Podcasts by Opening Arguments

OA629: Hack Judge Hands Trump a Win. What Comes Next? from 2022-09-09T05:35:56

The napkin with crayon scribbling on it that Trump's lawyers submitted was somehow... granted? by Judge Cannon, whom we now know to be a complete MAGA hack. This rul...

OA628: Sarah Palin LOSES! A Win for Ranked Choice? from 2022-09-06T04:00

It's a situation as confusing as it is incredible – Sarah Palin, who won an open primary for the AK House Seat, has LOST. The Democrat, Mary Peltola, despite coming ...

Sneak Peak! AMERICAN SCANDAL: Snowden from 2022-09-05T06:26

The terrorist attacks on September 11th, 2001, took a large toll on America’s sense of security. In the dawn of this new era, Congress moved to take swift action by ...

OA627: How To Convict Donald Trump from 2022-09-02T05:51:21

The more we learn, the worse it gets for Trump. It's almost like he's a pathological narcissist without any regard for laws. Today Andrew breaks down two ways to con...

OA626: F(boi)POTUS Is So Porked from 2022-08-30T04:00

For real, things are not going well for Trump. We get that he's Teflon Don, but even those teflon pans get messed up if you scratch them with a knife or if they stea...

OA625: Student Loan Forgiveness! from 2022-08-26T06:18:07

Biden not only kept his campaign promise, but expanded on it! Andrew breaks down the history of the student loan debt problem and what Biden's plan is. It's good new...

OA624: Good News Show! Williams v. Kincaid Sets a Good Precedent for Trans Rights from 2022-08-23T05:31:23

Perhaps we can have good things? Andrew breaks down Listen

OA623: This Week in High Treason from 2022-08-19T05:35:37

There's still SO much to talk about in the Mar-a-Lago Treason Trove! Lots of updates on that, plus the Weiselberg plea, Trump passports, and more! We also squeeze in...

OA622: Will Alex Jones' Damages Be Capped by Texas Law? from 2022-08-16T04:00

The unfortunate answer is... yes. BUT. There may be a one weird trick that actually could sidestep this! Listen in for the breakdown and why there is a sliver of hop...

OA621 Extra! More on Mar-a-Lago from 2022-08-13T20:39:06

So much breaking news, we did an extra episode for you!

OA621: The FBI Goes to Mar-a-Lago! This Is Big... from 2022-08-12T05:24

If you're anything like me, you've been waiting for the Andrew breakdown of the FBI warrant service on Mar-a-Lago. Well, here it is, PLUS breaking news while we were...

OA620: OA Debates Green Party Candidate Matthew Hoh from 2022-08-09T04:00

Listeners will know we have been incredibly hostile to the idea of voting for or running as a third party candidate. Despite that, Matthew Hoh, Green Party candidate...

OA619: OK, Alex Jones's Lawyers REALLY Don't Know WTF They're Doing from 2022-08-05T04:44:16

This is... wow. Just wow. Jones's lawyers accidentally handed over his entire cell phone and didn't remedy it when they could have. Just staggering. Get Andrew's ful...

OA618: The Case That Could Allow Republicans to Steal 2024 from 2022-08-02T04:00

In today's doom coverage, Andrew breaks down Moore v. Harper and how it is completely outrageous that the Supreme Court granted cert. It's bad. It's real ba...

OA617: Alex Jones' Lawyers Have No F*cking Idea What They're Doing from 2022-07-29T05:53:41

There was a truly amazing moment in the Alex Jones trial that we can't wait to share with you. And, it's a chance for some law talkin'! Jones' lawyers are completely...

OA616: The Final Jan 6 Hearing. OR IS IT? from 2022-07-26T07:17:45

The 8th and final(???) Jan 6. Hearing happened in prime time on Thursday. We saved our Monday deep dive for it! As usual, Andrew breaks it down with clips! Also, Ban...

OA615: Rep. Jared Huffman on the Health Share Transparency Act from 2022-07-22T04:09:30

You may remember the ripoff scam that is Christian Health Share Ministries from such episodes as Listen

OA614: The FEC Is Corrupt and Broken. Biden Has Inexplicably Neglected to Fix It. from 2022-07-19T04:00

If you or anyone you know is President Biden, please dear god listen to this episode and then get the word out. The FEC has been broken and corrupted by Trump appoin...

OA613: Cipollone Prediction: Bullseye. Here's the Next Potential Jan 6 Domino to Fall from 2022-07-15T04:53:06

We haven't gotten a chance to pat Andrew on the back enough for nailing the Cipollone prediction, so let's do so! Tuesday was the first hearing since that bombshell ...

