov.uscourts.gand.332945.28.2.pdf
Musicians Who Oppose Donald Trump (Wikipedia)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musicians_who_oppose_Donald_Trump%27s_use_of_their_music
White v. Trump (Docket via Court Listener)
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69144689/white-v-trump/?order_by=desc
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Russia’s been renting out rightwing media influencers in a plot to undermine support for Ukraine, get Trump elected, and undermine American social unity? Say it ain’t so! We’ll break down the Justice Department’s indictment of two Russian agents for setting up a covert operation. And for subscribers, there’s bonus content on the FBI rolling up another Kremlin operation to plant fake news stories using spoofed websites.
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Merchan delays sentencing
https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25100932/people-v-djt-letter-adjournment-dec-9-6-24.pdf
18 USC § 1956
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1956
FARA, 22 U.S. § 611 et seq.
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/22/chapter-11/subchapter-II
Kalashnikov Indictment
https://www.justice.gov/opa/media/1366266/dl
Seizure Warrant affidavit
https://www.justice.gov/opa/media/1366261/dl
Senate Intelligence Committee Report on Russian Interference in the 2016 election
Senate Intelligence Committee Report on Russian Interference in the 2016 election, Vol. 1
https://www.intelligence.senate.gov/sites/default/files/documents/Report_Volume1.pdf
Senate Intelligence Committee Report on Russian Interference in the 2016 election, Vol. 5
https://www.intelligence.senate.gov/sites/default/files/documents/report_volume5.pdf
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Elon Musk claims to be defending free speech by picking a fight with the Brazilian government. But is this about his high minded principles, or his rightwing buddies? We’ll talk to international arbitration lawyer JJ Gass about Musk’s threats to Brazil and its politicians. (Full interview for subscribers.)
Links:
FSIA
28 U.S.C. § 1605
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/28/1605
28 U.S.C. § 1610
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/28/1610
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It’s deep dive day into the NCAA. How long can it get away with not paying players? And why can’t you buy a Marvin Harrison jersey? Plus, we’ll catch up on the Trump case in DC, along with a subscriber bonus on Trump’s pre-sentencing shenanigans in New York.
Links:
People of the State of NY v. Trump [Docket via Court Listener]
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/67326478/people-of-the-state-of-new-york-v-trump/
US v. Trump [DC District Court Docket via Court Listener]
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/67656604/united-states-v-trump/
Harrison Term Sheet
https://trellis.law/doc/212200687/exhibit-s-b-motion-001-binding-term-sheet
Harrison lawsuit - docket NY State
Harrison Signatures comparison
https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=dINzhEB291So47ULr1tEAA==
NCFL By-Laws 12.5.2.1
https://web3.ncaa.org/lsdbi/search/bylawView?id=266#result
NCAA v. Alston (2021)
https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=7588998090147227883
Fontenot v. NCAA docket
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/68024296/fontenot-v-national-collegiate-athletic-association/
Fontenot complaint
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cod.229378/gov.uscourts.cod.229378.1.0.pdf
House NIL complaint
15 U.S.C. 1
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/15/1
NCAA 2024-2025 Manual and Bylaws
https://www.ncaapublications.com/productdownloads/D125.pdf
NIL overview
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Special Counsel Jack Smith filed a superseding indictment in the election interference case. Time for Trump’s SCOTUS pals to ride to the rescue again! And in Georgia, local election officials are preparing to gum up the works if voters don’t give them what they want.
Links:
Trump DC superseding indictment
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.258149/gov.uscourts.dcd.258149.226.0_38.pdf
Trump DC original indictment
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.258149/gov.uscourts.dcd.258149.1.0_10.pdf
US v. Trump (DC) August 8, 2024 status report
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.258149/gov.uscourts.dcd.258149.209.0_3.pdf
DOJ 2024 memo EYS
https://www.justice.gov/ag/media/1359366/dl
DOJ 2012 memo EYS
DOJ 2008 memo EYS
https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/ag/legacy/2009/02/10/ag-030508.pdf
5 USC 2374
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/5/7324
June 13, 2019 OSC report Kellyanne Conway
DOJ OIG report June 2018
“A Review of Various Actions by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Department of Justice in Advance of the 2016 Election”
https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/4515884/DOJ-OIG-2016-Election-Final-Report.pdf
Trump v. US
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/23-939_e2pg.pdf
Fischer v. US
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/23-5572_l6hn.pdf
Here’s How Pro-Trump Georgia Officials Wrote New Rules to Deny Election Results
Abhiraman v. State Election Board — Complaint
https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25074852/georgia-state-election-board-rules-lawsuit.pdf
Heekin Petition
https://sos.ga.gov/sites/default/files/forms/Rule%20Petition%20-%20Heekin_redacted.pdf
Grubbs Petition
https://sos.ga.gov/sites/default/files/forms/Petition%20-%20Grubbs_Redacted.pdf
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The stolen documents case is back! Judge Aileen Cannon dismissed the charges against Trump and his goons in July on the theory that special counsels are illegal, and Monday Special Counsel Jack Smith filed his brief to the Eleventh Circuit explaining why she is very obviously wrong. Plus, RFK Jr. dropped out and endorsed Trump. Does that mean he’s off the ballot everywhere?
Links:
Jack Smith 11th Cir Brief
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ca11.87822/gov.uscourts.ca11.87822.18.0_1.pdf
Trump v. US
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/23-939_e2pg.pdf
18 USC 599
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/599
ADLF Complaint re: Trump/Carson
https://static.politico.com/83/4d/90f795464ab58210ca25aa3a1af7/adlf-complaint.pdf
NRS 293.202
https://www.leg.state.nv.us/nrs/nrs-293.html
New Yorker profile
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/08/12/robert-f-kennedy-jr-profile-presidential-campaign
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Abortion is on the ballot in Missouri, Florida, and Arizona, and Republicans are working hard to stop women from controlling the ballot box, and their own bodies. Meanwhile at the Supreme Court, the conservative justices are trying to shave points for Trump in Arizona. And subscribers will hear about shenanigans at the Arkansas Supreme Court to disappear an abortion referendum.
Links:
MO Constitutional Amendment
MO Abortion Amendment Litigation Docket
AZ Abortion Amendment
AZ Supreme Court Abortion Ruling
ARS 16-121.01
https://www.azleg.gov/ars/16/00121-01.htm
ARS 16-166
https://www.azleg.gov/ars/16/00166.htm
Arizona v. Inter Tribal Council (2013)
https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=8524729836774698956
Application for stay
Appendix & decisions below
https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24/24A164/322042/20240808153230794_Application%20Appendix.pdf
ARS 16-127 (federal only)
https://www.azleg.gov/ars/16/00127.htm
SCOTUS Order
https://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/082224zr_n75p.pdf
AR Supreme Court
https://opinions.arcourts.gov/ark/supremecourt/en/522904/1/document.do
Arkansas Abortion Amendment
https://arkansasadvocate.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Abortion-Amendment-of-2024.pdf
Arkansas Code 7-9-111
https://law.justia.com/codes/arkansas/title-7/chapter-9/subchapter-1/section-7-9-111/
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Former congressman George Santos — an heir to the Romanoff dynasty who discovered molybdenum — pleads guilty in New York. Disney tries to escape a wrongful death suit at its Florida Park because of an arbitration clause in its Disney+ fine print. And Trump claims an endorsement from AI Taylor Swift. What could possibly go wrong?
Links:
Piccolo Complaint
https://www.scribd.com/document/708687171/Raglan-Road-Lawsuit
Disney MTC arbitration
https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25041321/disney-arbitration-tangsuan.pdf
Plaintiffs’ opposition
https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25041320/disney-piccolo-response-tangsuan.pdf
Raglan Road website
https://www.raglanroad.com/new-page
Disney/Raglan Road website
Disney Terms of Use (2019)
https://disneytermsofuse.com/english/
My Disney Experience Terms and Conditions (2023)
https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/park-experience-terms-conditions/
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A New York judge just kicked Robert Kennedy Jr. off the ballot for lying about his residency — a lie he told everywhere else, as well. Could this be the end of his spoiler candidacy? And for subscribers, an exploration of Gov. Ron DeSantis’s weird war on woke meat.
