Opening Arguments
Summary: Every episode, legal expert Andrew and comic relief Thomas will tackle a popular legal topic and give you all the tools you need to understand the issue and win every argument you have on Facebook, with your Uncle Frank, or wherever someone is wrong on the Internet. It's law. It's politics. It's fun. We don't tell you what to think, we just set up the Opening Arguments.
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Today's episode covers the William Barr confirmation hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee to become the next Attorney General, as well as the ongoing legal battles regarding Trump’s shutdown of the government.
Today's episode features a little more about Corey Robin, including the argument addressed on the show that criticisms of Clarence Thomas's competence are a racist echo of similar claims made against Thurgood Marshall. Find out why Andrew made the mistake he did in Episode 242 and why Andrew stands behind his answer to that question.
Today's episode tackles the mechanics of the shutdown and whether (and how) Donald Trump can build that wall despite widespread opposition.
OA242: Larry Klayman is Still Crazy After All These Years
An in-depth examination of PG&E's potential criminal and civil liability for the California wildfires and more.
OA240: Libertarianism is Still Bad & You Should Still Feel Bad
OA239: The Fourth Circuit's Puzzling Emoluments Ruling
OA238: Merry Christmas! (With Matt Donnelly)
OA237: Lowering the... Barr (Memo)
OA236: Stairway to... the Supreme Court??
OA235: Corporations Are People, My Friend... Criminal People
OA234: Civil Forfeiture, Berkeley & More!
OA233: [REDACTED] & Wisconsin
OA232: Trump's Plan to Weaponize the Census (& Bridgegate!)
The Mueller investigation finally establishes links between the Trump campaign and the Russian efforts to influence the 2016 election.