OA612: The Supreme Court – How Did We Get Here? from 2022-07-12T04:00

In the wake of the Dobbs decision, Andrew gave a brilliant talk to the Houston Oasis group on how we got here and what we can do.

OA611: Cipollone to Testify! Andrew Called It! Here's What To Expect. from 2022-07-08T04:00

Today's episode pays off a bet Andrew made last month that the January 6 Committee would eventually secure the testimony of Listen

OA610: Elon's Twitter Deal Was a Complete Blunder. It's Not Happening. from 2022-07-05T04:00

As Andrew flagged for us before any other sources (that I saw), Elon Musk's deal to buy Twitter was never a guarantee. Well, now it's moved from not a guarantee to v...

OA609: Surprise Jan. 6 Hearing – Bombshells Within Smocking Guns Within More Bombshells from 2022-06-30T07:24:43

Wow. What a hearing! BUT FIRST!!! We have an incredibly exciting announcement which we spend the first 11 minutes talking about! Feel free to skip i...

OA608: Forget Church-State Separation, SCOTUS Mandates Christian Favoritism from 2022-06-28T04:00

The hits just keep on coming with this disgraceful, illegitimate Supreme Court. Andrew Seidel joins us to break down Listen

OA607: Will There Be Justice for Shaye Moss and Ruby Freeman? and Bye Bye Miranda Rights! from 2022-06-24T04:05

If you watched Tuesday's hearing, you saw the heartbreaking story of how these two amazing women were viciously slandered by Rudy Giuliani and other members of the b...

OA606: How Egbert v. Boule Portends Shocking US Fascism – with Matt Cameron from 2022-06-21T04:00

You may have recently seen people posting about a disturbing Supreme Court decision (what else is new) with images of how much of the US is within 100 miles of a bor...

OA605: GEICO to Pay $5.2m for Car Sex?! and MORE Jan 6 Bombshells! from 2022-06-17T04:27:53

Today is two entire show's worth of things somehow crammed into one! First, Jan 6 hearing #3 is in the books. Some amazing bombshells! Also, I grill Andrew on intent...

OA604: The Jan 6 Hearings from 2022-06-12T19:28:22

Surprise! An early episode for everyone! Here's why: the first Jan 6 hearing is in the books. The next one is Monday AM. Listen for Andrew's breakdown of hearing 1, ...

OA603: California Court Rules That... Bees are Fish? from 2022-06-10T04:45:35

Given that the Jan 6 hearing is AFTER we record, we're doing a little switcheroo! Today is a Tuesday-esque deep dive! What's with this California court ruling that b...

OA602: New Eastman Docs Set Stage for Jan 6 Hearings from 2022-06-07T04:00

About a week ago, there was yet another smoking gun document trove delivered to us by the Jan. 6 Committee in relation to the Eastman trial. Andrew gives us the full...

OA601: SCOTUS Ruling Guarantees More Innocent Will Be Put to Death from 2022-06-03T07:08:27

The way you know the Supreme Court is ruining the law in this country is if their lips are moving. Well, this time they've decided that a 10 year old precedent is al...

OA600: Why Police Don't Have To Do Their Jobs from 2022-05-31T04:00

In the wake of the pathetic police response to the Uvalde shooting, you have likely come across posts and memes talking about how police don't actually have any obli...

OA599: Our Massive Gun Problem – What Can We Do? from 2022-05-27T04:45:40

Another horrific mass shooting has us all asking WTF can we actually do about this? There is plenty of reason for pessimism, but Opening Arguments is here to break d...

OA598: No, Tribal Sovereignty Will Not Save Abortion Access from 2022-05-24T04:00

Some folks on the internet have been trying to "one weird trick" our way to saving Roe by claiming that tribal sovereignty could help ensure abortion access. Well, n...

OA597: 5th Circuit Tells SCOTUS Hold My Beer from 2022-05-20T05:38:12

The 5th Circuit has never been in the top 10 circuits in terms of not being insane, but now it has gone even more off the rails. Andrew takes us through the deep div...

OA596: Depp v. Heard, with Morgan Stringer from 2022-05-17T05:40:54

By popular demand, we old out of touch guys have invited Ace Associate and Poplaw Expert Morgan Stringer on to explain to us just what in the h is happening in the D...

OA595: Shareholders Sue Twitter, Alleged Facts Jeopardize Musk Deal from 2022-05-13T05:01:20

According to a lawsuit filed by some shareholders, Twitter may have failed to disclose important information about the Musk deal, and it might be Musk's doing! Get t...

OA594: Impeach Clarence Thomas from 2022-05-10T04:00

It's a breakdown I've been begging Andrew to do for months and it's finally here! The case for why the House should start impeachment proceedings for Clarence Thomas...