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28 U.S.C. § 455
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/28/455
Where RFK Jr. and Independent Candidates Are On The Ballot, New York Times
RFK Jr. Notice of Appeal
https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=5jx/Kxz1l0wf6TA3ZHfXQg==
RFK Jr. Nominating Petition NY
https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=jzZhJ0AUNv6uP5etayfLDQ==
RFK Jr. FEC Statement of Candidacy
https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=2ofcShRVs71csui/f9Yq6g==
Petition seeking to invalidate RFK’s Nominating Petition
https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=Yj3pUo1J7/4wfQK3LGOnTw==
Court’s decision invalidating RFK’s Nominating Petition
https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=vdZRqqGAbNUChn_PLUS_iL0Ev_PLUS_A==
Upside Foods Inc v. Simpson [Docket via Court Listener]
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69038793/upside-foods-inc-v-simpson/
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Twitter filed an antitrust suit against a tiny non-profit trade group and a bunch of big companies for “illegally” boycotting his Nazi bar. To protect free speech! And for subscribers: Did Kamala copy Trump’s plan to cut taxes on tipped compensation?
Links:
RELEASE: Sen. Ted Cruz’s No Tax on Tips Act Does Little for Low- and Moderate-Wage Workers But Opens Door to Tax Abuse by Wealthy
It’s Now Impossible to Search Old Trump Tweets on X
https://www.mediaite.com/online/its-now-impossible-to-search-old-trump-tweets-on-x/
Duke Really Did Get All The Foul Calls, Washington Post, April 7, 2015
House Judiciary Committee Interim Report on GARM
House Judiciary Documents on GARM
GARM Brand Safety Floor
https://wfanet.org/l/library/download/urn:uuid:7d484745-41cd-4cce-a1b9-a1b4e30928ea
WFA 2023 Annual Report
GDI Disinformation Risk Assessment: The Online News Market in the United States
X v. WFA complaint
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.txnd.393003/gov.uscourts.txnd.393003.1.0_2.pdf
FTC on Group Boycotts
15 U.S.C. § 1
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/15/1
FTC v. Superior Ct. Trial Lawyers Ass’n, 493 U.S. 411 (1990)
https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=7145214033986459725
NAACP v. Claiborne Hardware Co., 458 U.S. 886
https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=7271075303659098319
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Minnesota Governor Tim Walz accomplished more in one legislative term than most politicians do in a lifetime. Can he do the same for the country? We take a deep dive into some of the laws he championed in Minnesota. Is this … optimism???
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Louisiana Will Get The Ten Commandments Into Schools If They Have To Break 'Em All To Do It
https://www.lawandchaospod.com/p/louisiana-will-get-the-ten-commandments
Idaho Stat. 18-623
https://legislature.idaho.gov/statutesrules/idstat/title18/t18ch6/sect18-623/
Idaho Stat. 18-8807
https://legislature.idaho.gov/statutesrules/idstat/title18/t18ch88/sect18-8807/
Minnesota Reproductive Freedom Defense Act
Minnesota HF5 (School Meals)
The ‘Swift Boating’ of Tim Walz has begun. What is the truth?
https://taskandpurpose.com/news/swift-boat-walz/
Minnesota Felon Voting Rights Opinion
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25035780-minnesota-felon-voting-opinion
Minnesota Felon Voting Rights Complaint
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25035775-minnesota-felon-voting-rights-complaint
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The Trump election interference case is finally back from getting beat to hell by the Supreme Court. What’s left after the disastrous immunity decision? And will the Supreme Court accept Mark Meadows’ invitation to do even more damage to the Republic in a naked bid to protect Trump’s cronies?
Links:
Trump v. US Immunity Decisions
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/23-939_e2pg.pdf
US v. Trump District Court Docket via Court Listener
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/67656595/united-states-v-trump/
Fischer v. US (2024)
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/23-5572_l6hn.pdf
18 USC § 1512
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1512
Meadows cert petition
Ex parte Garland (1866)
https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=2981583583221536357
28 USC § 1442
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/28/1442
28 USC § 1455
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/28/1455
Teaching History on Aaron Burr
https://teachinghistory.org/history-content/ask-a-historian/24404
Aaron Burr murder indictment in New Jersey
https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-26-02-0001-0281
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The Utah Supreme Court will not be LARPing as amateur historians, no matter what nonsense Justices Thomas and Alito get up to. The state’s highest court upholds an injunction blocking an abortion ban. And we’ll check in on Rudy Giuliani’s ignominious exit from bankruptcy, along with Project 2025’s implosion. Have rumors of the manifesto’s demise been greatly exaggerated?
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Gina Carano's Trollsuit Against Disney Lives To Fight Another Day
https://www.lawandchaospod.com/p/gina-caranos-trollsuit-against-disney
Roake v. Brumley - LA Ten Commandments docket
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/68879768/roake-v-brumley/
Planned Parenthood Association of Utah v. Utah
https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25023061/pp-utah.pdf
Giuliani Bankruptcy Docket
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/68108037/rudolph-w-giuliani/
NY Denial of Trump Gag Order Appeal
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25023087-ny-appeals-ruling-on-trump-gag-order
The Man Behind Project 2025’s Most Radical Plans
https://www.propublica.org/article/project-2025-trump-campaign-heritage-foundation-paul-dans
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President Biden is out with an op ed on how to fix our broken Supreme Court. We discuss the plan and the possibilities of implementing it. Could we shunt some of these justices off to the minor leagues and save the country? And Missouri Attorney General Andy Bailey wants to keep a man in jail despite the fact that he is actually innocent. Wouldn’t want to look like he’s soft on crime!
Links:
NY AG brief in Missouri v. New York
Constitution Article III
https://constitutioncenter.org/the-constitution/articles/article-iii
Federal judges
https://www.uscourts.gov/faqs-federal-judges
Presidential Commission on SCOTUS
https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/SCOTUS-Report-Final-12.8.21-1.pdf
Biden op-ed on SCOTUS reform
Booth v. US
https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=2290285144301064699
28 U.S.C. § 351
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/28/351
28 U.S.C. § 371
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/28/371
Art I, Section 6, Clause 1
https://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution-conan/article-1/section-6/clause-1/privilege-from-arrest
Dominion v. Byrne docket
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/60120428/us-dominion-inc-v-byrne/
Dominion v. Byrne surreply
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.234316/gov.uscourts.dcd.234316.117.0.pdf
Dominion v. Byrne minute order
Delaware Supreme Court Lin Wood decision
https://cases.justia.com/delaware/supreme-court/2022-69-2021.pdf?ts=1642602664
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Project 2025 is the right’s manifesto on how to break the government and turn America into a Christian nationalist state. It’s also deeply weird — just like the guys who wrote it. We’ll break down 20 of the craziest policy proposals, and then take a deep dive into the plan to replace the civil service with an army of MAGA loyalists.
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GOP Whines That It’s No Fair That Kamala Gets Joe’s Money
https://www.lawandchaospod.com/p/gop-whines-that-its-no-fair-kamala
Project 2025
https://static.project2025.org/2025_MandateForLeadership_FULL.pdf
Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act of 1883, 5 U.S.C. Chapter 23
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/5/part-III/subpart-A/chapter-23
Trump Executive Order 13957
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2020-10-26/pdf/2020-23780.pdf
Biden EO 14003 (repealing Trump EO 13957)
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2021-01-27/pdf/2021-01924.pdf
5 CFR Parts 210, 212, 213, 302, 432, 451, and 752
https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-06815.pdf
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Biden is out, Kamala is all but in, and the GOP is freaking out. We’ll break down potential Republican legal challenges to a Harris candidacy. Subscribers will get an extended curbstomping of Jonathan Turley’s galaxy brain plan to 25th Amendment Biden out of the last six months of his term.
