Legally Insane - The Law is Funny

On today’s show the guys are talking about the recent move by Nancy Pelosi to move forward with the impeachment of Donald Trump, because of his involvement with the Ukraine. The House of Representatives are in charge of setting up the impeachment, but the Senate holds the trial. Today, Matt and Tony break down why the Senate might pump the breaks if this impeachment goes to trial. They also discuss the history of Andrew Johnson’s impeachment and Hunter Biden’s shady behavior.

When is an employer held liable for an employee’s actions? It depends on the scope of work, or employment. The legal scope of employment is the range of activities that an employee is reasonably expected to do as part of his or her job. Within this range of activities, the employer may be held liable for the employee's actions when a third party is injured by the employee's conduct. Today Matt and Tony examine a recent French case involving scope of employment as well as several other funny US

Climate change is an on-going debate in this country. Recently a group of teens filed a lawsuit against the US government - Juliana vs. The US. These teens are saying that they have a right to a stable climate and that the trump administration is destroying the environment. This lawsuit caused the guys to dig into the history of climate laws in the US. In this episode they discuss the environmental regulations Trump has removed, the air quality in LA and NYC in the 1970’s, nuclear energy and more.

The USA is in the middle of an Opium epidemic. Currently, it’s estimated that over 200,000 people have died from the use of Opioids. In today’s episode Matt and Tony dive into the history of Opium and discuss how it was once an accepted medicine for various run of the mill illnesses. Opium is extremely addicting and is currently is being transformed into Heroin and being cut with Fentanyl. Hundreds of thousands of people are at risk of dying.

Tulsi Gabbard, is an American politician and military veteran serving as the U.S Representative for Hawaii’s 2nd congressional district. Her 2020 presidential run hasn’t been mentioned much in the press, so in today’s episode the guys dig into her history and political stances. She has a history of not supporting gay, rights, being involved with the Hare Krishna's, going behind the democrats back and has a questionable history with her father.

Author, Activist and 2020 Democratic candidate Marianne Williamson is the topic of discussion today. She’s the founder of Project Angel Food and the co-founder of the Peace Alliance. While she’s certainly done a lot of good in the world, she’s a bit of an oddball. That’s what Matt and Tony are going to be diving into today. Specifically the metaphysical bookstore she ran in the early 80’s, her “Orwellian” stance on vaccines and how “nothing occurs outside our minds”.

Hedge Fund Manager, Jeffrey Epstein has been arrested for allegedly sex trafficking minors. This is on the heels of him pleading guilty to soliciting prostitution involving a minor in 2008. Epstein owns a private island called “Little St. James”. Allegedly this is where he would take underage girls, hold them hostage, and him and his friends would have their way with them. Many of Hollywood’s Elite and powerful Government officials were said to have partied with Epstein and visited his island.

I Love You, Now Die: The Commonwealth vs. Michelle Carter is a documentary about the death of Conrad Roy. Conrad and Michelle had fallen in love and shared thousands of text messages over the span of two years, but only met in real life about five times. On July 13th, 2014 Conrad was found dead in his car. When investigators discovered the text messages between these two lovers, it was uncovered that Carter had encouraged Roy to kill himself. Carter has since been arrested for involuntary manslaughter.

Navy SEAL Eddie Gallagher was found not guilty of murder in his recent war crimes case. The case was centered on him killing an ISIS militant who lay helpless, already wounded and being treated by a medic. The case was spoiled when the medic who was already granted immunity from the Military claimed he killed the ISIS militant. Trump has been in the news this week, taking credit for the not guilty verdict. In today’s episode Matt and Tony dissect this case and dive into the history of the Court Martial.

The 2020 Democratic debate has come and gone, but the interaction between Kamala Harris and Joe Biden is still in the news. Kamala Harris accused Joe Biden of supporting segregationist senators and opposing bussing. Desegregation Bussing is the practice of transporting students to schools in different neighborhoods in an effort to address racial segregation. Biden has since denied opposing bussing overall. Today, Matt and Tony dissect the uproar between Joe and Kamala and discuss the history of Bussing.

In today’s episode Matt and Tony are going to be discussing the recent situation with immigrants being detained at the boarder. Children are being separated from their families and are being kept without things like toothpaste, soap and blankets to sleep with. There’s currently an estimated 52,000 people being detained at the boarder and there’s really no clear-cut solution on what to do with these people and how to provide with them adequate human necessities and living conditions.

Cancel culture upon us, it seems that every time an actor, or high profile person makes a mistake, the public wants to end their career. That’s why today were touching on Morals Clauses. Morals Clauses are provisions within the instruments of a contract, which curtail certain behavior of individuals. I.e. if a Nike sponsored athlete screws up, Nike has to right to revoke their sponsorship or payments to that person. Today you’ll learn why high profile people might start pushing back on these clauses.

The Central Park jogger case was based on the assault and rape of Trisha Meili, a white woman who was jogging in the park the night of April 19th, 1989. Four African American teenagers and one Hispanic teenager that were in the park that night were accused of the crime. The prosecution based their case on the alleged coerced testimony of the teenage boys. The 5 boys were convicted. During the trial Donald Trump wrote and article calling for the death penalty, for criminals who commit these types of cr

Today the guys are re-touching on Gun Control. While it might not seem like anything is being done to protect people from irresponsible gun users, there have actually been several policies put in place in the last couple years, by State Governments. The main talking point for today is “Red Flag Laws”, which are gun violence prevention laws that permit police or family members to petition a state court to order a temporary removal of a fire arm from a person who may present a danger to themselves or othe

Today we learn that most Presidents’ appoint their pals for their cabinet and other high-powered positions. Matt and Tony also discuss Mueller, how William Barr is on par with other awful attorney generals, the comparison between entertainment and politics and Matt tells a story about his connection to Trump.