OA593: Roe Was Never About a 'Right to Abortion' from 2022-05-06T05:07:20

It is absurd to say "point to where in the Constitution it says you have a right to an abortion." Legally speaking, there's something a lot deeper and more basic goi...

Emergency Episode - Roe to be Overturned from 2022-05-03T04:47:20

Just stunning. Despite OA warning you about this for years, it still is, and should be, utterly shocking to see in print. Andrew has somehow already read the opinion...

OA592: NYT's 'The Daily' Botches SCOTUS Case Coverage from 2022-05-03T04:32:01

Andrew Seidel joins us to commiserate over both how much the Supreme Court is butchering State-Church Separation, and also how irresponsibly The Daily podcast covere...

OA591: Musk Buys Twitter, Part 2! from 2022-04-29T19:20:19

We continue the fascinating deep-dive into the NOT FINAL deal for Musk to buy Twitter. This part goes more into the financing and highlights even more ways the deal ...

OA590: Musk Buys Twitter. The Deal Is Done. Or Is It? from 2022-04-29T05:26:42

The answer may surprise you! When it was announced that Elon Musk bought Twitter, I had a billion and one questions for Andrew about it. Andrew being Andrew, he comm...

OA589: The FL House is a Dumpster Fire. Sarah Henry Hopes to Change That! from 2022-04-26T04:00

Past OA guest Sarah Henry is running for the Florida House in the 38t...

OA588: Wildly Ignorant Trump Judge Upends National Mask Policy from 2022-04-22T04:56:53

As you've no doubt already heard, a totally unqualified, Trump appointed, 34 year old Florida Judge has completely destroyed the national travel mask mandate with th...

OA587: Alex Jones Continues To Be Completely Porked from 2022-04-19T04:00

In these troubled times, we cling tightly to the small amounts of good news we get. One source of good news who keeps on giving is Alex Jones. He is so unambiguously...

OA586: CA Uses TX Abortion Ban Trick but for Gun Control from 2022-04-15T04:00

It's a question a lot of you posed after Texas banned abortion by completely cheating the Constitution: what if a liberal state did the same thing but for gun contro...

OA585: Is Jan 6. Justice Moving Too Slowly? with Randall Eliason from 2022-04-12T04:00

Frequent OA guest, Professor Randall Eliason recently wrote an article for the Washington Post called "Listen

OA584: Amazon Workers Unionize! from 2022-04-08T05:13:57

Amazon workers in Staten Island overcame extensive union busting efforts and won a vote to unionize! This is great news, and we can only hope it has a snowball effec...

OA583: Republicans Creating Handmaid's Tale Hellscape from 2022-04-05T04:00

The devastating consequences of Texas HB 8 and the Supreme Court's cowardly shadow docket ruling on it are reverberating not just through Texas, but around the count...

OA582: Alex Jones Is In Big Trouble from 2022-04-01T06:01:08

The court has nothing BUT contempt for Alex Jones. Like, half a million dollars worth of contempt. He has dodged depositions for an eternity and Thomas's new favorit...

OA581: The Activision-Blizzard Settlement Is Happening and It Sucks from 2022-03-29T04:00

If you're a regular listener you've heard us break down the ongoing weirdness between DFEH and EEOC over the Activision-Blizzard misconduct. It's been... unprofessio...

The Slap. The Actual Legal Implications. NO HOT TAKES from 2022-03-28T22:02:27

Will Smith slapped Chris Rock onstage at the Oscars. On live television. It's less than a day old and yet you've likely already been inundated with hot takes about i...

OA580: Google Caught Pulling Privilege Shenanigans from 2022-03-25T05:22:08

Our main segment today is a breakdown of Google's massive scheme to keep tons of documents privileged inappropriately. It's a fun deep-dive full of bad documents! Be...

OA579: The New Blueprint for Anti-Vax Lawsuits from 2022-03-22T04:00

After accidentally suing themselves and then re-filing, some anti-vaxers then went on to file a complaint that, I can't believe I'm saying this, is actually somethin...

OA578: 1/6 Prosecutors Admit Violating Suspects Rights. What Happened? from 2022-03-18T05:28:26

It's a CNN headline that the MAGA Media is jumping all over. Is this a vast conspiracy to persecute the "political prisoners" of 1/6? Or... is it a normal thing? Get...

OA577: This Week in 'Republicans Are Horrendously Evil' from 2022-03-15T04:00

It's time to cover these disgusting 'Don't Say Gay' Bills. There's some small good news, though. None of them are actually law YET. Find out what they are about, and...

OA576: Election Laws and Lies, with Lawrence Lessig from 2022-03-11T05:49:43

Last week, you heard us play a few clips of John Eastman lying his ass off on Lawrence Lessig's Another Way podcast Listen

OA575: A Swing and a Miss on Lockout Negotiations from 2022-03-08T08:32:35

The owners refuse to play ball and the starting date for the MLB season continues to slide. Did the players throw a big curveball into the mix? Are their demands out...