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Louisiana notice of compliance
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.lamd.64943/gov.uscourts.lamd.64943.32.0.pdf
DNC 2024 Call For the DNC
https://democrats.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/2024-Call-for-Convention.pdf
DNC 2024 Delegate Selection Rules
https://democrats.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/2024-Delegate-Selection-Rules.pdf
DNC Charter and bylaws
https://democrats.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/DNC-Charter-Bylaws-03.12.2022.pdf
25th Amendment
https://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/amendmentxxv
Constitution, Art. II, Section 1, Cl. 6 (“Succession Clause”)
https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/essay/artII-S1-C6-1/ALDE_00013693/
3 USC § 19
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/3/19
52 USC § 30102
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/52/30102
11 CFR § 103.4
https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/11/103.4
Revised FEC Form 1 “Harris for President”
https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/C00703975/1805326//
Heritage Foundation June 21 memo
https://x.com/OversightPR/status/1805239354505257196
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Rudy Giuliani discovers that getting out of bankruptcy court is harder than falling on your keyster at the RNC. And New Mexico prosecutors discover one weird trick to blow up a criminal case. (It is the Brady rule!) Plus Patreons get an update on the Louisiana ten commandments mandate.
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NMSA 30-2-3
https://law.justia.com/codes/new-mexico/chapter-30/article-2/section-30-2-3/
NMSA 30-7-4
https://law.justia.com/codes/new-mexico/chapter-30/article-7/section-30-7-4/
Alec Baldwin docket
Baldwin MTD Failure to state an offense
Baldwin MTD Destruction of evidence
Baldwin Addendum re destruction of evidence
Baldwin June 24 MTD Brady
Baldwin July 11 MTD Brady
Roake v. Brumley - Louisiana Ten Commandments - Status update
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.lamd.64943/gov.uscourts.lamd.64943.31.0.pdf
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Judge Cannon blows up the documents case by declaring special counsels illegal. All she had to do was ignore 50 years of precedent, five federal statutes, and two Supreme cases. Glove up for a deep dive, with Liz and Andrew.
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A Trump trial judge decides to overturn Supreme Court precedent on home distilling. And speaking of sobriety … we’ll check in on Rudy Giuliani’s attempt to replicate Alex Jones’s stunning success in the bankruptcy court. Patreons get an extra field trip to Congress, where Oversight Chair James Comer invites the Biden administration to say where it would like to be kicked.
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Wait, The Fifth Circuit Is Snatching Cases From Other Circuits Now?
https://www.lawandchaospod.com/p/the-fifth-circuit-is-snatching-cases
26 USC 5178
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/26/5178
26 USC 5601
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/26/5601
HDA complaint
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.txnd.384014/gov.uscourts.txnd.384014.1.0.pdf
HDA docket
HDA decision
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.txnd.384014/gov.uscourts.txnd.384014.49.0_1.pdf
FRCP 26
https://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/frcp/rule_26
Freeman v. Giuliani (DC docket)
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/61642105/freeman-v-giuliani/
Giuliani stipulation
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.238720/gov.uscourts.dcd.238720.84.2_1.pdf
11 USC 362
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/11/362
Giuliani May MOR
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysb.319064/gov.uscourts.nysb.319064.267.0.pdf
Giuliani May exhibits
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysb.319064/gov.uscourts.nysb.319064.267.4.pdf
House GOP Letters to Biden Agencies Post-Chevron
Distillers Want to Decriminalize Making Booze at Home
https://www.texasobserver.org/distillers-decriminalize-home-booze/
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Today we have a deep dive into the absolute havoc SCOTUS’s immunity ruling will wreak in Trump’s document theft case — even though he was out of the White House when he committed his crimes! But first, the election denying weirdos and their election denying lawyers are Froot Looping all over the docket in the Dominion defamation case. And for subscribers: a discussion of the Alex Jones bankruptcy debacle.
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18 USC 333
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/333
John Case in 2015
John Case today
Trump v. US
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/23-939_e2pg.pdf
18 USC 793
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/793
Trump SDFL Motion to Dismiss for Selective and Vindictive Prosecution
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flsd.648653/gov.uscourts.flsd.648653.508.0.pdf
Alex Jones bankruptcy docket
Alex Jones Ch. 7 Trustee Emergency Motion
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Liz and Andrew talk to Tech Freedom’s Corbin Barthold about two recent SCOTUS decisions involving conservative efforts to claim victimhood on social media. In Murthy v. Missouri, Missouri and Louisiana complained about the Biden administration’s efforts to push back against covid misinformation on social media. And in Moody v. Netchoice, Florida and Texas attempted to impose state controls on what social media platforms may restrict.
Links:
Murthy v. Missouri (SCOTUS)
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/23-411new_7mio.pdf
Missouri v. Biden (5th Cir)
https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/23/23-30445-CV0.pdf
Moody v. Netchoice (SCOTUS)
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/22-277_d18f.pdf
The Fifth Circuit is Snatching Cases From Other Circuits Now?
https://www.lawandchaospod.com/p/the-fifth-circuit-is-snatching-cases
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SCOTUS gives Trump everything his heart desires and more. Not only does he get to stay out of jail, he gets to be king if he wins again. Liz and Andrew break down the disaster.
Links:
Trump v. US
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/23-939_e2pg.pdf
The Court’s Fischer Ruling Is a Symbolic Setback for the Justice Department—But One With Modest Consequences — by Roger Parloff
Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/22-451_7m58.pdf
Corner Post, Inc. v. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/22-1008_1b82.pdf
City of Grants Pass v. Johnson
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/23-175_19m2.pdf
Fischer v. United States
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/23-5572_l6hn.pdf
SCOTUS Fall 2023 Term opinions
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/slipopinion/23
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In today’s episode, we check in with the Supreme Court that still has six cases left to decide, including the key decision on Presidential immunity. We break down Moyle v. US, in which the Supreme Court punted (for now) on the seemingly straightforward question of whether state abortion laws can supersede the federal EMTALA law protecting women in emergency rooms. Then, we discuss SEC v. Jarkesy, in which the Roberts Court continues to gut the administrative state, this time by restricting how the Securities and Exchange Commission can go after securities fraud. And in between, we update you on all things Aileen Cannon, who’s even worse than you imagined.
Links:
Moyle v. US
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/23-726_6jgm.pdf
Trump Motion to Dismiss for AC Privilege (Doc. 566)
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flsd.648652/gov.uscourts.flsd.648652.566.0.pdf
Cannon Ruling (Doc. 655)
SEC v. Jarkesy
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/22-859_1924.pdf
SEC Rule 10b-5
https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/17/240.10b-5
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Today’s episode takes a look at two of the Supreme Court’s decisions from last week, US v. Rahimi, which apparently involves both gun control and time travel, and Erlinger v. US, which is an incredibly nuanced discussion of what qualifies as a prior offense under a Reagan-era federal law, so MAGA nation is of course lying about it being relevant to somehow overturning Donald Trump’s 34 state felony convictions. It isn’t. Finally, we update you as to the free-for-all unfolding now that Alex Jones’s company has been dismissed from its bankruptcy. It’s Texas justice!
Links:
Armed Career Criminal Act, 18 USC § 924(e)(1)
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/924
Erlinger v. US
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/23-370_i4dj.pdf
Rahimi v. US
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/22-915_8o6b.pdf
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Today, Liz and Andrew talk to Salon’s Amanda Marcotte about the right wing’s assault on Title IX through the prism of the political wedge issue of women’s sports. Then, Amanda breaks down the phenomenon of conservative “tradwives” as both cosplay and a gateway drug to white supremacy.