OA574: 1/6 Committee Brief Says Trump Guilty of Crimes! from 2022-03-04T06:41:29

Andrew spotted a massive, smokiest of smoking guns in a brief filed by the 1/6 Committee! This is HUGE NEWS. It is the first sign we've yet had that Trump is facing ...

OA573: Harvard Law Review Publishes Dubious Note on Election Law from 2022-03-01T05:00

A note in the Harvard Law Review suggests we ought to "Remove presidential elections from the Anderson-Burdick Framework." So, just what does that mean and is it a g...

OA572.5: Biden Picks Ketanji Brown Jackson! from 2022-02-28T05:06:30

Emergency bonus episode! We promised a deep-dive on whoever Biden chose to replace Breyer, and here it is! Ketanji Brown Jackson is immensely accomplished. Listen as...

OA572: Ukraine and International Law; Gov. Abbott's Despicable Attack on Trans Kids from 2022-02-25T06:59:37

What does the US's disgusting history of war crimes teach us about international law? We look at the story of how the US screwed over Nicaragua and what the UN did a...

OA571: MTG DAO NGMI; and Why Palin v. NYT is Not Over from 2022-02-22T05:00

If you don't understand the first part of the title, you're not alone! There was a delightful dust up between Wizards of the Coast and something called a DAO over Ma...

OA570: Sandy Hook Families Win Major Settlement from 2022-02-18T08:25:21

Today we have two very significant legal settlements in the news to break down! The families of Sandy Hook victims settled with Remington, but based on the terrible ...

OA569: Cawthorn Is as Bad at Picking Lawyers as He Is at Not Doing Insurrections from 2022-02-15T05:00

We've got a delightful update in the Madison Cawthorn "one totally legitimate effort" to keep him off the ballot! Cawthorn's lawyers made a truly pathetic attempt at...

OA568: How Christian Nationalism Fueled the Insurrection from 2022-02-11T06:41:13

Andrew Seidel returns to tell us about the report he and Amanda Tyler put together detailing how Christian Nationalism was central to the Jan. 6th Insurrection. The ...

OA567: Pop-Law! Cardi B Wins Defamation Suit Against Worst Person on Earth from 2022-02-08T06:12:31

You think you know what a "bad document" is? You haven't seen anything like this! Keen listeners should know by now that winning a defamation suit as a famous person...

OA566: Explosive Lawsuit Against the NFL Details Racial Bias from 2022-02-04T07:06:59

After being fired from the Miami Dolphins, Brian Flores has filed a very serious lawsuit against the NFL for racial bias in hiring. This is absolutely huge news. Fin...

OA565: How Madison Cawthorn Could Be Kept off the Ballot from 2022-02-01T05:00

Check out this one WEIRD trick to.... *record scratch* wait a minute... it's not a weird trick? Wow! Well, check out this one legitimate way in which Madison Cawthor...

OA564: The Reteyerment; At-Will Employees Forced to Stay? and Avenatti vs Stormy Daniels! from 2022-01-28T06:28:53

Huge news day! BREYER WILL RETEYER! What a relief. Andrew takes us through that and the potential replacements. They're all great! Then we've got, by immense popular...

OA563: Microsoft, Activision, and Monopoly Law! from 2022-01-25T05:00

There was huge news in the gaming industry as Microsoft announced a deal to acquire Activision! You may remember Activision from such episodes as Listen

OA562: Supreme Court Rules Against Trump; Interview with Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi from 2022-01-21T07:06:12

It's a good news/bad news type of day. The bad news - voting rights has failed in the Senate due to... exactly the two Senators you'd think. But here's the great new...

OA561: Why Ghislaine Maxwell Could Get a New Trial from 2022-01-18T05:00

A juror lied about being a victim of sexual assault. Is that enough for Ghislaine Maxwell to get a new trial? Find out as Andrew brings us the legal deep dive. Also,...

OA560: Supreme Court Just Plain Making Sh*t Up In Vaccine Ruling from 2022-01-14T07:06:03

There is a ton of breaking news today, happening just as we went to record. Andrew had time to briefly look over the Supreme Court ruling on the vaccine mandates and...

OA559: Nirvana Baby Lawsuit Dismissed... Or Was It? from 2022-01-11T05:00

It's another instance of media coverage of the law not quite getting it right! The lawsuit actually will be back, and Andrew is here to explain why and what really h...

OA558: One Year Since 1/6 - What Merrick Garland Said (and Didn't Say) from 2022-01-07T06:27:30

It's been both an eternity and no time since the disgusting attack on our nation's Capitol one year ago. We've seen some amount of justice dealt to those involved, b...