Links:
“Texas professors sue to fail students who seek abortions,” by Amanda Marcotte
https://www.salon.com/2024/06/03/texas-professors-to-fail-students-seek-abortions/
“After Supreme Court's abortion pill decision, Donald Trump is even more likely to ban abortion,” by Amanda Marcotte
“A tradwife drops a racist slur: Why the right's trolling economy made Lilly Gaddis' rise inevitable,” by Amanda Marcotte
Bostock v. Clayton County
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/19pdf/17-1618_hfci.pdf
Title IX fact sheet
https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/docs/t9-final-rule-factsheet.pdf
34 CFR Part 106 (Final Rule - Title IX)
https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/docs/t9-unofficial-final-rule-2024.pdf
-Reed O’Connor “striking down” fact sheet
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.txnd.377970/gov.uscourts.txnd.377970.37.0.pdf
TX v. USA (Judge Kacsmaryk Docket, via Court Listener)
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/68479793/state-of-texas-v-the-united-states-of-america/
TX v. Cardona (Judge O’Connor Docket, via Court Listener)
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/67502155/the-state-of-texas-v-cardona/
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We update you on the developments at Alex Jones’s two bankruptcy hearings last week and why they were a big win for the conspiracy theorist, with a special deep dive into Article I vs. Article III judges. Then, we discuss the latest from the Supreme court, before turning our attention to the myriad ways in which Donald Trump’s lawyers are still takin’ a dive before Aileen Cannon in the Southern District of Florida, just hoping that she’ll throw that red card.
Links:
27 CFR Parts 447, 478, and 479
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2018-12-26/pdf/2018-27763.pdf
Northern Pipeline Construction Co. v. Marathon Pipe Line Co., 458 U.S. 50 (1982)
https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=17768408304219861886
Alex Jones personal bankruptcy docket
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/66583024/alexander-e-jones/
FSS bankruptcy docket
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/64868456/free-speech-systems-llc/
US v. Trump (SDNY Docket - Judge Cannon)
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/67490071/united-states-v-trump/
US v. Trump, MTD for Surplusage
https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/trump-motion-indictment-dismiss.pdf
US v. Trump, Order on MTD for Surplusage
US v. Trump, MTD for Spoliation
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It’s another Trump-free extravaganza! We discuss the Hunter Biden conviction, forthcoming sentencing and appeals. Then, Liz and Andrew walk through the Supreme Court’s 9-0 reversal of the Fifth Circuit, protecting – for now! – the right to medical abortion drugs over the internet. Finally, in a lengthy segment (with a long Patreon bonus!), we tell you everything you need to know about a critical juncture in the Alex Jones corporate bankruptcy in the face of likely and deliberate misinformation by Alex Jones regardless of what happens.
Links:
L&C Episode 28
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-28-throwing-shade-on-the-supreme-court-feat-steve-vladeck/
FSS - Lee Reply brief re: retention of Schwartz
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.txsb.457706/gov.uscourts.txsb.457706.176.0.pdf
FSS - Hearing transcript re: Shannon & Lee, Schwartz
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.txsb.457706/gov.uscourts.txsb.457706.194.0.pdf
FSS - Order to employ Patrick Magill as Chief Restructuring Officer (October 13, 2022) [Doc. 239]
FSS - Magill Engagement Agreement
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.txsb.457706/gov.uscourts.txsb.457706.205.1.pdf
FSS - Emergency Motion for Court Instructions Regarding (1) Disposition of Debtors Property, and (2) Clarity as to the Chief Restructuring Officers Responsibilities and Authority, in the Event of Either a Dismissal of This Case or Conversion to Chapter 7
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.txsb.457706/gov.uscourts.txsb.457706.933.0.pdf
ACB article on LLC management
FSS - TX Plaintiff’s Objection
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.txsb.457706/gov.uscourts.txsb.457706.945.0.pdf
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Pennsylvania dad Darren Laustsen saw books disappearing from his daughter’s school — books which just so happened to be on the Moms for Liberty hit list. And he did something about it! Andrew and Liz talk to Darren and his lawyer Joy Ramsingh about their open records case that revealed a school board plot to shadowban books.
Links:
Laustsen v. Pennridge SD docket
https://propublic.buckscountyonline.org/PSI/v/detail/Case/6253965
SB answer
https://www.openrecords.pa.gov/Appeals/DocketGetFile.cfm?id=129351
10/19/23 Order
https://www.openrecords.pa.gov/Appeals/DocketGetFile.cfm?id=139446
Uncovering the Cover-up: How Republican Pennridge School Board Directors Secretly Banned Books
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We update you on all of the states that have brought criminal charges against those involved in the “fake electors” plot to try and keep Donald Trump in the White House after he lost the 2020 election, including in particular the latest criminal complaint filed against Ken Chesbro in Wisconsin. In the B segment, we tell you how the Biden administration FINALLY banned asbestos. In 2024.
Links:
Chesebro “The Real Deadline for Settling a State’s Electoral Votes” memo
https://app.box.com/s/ifis7hu74dz6xp0awkq567ygetrvcof1/file/1460145645094
AZ fake electors indictment
GA indictment
https://d3i6fh83elv35t.cloudfront.net/static/2023/08/CRIMINAL-INDICTMENT-Trump-Fulton-County-GA.pdf
Georgia Court of Appeals, Stay of Roman v. State (AKA the Trump RICO case)
https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/24735877/stayproceedings.pdf
WI indictment
https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/24731470/24cf1293-24cf1294-24cf1295.pdf
Corrosion Proof Fittings v. EPA
https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/F2/947/1201/153685/
ACC Letter to EPA re asbestos use
Trump insane asbestos tweet
EPA’s final rule on asbestos, 40 CFR Part 751
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-03-28/pdf/2024-05972.pdf
EPA Factfinding pursuant to the TSCA
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We answer your follow-up questions on the Trump verdict in New York, remind you that Aileen Cannon continues to get worse and worse in the Trump documents case in FL, talk about Sam Alito’s fondness for flags, and give you an extra-long patreon bonus on Stan Woodward’s dedication to NOT his client.
Links:
Alito
Noreika denial of Hunter Biden MTD on invalidity of special counsel
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ded.82797/gov.uscourts.ded.82797.101.0.pdf
18 U.S.C. 2
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/2
Nauta MTD February 28, 2024.
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flsd.648652/gov.uscourts.flsd.648652.352.0.pdf
Gov’t opp Nauta MTD March 7, 2024
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flsd.648652/gov.uscourts.flsd.648652.378.0.pdf
Trump and Nauta motion for extension of time March 11, 2024
Nauta reply brief May 20, 2024
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flsd.648652/gov.uscourts.flsd.648652.556.0.pdf
Nauta Notice of Supplemental Authority
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flsd.648652/gov.uscourts.flsd.648652.582.0.pdf
United States v. Tobon-Builes, 706 F.2d 1092, 1101 (11th Cir. 1983)
https://casetext.com/case/united-states-v-tobon-builes
Seattle Times on law excluding felons
RCW 29A.68.020
https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=29A.68.020
Trump v. Anderson
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/23-719_19m2.pdf
Eisen NYT on sentencing
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/18/opinion/donald-trump-trial-prison.html
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IT IS FINISHED. Today, the jury in New York unanimously agreed that Donald Trump committed 34 felonies, falsifying business records in the first degree, when he repaid Michael Cohen for secretly paying off Stormy Daniels to bury her story right before the 2016 election. What does it all mean and what comes next? Listen and find out!
Links:
NY Penal Law 175.10
https://codes.findlaw.com/ny/penal-law/pen-sect-175-10/
New York Penal Sec. 70
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/PEN/70.00
New York Penal Sec. 65
https://codes.findlaw.com/ny/penal-law/pen-sect-65-00/
New York Penal Sec. 530.50 https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/CPL/530.50
Jury Instructions
Georgia Code §42-8-60
https://law.justia.com/codes/georgia/2022/title-42/chapter-8/article-3/section-42-8-60/
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Trump’s false business records case goes to the jury in New York. Liz and Andrew break down the charges and the jury instructions, as well as debunking some of Trumpland’s wildest lies about the law.