OA557: Terpsichore's Comically Terrible $1.7 Billion Lawsuit from 2022-01-04T05:00

It's another mini-Law'd Awful Lawsuits! Terpsichore, or should we say, "Terpsehore," is at it again, with one of the worst all time complaints ever covered on the sh...

OA556: Maxwell Convicted; BBC Invites Dershowitz to Comment Despite Massive Conflict of Interest from 2021-12-31T06:03:47

Ghislaine Maxwell was convicted on 5/6 counts. Andrew takes us through it, as well as how the BBC made an absolutely colossal blunder in inviting Alan Dershowitz on ...

OA555: Dems Must Gerrymander to Level the Playing Field - A Look at Redistricting for 2022 from 2021-12-28T05:00

No more bringing knives to gun fights! Andrew breaks down the 2022 redistricting in key states. Listen in to find out why gerrymandering is a must for Democrats if w...

OA554: 6th Circuit Overrules Atrocious 5th Circuit Ruling on Vax Mandates from 2021-12-24T05:00

How is the 6th Circuit overruling the 5th Circuit, you ask? Great question. That's just like you, you brilliant legal mind! Well there's some interesting legal quirk...

OA553: The Supreme Court Commission Failed. Gabe Roth Joins Us to Discuss Why from 2021-12-21T05:00

The Supreme Court Commission finished its work early! Probably because,...

OA552: Will Joe Manchin Save Democracy? No, Really! ... Stop Laughing... from 2021-12-17T05:35:27

Today's show breaks down President Biden's pivot from passing the Build Back Better Act to passing the Joe Manchin-cosponsored Freedom to Vote Act, S. 2747. What's i...

OA551: Trump May Out of Office but His Federal Judges Are Not from 2021-12-14T05:00

They're busy at work making a complete mockery of the law. To call them howler monkeys is an insult to howler monkeys, who I'm sure would at least try their best. An...

OA550: Oxford Shooter's Parents Charged from 2021-12-10T07:39:48

In what seems to be an unprecedented but perhaps bold and necessary move, the parents of the Oxford shooter have been charged with involuntary manslaughter. Andrew h...

OA549: Greedy Billionaire MLB Owners Stage Lockout from 2021-12-07T05:00

Baseball law! This season is in jeopardy because some crusty, probably racist, billionaires don't want to give up any money. The OA message on sports law has always ...

OA548: Supreme Court Signals Roe v. Wade's Demise from 2021-12-03T05:47:22

Warning: this episode contains yelling. But like, why wouldn't it. We break down oral arguments in Dobbs vs. Jackson Women's Health aka the Handmaid's Tale-ification...

OA547: Can Alex Jones Take the 5th? from 2021-11-30T05:00

Alex Jones has been in the news lately for losing default judgment after default judgment, and might plan on taking the 5th in front of Congress. So, can he do that?...

OA546: Three Racist Murderers Found Guilty of Murdering Ahmaud Arbery from 2021-11-25T05:31:39

Wait the system... can work? It did in this instance at least, and it was a very important one. Three pieces of racist trash were found guilty of the horrifying murd...

OA545: The 1/6 Commission Continues To Do Work from 2021-11-23T05:00

Lots of updates on the 1/6 commission! The Bannon indictment, a debunking on the idea that Holder and Bannon are in any way comparable, the Q Anon Shaman sentencing,...

Bonus: Rittenhouse Acquitted on All Charges from 2021-11-19T23:57:34

Well this f@cking sucks. Lots to cover in this bonus emergency pod. Unfiltered and unedited.

OA544: Debunking the Left's Rittenhouse Trial Myths from 2021-11-19T07:14:29

Let's face it - the conspiracy theory/fake news coming from the left on the Rittenhouse Trial is really terrible. AND THAT DOESN'T MEAN that the left is as bad as th...

OA543: Morgan Stringer Breaks Down The Astroworld Tragedy from 2021-11-16T05:00

It's Morgan Stringer's Pop-Law! But less fun this time. Morgan is here to tell us all about the tragic Astroworld Crowd Crush that happened, and what the legal fallo...

OA542: Oklahoma Supreme Court Overturns Verdict Against Opioid Companies from 2021-11-12T06:17:03

Sometimes Andrew tells us the coverage is wrong and actually a thing wasn't so bad. This is not one of those times. This ruling was an absolute disgrace. And wouldn'...

OA541: Monica Miller on Happy the Elephant and Legal Personhood for Animals from 2021-11-09T05:00

After our episode on Cocaine Hippos, we were contacted by previous guest and all-star attorney Monica Miller about the efforts to free Happy the Elephant. Monica wor...