Links:
CITES
NY PEN 175.05
https://codes.findlaw.com/ny/penal-law/pen-sect-175-05/
NY PEN 175.10
https://codes.findlaw.com/ny/penal-law/pen-sect-175-10/
Cohen plea deal
NY Election law 17-152
New York Criminal Pattern Jury Instructions (CJI)
https://www.nycourts.gov/judges/cji/5-SampleCharges/CJI2d.Final_Instructions.pdf
FECA jury instruction
https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/24688857/2024-05-21-joint-feca-jury-charge-request.pdf
accomplice liability jury instruction
elements of the offense jury instruction
17-152 jury instruction
Written retainer agreement issue
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Liz and Andrew break down the latest Supreme Court horror ruling, greenlighting racial gerrymandering to all Republicans to choose their voters, and not the other way around. And then it’s off to Florida to catch up on the latest wacka**ery in the Trump stolen docs case.
Links:
Rucho v. Common Cause (2019)
https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=6090361490276671133
Gill v. Whitford (2018)
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/17pdf/16-1161_dc8f.pdf
Alexander v. S.C. NAACP (2024)
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/22-807_3e04.pdf
Rudy bankruptcy order denying leave to appeal
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysb.319064/gov.uscourts.nysb.319064.230.0.pdf
Beryl Howell’s order abrogating attorney-client privilege
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flsd.648653/gov.uscourts.flsd.648653.561.4.pdf
In re Grand Jury Proc., 142 F.3d 1416, 1428 (11th Cir. 1998)
https://casetext.com/case/in-re-grand-jury-proceedings-57
11 U.S. Code § 362
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/11/362
Giuliani motion for relief from stay
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysb.319064/gov.uscourts.nysb.319064.195.1.pdf
Giuliani appeal schedule
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysb.319064/gov.uscourts.nysb.319064.195.2.pdf
Freeman/Moss opp
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysb.319064/gov.uscourts.nysb.319064.207.0.pdf
Giuliani Bankruptcy Order denying relief
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysb.319064/gov.uscourts.nysb.319064.230.0.pdf
Freeman/Moss complaint for injunctive relief
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysb.319064/gov.uscourts.nysb.319064.218.0.pdf
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Trump’s lawyers make a bevy of unforced errors as their client continues to march ever closer to a conviction in New York for fraud in concealing the payoff payment to Stormy Daniels. Also, the Supreme Court surprises us, sort of, for now, by not sacking the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and by allowing a Louisiana congressional map to go into effect that doubles the minority representation in that state.
Links:
12 U.S.C. § 5481 et seq.
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/12/chapter-53/subchapter-V
CFPB Initial Report, July 18, 2011
https://files.consumerfinance.gov/f/2011/07/Report_BuildingTheCfpb1.pdf
2023 Pew Research on Payday Loans
“How Payday Loans Work”
https://paydayloaninfo.org/how-payday-loans-work/
Bankrate’s Emergency Savings Report
https://www.bankrate.com/banking/savings/emergency-savings-report/
Alito protest flag
CFPB v. CFSA
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/22-448_o7jp.pdf
Landry v. Callais
Application for stay
Opp
https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/23/23A1002/309633/20240513120736126_COMBINED%20DOCUMENT.pdf
Jackson dissent
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/23a994_7mip.pdf
New York Penal Law § 175.10
https://codes.findlaw.com/ny/penal-law/pen-sect-175-10
Order on Motion in Limine to exclude Smith
New York Rule 6.11
https://www.nycourts.gov/JUDGES/evidence/6-WITNESSES/6.11_Impeachment,%20when%20authorized.pdf
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The Trump trial in New York is racing toward the finish line, with Michael Cohen potentially the last witness. Meanwhile in DC, Steve Bannon reaches the findout on his contempt of congress charge.
Links:
US v. Navarro [Docket via Court Listener]
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/63359365/united-states-v-navarro/
2 U.S.C. § 192
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/2/192
18 U.S.C. § 3624
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/3624
18 U.S.C. § 3632
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/3632
18 U.S.C. § 3633
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/3633
Sentencing Project on the First Step Act
Gov. Abbott pardons Daniel Perry immediately after Texas parole board recommendation
Jim Jordan Letter NYAG James
Judiciary Subcommittee on Weaponization of Federal Government Hearing
https://judiciary.house.gov/committee-activity/hearings/hearing-weaponization-federal-government-8
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Liz and Andrew check in on the latest hilarity from Stefanie Lambert, the Kraken alum who’s now been arrested twice for trying to overthrow the 2020 election. Then, they break down last week in Trump’s NY trial with a focus on Stormy Daniels’ testimony and what the DA’s office has left to prove.
Links:
New York Penal Law § 175.10
https://codes.findlaw.com/ny/penal-law/pen-sect-175-10
Dominion v. Byrne Lambert Motion to Adjourn
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.234316/gov.uscourts.dcd.234316.98.0.pdf
Dominion v. Byrne supplemental minute order
Dominion v. Byrne Lambert supplemental filing
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.234316/gov.uscourts.dcd.234316.101.0.pdf
Dominion v. Byrne minute order rescheduling hearing
Quinta Jurecic Lawfare article on Trump NY
https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/what-must-prosecutors-prove-in-trump-s-ny-trial
Federal Election Campaigns Act of 1971, 52 U.S.C. § 30101 et seq.
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/52/subtitle-III/chapter-301/subchapter-I
FEC dismissal of Stormy Daniels inquiry (2021)
FEC dissent re dismissal of Stormy Daniels inquiry
New York election law § 17-152
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/ELN/17-152
People v. Taveras, 12 N.Y.3d 21 (N.Y. 2009)
https://casetext.com/case/people-v-taveras-41
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Liz and Andrew interview law professor Steven Vladek about The Shadow Docket, what makes the Supreme Court legitimate, and how to think and talk about it in order to reform the Court for the future.
Links:
The Shadow Docket
https://www.amazon.com/Shadow-Docket-Supreme-Undermine-Republic/dp/B0BJ15Q9VZ/
Lisa Needham on Public Notice, “The Dangerously Illiberal Judges”
https://www.publicnotice.co/p/columbia-protests-law-clerk-trump-judges-boycott
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Liz and Andrew break Justice Merchan’s contempt ruling that paves the way for Trump to spend time in lockup, then discuss the witnesses and how they did, or did not, help the prosecution build its case. Plus, Tennessee banned contrails and maybe … spray bottles?
Links:
Second Contempt Order
https://www.nycourts.gov/LegacyPDFS/press/PDFs/DOcontempt_5-6-24FINAL.pdf
Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2022
https://www.congress.gov/117/plaws/publ103/PLAW-117publ103.pdf
2023 OSTP Geoengineering Report
Tennessee HB 2063
https://legiscan.com/TN/text/HB2063/id/2983097
Florida SB 1084
https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1084
DeSantis Statement re SB 1084
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Liz and Andrew Torrez catch up with Trump’s election lawyers. Where are they now, and why isn’t it the hoosegow? Then a deep dive into the Biden administration’s plan to reschedule marijuana. But first, Donald Trump has nothing but contempt for this court!
Links:
Trump Contempt Order
https://www.nycourts.gov/LegacyPDFS/press/PDFs/D.O.motion4contempt-FINAL.pdf
Eastman Disciplinary Order
Michigan appellate order on sanctions
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ca6.142572/gov.uscourts.ca6.142572.43.2.pdf
“Off the charts low” polling
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna148170
Fair Labor Standards Act
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/29/chapter-8
DOL Final Rule, 29 CFR Part 541
https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/WHD/flsa/ot-541-final-rule.pdf
FTC Act of 1914
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/15/chapter-2/subchapter-I
FTC Final Rule, 16 CFR Part 910
https://www.ftc.gov/system/files/ftc_gov/pdf/noncompete-rule.pdf
Jimmy Johns noncompete
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/jimmy-johns-non-compete_n_5978180
Amazon noncompete
https://cdn1.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/3543196/AmazonContract.0.pdf
21 U.S.C. 812
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/21/812
Congressional Review Act
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/5/part-I/chapter-8
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Liz sits down with Arizona trial lawyer Tom Ryan to discuss last week’s indictment of fake electors by Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes. It’s indictment-thirty for Boris Epshteyn and Christina Bobb!
Links:
Gag Order
Indictment
https://www.azag.gov/sites/default/files/2024-04/Indictment%20Redacted.pdf
DM Cantor on Class 2 felonies in AZ
https://dmcantor.com/class-2-felony-in-arizona#
AZ Central story
A.R.S. 13-2310
https://www.azleg.gov/ars/13/02310.htm
DM Cantor on Fraudulent Schemes
https://dmcantor.com/blog/what-are-fraudulent-schemes-in-arizona
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Liz talks to podcaster Andrew Torrez about Trump’s Manhattan prosecution and the debacle at the Supreme Court Thursday when Trump made his magical, perpetual, presidential immunity argument.
Links:
Arizona v. Ward — Indictment
https://www.azag.gov/sites/default/files/2024-04/Indictment.pdf
People v. Trump — Transcripts
https://pdfs.nycourts.gov/PeopleVs.DTrump-71543/transcripts/
People v. Trump — Evidence
https://pdfs.nycourts.gov/PeopleVs.DTrump-71543/Evidence/
Trump v. US — SCOTUS Docket
https://www.supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?filename=/docket/docketfiles/html/public/23-939.html
SCOTUS oral argument
https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/audio/2023/23-939
Trump DC MTD Presidential immunity
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.258149/gov.uscourts.dcd.258149.74.0_3.pdf
SCOTUS docket in US v. Trump (DC)
https://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/trump-v-united-states-3/
DC Circuit Opinion
Trump SCOTUS Brief
US SCOTUS Opposition
Trump Reply Brief
Constitutional Scholars Amicus
Marbury v. Madison
https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/5/137/#tab-opinion-1958607
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Trump’s first criminal trial gets underway in Manhattan, even as he fights to get the court to accept his hinky bond in the civil fraud case.
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NYAG Opposition to Trump/Knight Surety Bond
https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=E/oR7WnxPeT2tSnZpOGlBA==
Trump Civil Trial NY, Selected Docs at Just Security
https://www.justsecurity.org/89120/clearinghouse-new-york-attorney-general-corporate-fraud-case/
Trump False Business Records Case, Selected Docs at Just Security
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Hey guys, it’s Liz Dye, and we’ve got some big, exciting changes coming your way next week. It’s all still in process, but I can tell you now that we’ll be shifting our podcast drops from Monday/Friday to Tuesday/Friday and ramping up the written content, as well. So, heads up, the next show will be in your feed Tuesday, not Monday.
But today, I’m so excited to talk to a personal hero of mine, Marcy Wheeler. This woman is relentless! If you want to understand what’s going on with the Biden prosecution, you have got to read her site emptywheel.net. But before we get into the show I think we need to spend a bit of time discussing the cast of characters and timeline here, because if you’re not up to your eyeballs in it all the time, the details can get a little fuzzy. And I’m going to put the text of this intro in the show notes with a million links, for you to follow along if you like. So, here goes.
President Biden’s son Hunter has battled addiction for much of his adult life. He’s also done some questionable things to earn money to support his family. Those things generally fall under the category of distasteful but legal, not to say quotidian. It’s a dirty, little NOT AT ALL secret that DC runs on access, and family members routinely market themselves as conduits to their powerful relatives. E.g., Ginni Thomas, who is nutty as a fruitcake, and collects hundreds of thousands of dollars a year from people with a stake in shaping the Supreme Court.
In 2019, as Biden was emerging as a candidate to take on Trump, the Republican smear machine was looking for dirt. And so they turned to the same dirt merchants that managed to muddy up Hillary Clinton. Clinton was dogged for years with allegations that she’d “sold America’s uranium stockpiles to Russia” to benefit a donor to the Clinton Global Initiative. That story was ridiculous — she was Secretary of State at a time when the State Dept was one of eight agencies that had to approve the sale of a mining company called Uranium One to a Russian conglomerate. And the supposed CGI donor who would have benefited, had sold his shares before the deal was approved. But that didn’t matter to Peter Schweizer, a Breitbart editor and Steve Bannon ally who wrote a book called “Clinton Cash” and laundered this nonsense into the collective consciousness. And in 2018, he did the same thing with Joe Biden.
As VP, Biden had made a speech in 2015 pressing the Ukrainian government to fire a corrupt prosecutor named Viktor Shokin. It was the consensus of the entire US government, as well as the entire international establishment, that Shokin had to go if Ukraine was ever going to get its house in order. Nevertheless, Schweizer wrote a book called “Secret Empires” in which he alleged that Biden was unilaterally forcing out this prosecutor to protect a Ukrainian oil company called Burisma which employed his son as a board member. I wrote about it at the time as Ukranium One. And if you hear me shittalking NYT reporter Ken Vogel, that’s why. Because when Rudy Giuliani started flogging this nonsense about Burisma, Vogel treated it as if it might be true. And it was very clearly NEVER true. It was Uranium One all over again, and it’s been the same shit for five years now. And when Trump pressured Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to “do us a favor though,” this is what he wanted. He wanted the Ukrainian government to say it was investigating this bullshit as if it were real.
So in 2019 Rudy Giuliani waddled off to Ukraine in search of proof of this concocted story, where he got fed Russian propaganda by a Russian spy named Andrey Derkach, who was later sanctioned by Trump’s own Treasury Department for using that Russian propaganda to influence the 2020 election. But Trump didn’t give a shit about that, and neither did Bill Barr, they set up Scott Brady, the US Attorney in Pittsburgh, as Rudy’s personal disinformation concierge to go chasing down his lies about Joe and Hunter Biden. Remember, Rudy was alleging that Joe and Hunter Biden had smuggled literally hundreds of millions of dollars out of the country. It was just utter nonsense. This investigation was tainted from the jump.
Brady was the one who kicked up Alexander Smirnov, the FBI informant who suddenly remembered in 2020 that Burisma executives had bragged to him in 2017 about bribing Joe and Hunter Biden. This was an obvious lie, for a whole bunch of reasons, but in 2023, Republicans in Congress get wind of it, and they decide that they’ve finally found the one true witness who will make all of Rudy’s lies about Joe Biden true. Instead Smirnov was indicted earlier this year for lying to the FBI.
Barr also tapped a second US Attorney, David Weiss, in Delaware, to investigate Hunter Biden with the unstated goal of trying to dirty up Joe Biden. Weiss was largely focused on Biden’s failure to pay taxes in 2018 and 2019 when he was in the throes of addiction. He also investigated Biden for having lied on a gun application where he checked the box that said “I swear I’m not a drug addict.”
At the same time, there was a legally blind computer repair dude in Delaware named John Paul Mac Isaac who claimed to have Hunter Biden’s laptop. He says that Biden abandoned three devices in his store and never came back for them, and so Mac Isaac had a right to open up them up and look at what was inside. And because Biden’s phones were autosaving to his hard drive, it was basically his whole sad and sordid life. Pictures of his brother Beau dying of cancer. Pictures of Hunter descending into addiction. Pictures of Hunter doing drugs and having sex. Plus every text and email and bank statement he’d sent for years. And Mac Isaac turned the thing over to Rudy Giuliani and his lawyer Robert Costello, who tried to weaponize it somehow against Joe Biden.
I think we all know a fair bit about the laptop, to the extent that there’s “one” laptop. But as Marcy has pointed out, the chain of custody on this stuff is totally murky, and it’s basically useless as evidence.
So, during much of the first half of 2023, Hunter Biden’s lawyers are negotiating with David Weiss to get a global deal to shut the investigation down. Hunter Biden had paid all his taxes, he was sober and in recovery and he just wanted to be done. But at the same time, political pressure was ratcheting up like crazy from Republicans in Congress, particularly after these two supposed IRS whistleblowers came forward claiming that the investigation had been slow walked. Those two guys are named Gary Shapley and Joseph Zeigler, and their testimony, like that of Scott Brady, who also testified before Congress, was highly problematic.
But at some point last summer, the pressure on Weiss seems to have overwhelmed him, and he backed away from the plea deal he’d already negotiated with Biden’s lawyers. And in a dramatic hearing in July of 2023, the whole thing imploded.