OA540: The Bizarre Case of Steven Donziger from 2021-11-05T04:00

It's one of the most requested stories for OA to cover – Steven Donziger won billions in judgment against Chevron in an Ecuadorian court in 2011. Then Chevron fought...

OA539: Pablo Escobar's Cocaine Hippos Are People, My Friend (?) from 2021-11-02T04:00

It's time for a good old fashioned low stakes fun legal deep dive! Get ready to learn what on Earth this episode title even means! Before that, we've got some Thomas...

OA538: The Rittenhouse Trial Instructions, Explained from 2021-10-29T07:09:26

Yet another packed episode! Our main story is what's really going on with the Rittenhouse Trial Instructions. You might have seen the coverage stating that the victi...

OA537: Why CA Prop 22 Was Ruled Unconstitutional from 2021-10-26T04:00

Another classic deep dive! You might remember California passing AB5, which sought to elevate so-called "gig economy" workers from independent contractors to full on...

OA536: The Tennessee Judge Who Keeps Jailing Kids from 2021-10-22T05:12:21

So much in today's episode! First: a Thomas rant on police striking and quitting over the COVID vaccine. Next: a brief look into Striketober and when Reagan ruined u...

OA535: Roe is Doomed. Contraceptives Could Be Next - Part 2 from 2021-10-19T04:00

This is part 2 of the deep-dive into Griswold v Connecticut. If you didn't catch part 1, make sure to listen! It's Listen

OA534: State and Federal Agencies Now Fighting EACH OTHER in Blizzard Activision Case from 2021-10-15T08:18:22

Our own Andrew Torrez broke this news while on vacation, no less! Here's an Listen

OA533: Roe is Doomed. Contraceptives Could Be Next from 2021-10-12T04:00

Today is part 1 of a much needed but quite dire deep-dive. The case is Griswold v. Connecticut, which may be familiar even to the layperson. It's what gives us the r...

OA532: OK I'll Bite What is the Debt Ceiling from 2021-10-08T04:43:58

If that's something you've been too afraid to say lately, this is the episode for you! Andrew breaks down the history of the debt ceiling, and why it is as pointless...

OA531: Pop-law! Nirvana Sued by the Nevermind Baby; and a #FreeBritney Update! from 2021-10-05T04:00

Everyone's favorite Ace Associate, Morgan Stringer, is back for another rousing edition of Morgan's Pop-law! So many of you asked us about the Nirvana lawsuit, so we...

OA530: Andrew Testifies to Congress on Christian Healthshare Ministries! from 2021-10-01T04:41:26

Mr. Torrez went to Washington! Ok ok, not quite as glamorous as all that, but Andrew DID testify via Skype in a closed door congressional hearing about Christian Hea...

OA529: The Weird Al Deep-Dive We Didn't Know We Desperately Needed from 2021-09-28T04:00

Alright so... we got a lot of emails from our satire-related episode. Like a lot. And it all focused on the same one thing from a quick aside about Weird Al. Since t...

OA528: Disgraced Ex-President Sues Niece Mary Trump from 2021-09-24T05:25:29

for... revealing the depths of the Trump family tax crimes. This Listen

OA527: The Hilarious Legal Battle Over 'OlneyFans' Parody Article from 2021-09-21T04:00

When the Tacoma Torch posted this Listen

OA526: Updates from Five Cases on the OA Docket from 2021-09-17T05:40:50

So many updates, so little time! Listen as Andrew breaks down the developments in five cases: Texas SB8, E. Jean Carroll, Activision Blizzard, Roger Stone, and Pauli...

OA525: Insurrectionist Mounts Sovereign Citizen Legal Defense, Hilarity Ensues from 2021-09-14T04:13:52

It's Andrew's favorite thing in the world! No, not Transformers porn... Ok, it's Andrew's second favorite thing in the world: Sovereign Citizen nutbaggery. Listen as...

OA524: Laurence Tribe Thinks Grendel's Den Case Will Stop the Texas Abortion Law. Is He Right? from 2021-09-10T04:44:49

Andrew's favorite Constitutional Law expert, Laurence Tribe, has written Listen

OA523: Is the CA Recall Unconstitutional? from 2021-09-07T04:00

Andrew breaks down the state of the recall, the porked polls, and Clark v. Weber! Paffrath still seems to be some sort of Democratic frontrunner, but how much of tha...

OA522: Roe v. Wade is Dead. from 2021-09-03T03:39:50

This is not an exaggeration. Sure, technically speaking the Supreme Court hasn't said the magic words "we overturn Roe v. Wade" but they used the shadow docket to ef...

OA521: Knowledge Fight Explains the Owen Shroyer Grift from 2021-08-31T04:00

Our friends Dan and Jordan from the Knowledge Fight podcast are here to break down a creative grift being pulled off by Ow...

OA520: Kraken Lawyers Hit with Sanctions! YASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS from 2021-08-27T04:45:45

Today's episode is. So. Satisfying. It's not just sanctions against all the Kraken lawyers. That alone would already be amazing. But it's ALSO consequences for world...

OA519: No, Britney Spears' Dad Is NOT Stepping Down as Conservator from 2021-08-24T04:00

It's another edition of Ace Associate Morgan Stringer's Pop Law! The media widely reported that Jamie Spears intends to step down as conservator. BUT.. that's a bad ...

OA518: Terpsichore Tries Her Hand at Frivolous Lawsuits from 2021-08-20T04:52:36

Terpsichore, who also goes by dozens of slight variations on her name, saw the Kraken nonsense that has led to nothing but sanctions hearing after sanctions hearing ...

OA517: Cuomo Resigns; Dominion Lawsuit Survives Motion to Dismiss - AKA Consequences for Baddies! from 2021-08-17T04:00

It's a consequences episode, our favorite genre! Our first bit of great news is that Cuomo resigned. Andrew has a few follow up thoughts on that and our episode on C...

OA516: We Turned Down Ads for a Scam Company Called CrowdHealth. Other Shows May Not. Send Them This! from 2021-08-13T06:29:06

We bring you a somewhat unusual rapid-response Friday episode in which we break down a new startup company, CrowdHealth, Inc., that is apparently engaged in a mass a...

OA515: Who Governs the Governors? from 2021-08-10T04:01:30

NY Governor Cuomo was found to have committed criminal sexual harassment. Almost all top Democrats, including Preseident Biden, has said he must resign. But will he?...

OA514: I Love It When A Plan Comes Together from 2021-08-06T03:50:26

Today's episode tracks recent developments in the two major stories we covered recently: Listen

OA513: California v. Activision Blizzard, Inc from 2021-08-03T04:00

If you're a gamer, or just very online, you have likely seen a ton of coverage of an explosive lawsuit against Activision. I...

OA512: Actions Continue to Have Consequences! from 2021-07-30T05:28:39

Today's episode updates two separate lawsuits related to the 1/6 insurrection: Rep. Eric Swalwell's suit against Trump, Trump Jr., Rudy Giuliani and Alabama Rep. Mo ...

OA511: More on the Censorious Right's Unconstitutional Quest to Cancel Knowledge from 2021-07-27T04:00

In a dizzy euphoria at having had a single good interaction with a stranger on Facebook, Andrew decided to listen to an episode of Bari Weiss's podcast featuring a d...

OA510: Liberty University Punished Women Who Reported Sexual Assaults, According to Complaint from 2021-07-23T05:31:33

The main segment of today's show is what is known in the industry as a huge bummer. Liberty University is facing a lawsuit filed by 12 women who allege that they wer...

OA509: Kraken Lawyers Get Full Dressing Down; the Cosby Release is EVEN MORE Worse from 2021-07-20T05:45:17

I'm going to go ahead and say this sanctions hearing was the most popular one in the history of law. It was so good, expect it on a future Law'd Great Sanctions Hear...

OA508: Texas Democrats Flee the State to Stop Republican Voter Suppression Bill from 2021-07-16T05:07:17

Don't mess with Texas Democrats! Governor Abbott called an emergency session, not to fix the failing power grid or anything else important, but to ban knowledge and ...

OA507: Who Knows What Evil Right Wing Judicial Activism Lurks in the Heart of the Supreme Court? The Shadow Docket Knows... from 2021-07-13T17:24:17

We are still not done telling you how bad this Supreme Court is. One thing that may help make sense of why this court is portrayed as more centrist than it is is the...

OA506: Trump's Desperate, Harebrained Lawsuit Is Garbage and Deserves Sanctions from 2021-07-09T04:52:16

And while we're on the topic of sanctions, Rudy Giuliani can no longer practice law ANYWHERE for the time being, and the Kraken lawyers are all set to receive their ...

OA505: The Supreme Court Is a Partisan Instrument of Destruction on Behalf of the Republican Party and We're Going to Keep Telling You This Until the Media Stops Raving About How Centrist John Roberts Is from 2021-07-06T04:00

This easily breaks the record for longest show title. But seriously, we're fed up with this bogus Supreme Court coverage. In our main segment, Andrew has the full br...

OA504: Cosby Released in Nonsense Ruling from 2021-07-02T04:35:20

Purely speaking in legal terms, the Cosby release is even WORSE than you have likely heard. It's a complicated breakdown, but that's what Andrew is best at! Listen i...