Hunter Biden has now been indicted in California on tax charges, and in Delaware on the gun charges. He’s claimed that he has a right to enforce the original plea deal which would shield him from prosecution. And he claims that the prosecution was tainted from the beginning by political bias, which … clearly it was. He’s also filed lawsuits against the IRS and various figures in this case, including Giuliani and Costello, in an attempt to both stop them constantly slandering him and to shake loose information which would help his case.
Look, it’s a whole lot. And I guess the most important thing to understand, even if you can’t follow every strand of this story, is that the entire case had its genesis in Trump’s efforts to stop Joe Biden from becoming president, and we’re here now because Republicans in Congress wanted to impeach Biden, or at least make sure he didn’t get a second term in office.
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On the eve of Trump’s first criminal trial, Liz sits down with Forbes reporter Zach Everson for a trip down memory lane, recounting the breathtaking corruption of Trump’s first term. Plus, Texas AG Ken Paxton loses a round in DC against Media Matters.
Links:
Zach Everson’s Substack on the Trump Hotel
https://www.1100pennsylvania.com/
How a Nigerian Presidential Candidate Hired a Trump Lobbyist and Ended Up in Trump’s Lobby
Previously Obscure Attorney Lands Big Payday Representing Trump In High-Profile Lawsuits
MMFA v. Paxton [Docket via Court Listener]
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/68166936/media-matters-for-america-v-paxton/
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Liz talks to journalist Chris Geidner about the lawless Fifth Circuit, which is now snatching cases back from other Circuits — and even from their own District Courts — in a mad rush to stop the Biden administration from protecting workers and consumers.
Links:
The Fifth Circuit's lawlessness is now spreading from California to D.C.
https://www.lawdork.com/p/fifth-circuit-venue-nlrb-spacex-cfpb-chamber
Chamber of Commerce v. CFPB (Fifth Circuit Docket via Court Listener)
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/68371345/chamber-of-commerce-v-cfpb/
Chamber of Commerce v. CFPB (Trial Docket via Court Listener)
In re: Space Exploration Technologies (Fifth Circuit Docket via Court Listener)
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/68274955/in-re-space-exploration-technologies/
Space Exploration Technologies Corp. v. NLRB (Trial Docket via Court Listener)
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This weekend Donald Trump compared himself to Nelson Mandela. Liz talks with Lawfare’s Anna Bower, who lives out of a suitcase covering the Trump trials beat, to see if she agrees. Plus, WTF is going on with Trump’s bond in the New York civil fraud trial?
Links:
Trump’s Lawyers Told the Court That No One Would Give Him a Bond. Then He Got a Lifeline, but They Didn’t Tell the Judges.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-bond-disclosure-appeals-court-hankey
Businessman behind Trump's NY bond says he charged him a 'low fee'
US v. Trump [SDFL Docket via Court Listener]
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/67490069/united-states-v-trump/
People of NY v. Trump [Court docs via Just Security]
State of GA v. Trump [Court docs via Just Security]
https://www.justsecurity.org/89123/clearinghouse-georgia-election-interference-case/
Special Counsel Threatens To Go To 11th Circuit, Reminds Judge Cannon What Happened The Last Time She Tried This Shit
Trump NY Bond Just As Kosher As His Financial Statements
https://abovethelaw.com/2024/04/trump-ny-bond-just-as-kosher-as-his-financial-statements/
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Liz talks to veteran legal journalist Mike Sacks about the Supreme Court and the decades-old plan to enshrine minority rule into law. How did the Chief Justice wind up frantically tapping the brakes as his own conservative colleagues are going pedal to the metal? And WTF is going on with Judge Cannon in the Trump docs case?
Links:
US v. Trump [SDFL Docket via Court Listener]
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/67490069/united-states-v-trump/
Special Counsel Threatens To Go To 11th Circuit, Reminds Judge Cannon What Happened The Last Time She Tried This Shit
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Have anti-choice astroturf groups gone too far? Will SCOTUS save medication abortion from the loons at the Fifth Circuit? Liz discusses the arguments in FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine with reproductive rights reporter Susan Rinkunas.
Links:
FDA v. Alliance Hippocratic Medicine, Transcript and Audio of Oral Arguments
https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/audio/2023/23-235
The ‘WTF Is Happening’ Guide to the Supreme Court Abortion Pill Case, by Susan Rinkunas
https://www.jezebel.com/the-wtf-is-happening-guide-to-the-supreme-court-abortion-pill-case
How Hobby Lobby Could Be Trump’s Reproductive Rights Wrecking Ball, by Susan Rinkunas
https://newrepublic.com/article/179622/hobby-lobby-comstock-alito-contraception
Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v. FDA [District Court Docket via Court Listener]
Alliance Hippocratic Medicine v. FDA [5th Circuit Docket via Court Listener]
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/67164167/alliance-hippocratic-medicine-v-fda/
Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v. FDA [SCOTUS Docket]
https://www.supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?filename=/docket/docketfiles/html/public/23-235.html
Comstock Act, 18 USC § 461
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1461?quicksearch=18&quicksearch=461
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States are banning it, employers are blocking it, and now the US government is trying to steal it. What’s with all the noise around TikTok? TechFreedom’s Corbin Barthold explains why politicians need to take several giant steps back and stop trying to tell kids how to do the internet.
Links:
A Breakdown of the Bizarre Factions Fighting Over the TikTok Ban Bill, by Corbin Barthold
https://plus.thebulwark.com/p/tiktok-ban-bizarre-factions-strange-bedfellows
H.R.7521 - Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act
https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/7521
TikTok v. Knudson [Trial Docket, MT ban case]
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/67413418/tiktok-inc-v-knudsen/
MT SB419
https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2023/billhtml/SB0419.htm
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Liz discusses all the Trump civil and criminal trials with New York litigator Mitchell Epner. Will Trump be able to pay that $454 million bond with the proceeds from taking Truth Social public? We’ll break it down.
Links:
Carroll v. Trump (I) [Docket via Court Listener]
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/18418220/carroll-v-trump/
Carroll v. Trump (I) — Denial of Rule 59 Motion
US v. Trump [SDFL Docket via Court Listener]
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/18418220/carroll-v-trump/
SDFL — Order re Jury Instructions
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flsd.648652/gov.uscourts.flsd.648652.407.0.pdf
Trump v. ABC [Docket via Court Listener]
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/68351681/trump-v-american-broadcasting-companies-inc/
Trump SPAC Disclosure to SEC
https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1849635/000119312524036093/d408563ds4a.htm
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Recent revelations have shone a spotlight on the Supreme Court’s broken ethics rules, and boy are the justices mad about it. We talk to Gabe Roth, executive director of Fix the Court about the problem and what to do about it. But first, a breakdown of Trump’s appeal of Judge McAfee’s denial of the motion to disqualify DA Fani Willis in Georgia.
Links:
Fix the Court
O.C.G.A. § 5-6-34
https://law.justia.com/codes/georgia/2020/title-5/chapter-6/article-2/section-5-6-34/
Motion for Certificate of Immediate Review
https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/24485326/trump_motioncertificateimmediatereview.pdf
Certificate of Immediate Review
https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/24489448/mcafee_certificateimmediatereview.pdf
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Liz talks to voting rights expert Jamie Lynn Crofts about the court order which forced Republicans in Wisconsin to surrender their stranglehold gerrymander. How will fair maps affect the Badger State? And what lessons can we learn for the country as a whole?
Links:
All Voting Is Local
Clarke v. Wisconsin Election Commission, OPINION
https://www.wicourts.gov/sc/opinion/DisplayDocument.pdf?content=pdf&seqNo=745249
US v. Trump [SDFL Docket via Court Listener]
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/67490070/united-states-v-trump/
State of Georgia v. Trump [Court Docs via Just Security]
https://www.justsecurity.org/89123/clearinghouse-georgia-election-interference-case/
State of New York v. Trump [Court Docs via Just Security]
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Liz talks to Diana Florence, a litigator in New York who spent 24 years in the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office. They break down the upcoming Trump trial for creating false business records as part of the scheme to disguise the Stormy Daniels hush money payment as legal fees. What should you expect in the first Trump criminal trial? Tune in for a former NY prosecutor’s take!
Links:
Trump Notice Regarding Advice of Counsel Defense
Trump Motion to Exclude Evidence and Adjourn Case Based on Presidential Immunity
People’s Notice Regarding the Production of Records from the US Attorney’s Office and Consent to Adjournment
https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/24481447/20240314-peoples-notice.pdf
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Liz talks to Arizona litigator Tom Ryan about how his state’s GOP learned to stop worrying and love the loon. We’ll cover all Kari Lake’s litigation — she’s having no luck as a plaintiff, and even less as a defendant. And we’ll talk about what’s next for Democrats and Republicans in the Grand Canyon State.
Links:
Richer v. Lake Complaint
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/23858088-richer-v-lake
Petersen v. Fontes Case Docs (via Democracy Docket)
https://www.democracydocket.com/cases/arizona-2023-election-procedures-manual-challenge/
US v. Trump (SDFL Docket via Court Listener)
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/67490069/united-states-v-trump/
GOVERNMENT’S OPPOSITION TO DONALD J. TRUMP’S MOTION TO DISMISS COUNTS 1-32 BASED ON PRESIDENTIAL IMMUNITY
Jonathan Nez for Congress
https://www.jonathannezforaz.com/
Kirsten Engel for Arizona
https://www.engelforarizona.com/
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On the eve of Ken Paxton’s trial for securities fraud — a mere nine years after he got indicted — Liz talks to Texas Monthly reporter Dan Solomon about the state’s embattled Attorney General. How much worse has he gotten since surviving impeachment? Will he play a role in a future Trump administration? And is this literally hell we are living in now?
Links:
Carroll Bond Ruling
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.543790/gov.uscourts.nysd.543790.315.0.pdf
Ken Paxton Argues That Ken Paxton Has Violated Ken Paxton’s Right to a Speedy Trial, by Dan Solomon
https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/ken-paxton-securities-fraud-trial-delays/
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Should the government be able to order social media platforms to host political speech? Does the First Amendment even exist any more? And do we really have to side with Justice Kavanaugh on this one? Liz talks to TechFreedom’s Corbin Barthold about the Netchoice cases.
Links:
Tech Policy Podcast
https://podcast.techfreedom.org/
Moody v. Netchoice (Texas Docket)
https://www.supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?filename=/docket/docketfiles/html/public/22-555.html
Moody v. Netchoice (Florida Docket)
https://www.supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?filename=/docket/docketfiles/html/public/22-277.html
TechFreedom’s Amicus Brief in Netchoice
Oral Argument Moody v. Netchoice (Florida case)
https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/audio/2023/22-277
Oral Argument Moody v. Netchoice (Texas case)
https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/audio/2023/22-555
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Liz talks to national security law expert Kel McClanahan about the Trump documents case in Florida and how he could use classified materials to derail the trial until after the election.
Links:
SCOTUS Order Granting Cert on Trump Immunity Claim
https://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/022824zr3_febh.pdf
US v. Trump [SDFL Docket via Court Listener]
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/67490070/united-states-v-trump/
Classified Information Procedures Act
https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/prelim@title18/title18a/node16&edition=prelim
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Liz talks to repro law expert Ellen Trachman, host of the podcast “I Want to Put a Baby in You” about the recent Alabama decision which functionally outlaws in vitro fertilization. Is this the beginning of a trend, or will Republicans course correct out of fear of the wrath of women voters?
Links:
Ellen Trachman at Above the Law
https://abovethelaw.com/author/ellentrachman/
The “I Want to Put a Baby In You” Podcast
https://iwanttoputababyinyou.com/
Alabama IVF ruling
Ala. Code § 26-23H-3
Resolve Advocacy Day May 14 for the National Infertility Association
https://resolve.org/events/advocacy-day/
Trump Civil Fraud Judgment
https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=nXeA3RG/pYddgehBHovUPw==
Carroll v. Trump, Docket via Court Listener
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/18418220/carroll-v-trump/
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Liz talks to reporter Brandi Buchman about the prosecutions of the Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers for seditious conspiracy and how those prosecutions paved the way for Trump’s election interference case.
Links:
In Re: Lindell Management LLC Litigation [Docket via Court Listener]
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/67410449/in-re-lindell-management-llc-litigation/
Brandi Buchman at Law and Crime
https://lawandcrime.com/author/brandi-buchman/
US v. Trump [District DC Docket via Court Listener]
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/67891889/united-states-v-donald-trump/
US v. Trump [SDFL Docket via Court Listener]
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/67490069/united-states-v-trump/
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Liz talks to Daily Beast reporter Jose Pagliery about the $355 million verdict that’s really a $450 million verdict in Trump’s civil fraud trial. Plus the Carroll defamation suits, and the upcoming criminal trial in March for falsifying records to cover up the Stormy Daniels payoff. And … the state of American democracy!
Justice Engoron Holding
Justice Merchan Holding
https://www.nycourts.gov/LegacyPDFS/press/PDFs/People-v-DonaldTrump2-15-24Decision.pdf
Trump’s Bank Fraud Trial Ends With $364 Million Gut Punch, by Jose Pagliery at The Daily Beast
Judge Rules Full Speed Ahead on Trump’s Manhattan Criminal Trial, by Jose Pagliery at The Daily Beast
Carroll v. Trump I [District Court Docket via Court Listener]
Carroll v. Trump II [District Court Docket via Court Listener]
Carroll v. Trump II [Circuit Court Docket via Court Listener]
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With Trump’s ballot disqualification on the docket, all eyes were on SCOTUS last week. Liz talks about the argument at the Supreme Court with guest Eric Segall, and lays out the various off-ramps the justices might take to keep a criminal insurrectionist on the ballot this November.
“Originalism as Faith” by Eric Segall
https://www.amazon.com/Originalism-as-Faith-Eric-Segall/dp/1316640469
“Supreme Myths: Why the Supreme Court Is Not a Court and Its Justices Are Not Judges” by Eric Segall
https://www.amazon.com/Supreme-Myths-Court-Justices-Judges-ebook/dp/B0C775Z6CP?ref_=ast_author_mpb
Trump v. Anderson, SCOTUS Docket
https://www.supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?filename=/docket/docketfiles/html/public/23-719.html
Trump v. Anderson, Argument Audio and Transcript
https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/audio/2023/23-719
Foley/Ginsberg/Hasen Amicus Brief
“Fake GOP Electors Meet To Cast Fake Votes For President Real Loser” at Wonkette
https://www.wonkette.com/p/fake-gop-electors-meet-to-cast-fake-votes-for-president-real-loser
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After allegations that Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is romantically involved with the special prosecutor hired by her office, the sharks are circling both legally and politically. Is this case totally boned? Liz asks Georgia defense attorney Andrew Fleischman what’s next in this crucial election interference case.
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Fulton County Docket: State of Georgia v. Donald J. Trump
https://www.fultonclerk.org/DocumentCenter/Index/142
What Fani Willis Got Wrong in Her Trump Indictment, by Andrew Fleischman
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/29/opinion/fani-willis-trump-indictment-georgia.html
Sessions & Fleischman
https://www.thesessionslawfirm.com/attorneys/andrew-fleischman/
Pressure on Fulton DA grows as critics seize on allegations of impropriety
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Description: Liz hosts former federal prosecutor Mitchell Epner to discuss last week’s massive $83 million damage award in the second E. Jean Carroll defamation case. What happens when he appeals? Was it smart for Trump to testify? And WTF is up with his lawyers?
Show links:
Carroll v. Trump I [District Court Docket via Court Listener]
Carroll v. Trump II [District Court Docket via Court Listener]
Carroll v. Trump II [Circuit Court Docket via Court Listener]
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Ignorance of the law is no excuse! That’s true for a traffic stop, and it’s true if you want to participate in whatever’s left of American democracy. If the events since the 2016 election taught us anything, it’s that tuning out is not an option.
Legal journalist Liz Dye breaks down the week’s most important courtroom stories, so you can keep on top of this crazy news cycle.
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