OA503: Finally! Consequences for Rudy Giuliani from 2021-06-29T04:00

If you've listened to this show long enough, you know that it is seemingly impossible to be dishonest and corrupt enough for the Bar to do something about it. Well, ...

OA502: Why Critical Race Theory is Indispensable from 2021-06-25T05:56:29

This is a continuation of Episode 50...

OA501: Critical Legal Studies and Critical Race Theory from 2021-06-22T04:00

If you've heard the buzz about Critical Race Theory lately, you... probably have absolutely no idea what it actually is because the people who have already passed la...

OA500B: Bonus! Terrible Supreme Court Rulings; Machin's New Conditions from 2021-06-20T03:11:38

It's bonus OA!!! Andrew takes us through whatever the hell Manchin is trying to do...

OA500: Eminent Domain! from 2021-06-18T03:59:50

500!!!! WOOOOOOO! It's time for the deep-dive we've been putting off for 5 years. Eminent domain!

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OA499: Mo Brooks Gets Served By Swalwell from 2021-06-15T16:25:24

... and then goes on unhinged Twitter rant full of bad law! We're here to break down just how obviously spurious his allegations are. Then, we address the tremendous...

OA498: The Garland DoJ Coverage is Completely Wrong from 2021-06-11T05:28:19

This episode is exactly why this show exists. Two stories about Merrick Garland's DoJ came out recently that gave the strong impression that Garland was defending Tr...

OA497: Christian Health Sharing Is a Scam from 2021-06-08T04:00

Andrew stumbled across a Marketwatch article that recommended a Christian Health Sharing company to save money on health insurance. Due to this being a complete scam...

OA496: Stanford Law Forgets How Law Works from 2021-06-04T04:51:17

First story on today's show is the Chauvin motion for downward departure. Th...

OA495: Mr. Fish Goes to Washington from 2021-06-01T04:00

Today we have special guest Nick Fish, president of American Atheists! He recently attended a meeting with the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initia...

OA494: Florida's Pointless, Unconstitutional Social Media Law from 2021-05-28T04:31:05

I know I say this a lot but... this episode is action packed! So much good stuff to discuss that we had to squeeze in the Trump grand jury news into the announcement...

OA493: Is Fox News Guilty of Defamation? We Report, You Decide! from 2021-05-25T04:00

Today Andrew breaks down Fox's motion to dismiss the Dominion lawsuit. Dominion has mountains of evidence of defamation. Fox... disagREES. Find out how their defense...

OA492: Court Locks Mississippi Citizens Out of Amending Their Own Constitution from 2021-05-21T04:34:47

This is not a misleading clickbait headline, this is literally what happened. Mississippi citizens passed a medical marijuana amendment and textualist conservative j...

OA491: Letitia James – Kicking Ass and Taking Names from 2021-05-18T04:00

And two of those names are: Jacob Wohl and the NRA! It's a consequences show! While consequences might be an endangered species these days, Tish James shows us that ...

OA490: Chauvin Sentencing – Four Aggravating Factors from 2021-05-14T04:47:25

Big updates in the Derek Chauvin case! First, the judge found four aggravating factors. This is what Andrew predicted, but not exactly the same four! Also, one of th...

OA489: Transformers and Intellectual Property from 2021-05-11T04:00

Andrew is giggling like a school child right now as we present the deep-dive you didn't know you needed! It's transform...ing robots (not quite Transformers) and som...

OA488: A New Trial for Chauvin? from 2021-05-07T04:22:38

You may have seen some alarming headlines about Chauvin's lawyers asking for a new trial over a juror being at a BLM rally, but do those alarming headlines hold up? ...

OA487: How To Overturn Citizens United from 2021-05-04T04:00

All-star Senator Sheldon Whitehouse is at it again! In a Judiciary subcommittee meeting, Whitehouse laid out the groundwork for how a future Supreme Court could over...

OA486: Apportionment Might NOT Be Final from 2021-04-30T04:31:35

You all probably heard by now that NY lost a House seat by 89 people... But did they? Andrew argues that this has been misreported. Find out why! Along the way, find...

OA485: What If Your Client Tells You They're Guilty? from 2021-04-27T04:00

... and other great questions from listeners! We get so many intelligent, thoughtful questions from our amazing listeners and patrons that we decided to do a show ab...

OA484: Chauvin Guilty! What To Expect Next from 2021-04-23T04:54:30

It's good news! Chauvin was found guilty on all 3 counts! Andrew breaks down what to expect with sentencing, and a number of interesting legal quirks along the way. ...

OA483: SCOTUS Grants Absurd Privilege to Churches in New Ruling from 2021-04-20T04:00

Andrew Seidel of the FFRF joins us to discuss the absolutely terrible SCOTUS decision in T...