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| Ep 71 — Trump Judges Discover One Weird Trick To Get Rid Of Federal Regs (Hint: It Is A Sharpie!) | 08 Oct 2024 | 00:59:09 | |
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.
Links:
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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| Ep 72 — Did SCOTUS Leave A Second Escape Hatch For Trump In The Election Case? | 11 Oct 2024 | 00:44:41 | |
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.
Links: 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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| Ep 73— Everything Must Go: The Alex Jones Edition | 15 Oct 2024 | 01:00:20 | |
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.
Links:
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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| Ep 74 — Judge Blows Up Billion Dollar Boeing Settlement For Excessive WOKE | 18 Oct 2024 | 00:58:05 | |
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.
Links: 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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| Ep 75 BONUS — How Kentucky and Indiana Can Tell Us If Kamala Harris Has Won on Election Night | 21 Oct 2024 | 00:50:16 | |
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!
Links: The Republican Feelings Industrial Complex https://www.lawandchaospod.com/p/bonus-the-republican-feelings-industrial
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| Ep 76 — Elon Is Evil, But He's Not Buying Votes | 22 Oct 2024 | 00:59:50 | |
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.
Links: 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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| Ep 77 — Bush v. Gore On Steroids | 25 Oct 2024 | 00:48:22 | |
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.
Links:
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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| Ep 78 — The Independent State Legislature Theory Is Back Bigly | 29 Oct 2024 | 00:55:09 | |
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.
Links:
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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| Ep 79 — Pennsylvania Gets A Jump On Election Litigation | 01 Nov 2024 | 01:03:47 | |
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.
Links:
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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| Ep 80 — How To Watch The Election Hour By Hour | 05 Nov 2024 | 01:20:43 | |
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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| Ep 81 — What Now? | 08 Nov 2024 | 00:42:32 | |
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.
Links:
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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| Ep 82 — Trump Won The Presidency. He's Seizing Congress By Fiat. | 12 Nov 2024 | 00:56:25 | |
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?
Links:
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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| Ep 83 — The Worst Person You Know … Is Getting Eaten By The Onion | 15 Nov 2024 | 00:56:33 | |
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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| Ep 84 — The Infowars/Onion Deal Gets Peeled (feat. Kel McClanahan) | 19 Nov 2024 | 01:06:25 | |
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.
Links:
Alex Jones Bankruptcy docket (SDTX) https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.txsb.459750/
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| Ep 85 — Can Elon and Vivek Really Burn Down the Federal Government? (feat. Kel McClanahan) | 22 Nov 2024 | 00:37:26 | |
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.
Links: 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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| Ep 88 — Meet Brendan Carr, The Guy Who's Going To Make Internet Service Even Sh*ttier (Ft. Karl Bode) | 06 Dec 2024 | 01:03:18 | |
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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| Ep 87 — Skrmetti Preview: How Low Can SCOTUS Go? | 03 Dec 2024 | 01:03:51 | |
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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| Ep 86 — For The Low, Low Price of $525, Matt Gaetz Will Send YOU a Special Message | 26 Nov 2024 | 00:58:49 | |
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.
Links:
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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| Ep 89 — The Infowars Deal Falls Apart | 11 Dec 2024 | 01:05:09 | |
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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| Ep 91 — But Can He Do That: Birthright Citizenship Edition | 17 Dec 2024 | 01:04:22 | |
Donald Trump has promised to cancel birthright citizenship on Day one. But can he do that? In a word, no. We have a deep dive on the very clear law of birthright citizenship in this country (and all the ways Trump will try and ignore it). We also break down yesterday's decision and order from New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan that presidential immunity does not retroactively invalidate Trump's 34 felony convictions in New York. Links: ABC Bends The Knee https://www.lawandchaospod.com/p/abc-bends-the-knee Trump ruling denying immunity NY https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25459328/merchan-immunity-ruling.pdf Trump announcement re birthright citizenship https://www.donaldjtrump.com/agenda47/agenda47-day-one-executive-order-ending-citizenship-for-children-of-illegals-and-outlawing-birth-tourism U.S. v. Wong Kim Ark (1898) https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=3381955771263111765 Show Links: https://www.lawandchaospod.com/ BlueSky: @LawAndChaosPod Threads: @LawAndChaosPod Twitter: @LawAndChaosPod Patreon: patreon.com/LawAndChaosPod | |||
| Ep 90 — Dems And Republicans Join Hands To Take Away The Kids' TikTok | 13 Dec 2024 | 00:56:43 | |
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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| Ep 92 — Republicans Finally Found Someone To Blame For J6, And It Is Liz Cheney | 20 Dec 2024 | 00:52:25 | |
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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| Ep 93 — Rudy Giuliani Is Wilding Out, And Polio Is Ready For A Comeback (ft. Andrew Fleischman) | 24 Dec 2024 | 01:03:25 | |
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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| Ep 94 — What To Expect When You're Expecting An Orange Toddler President … AGAIN (ft. Evan Hurst) | 31 Dec 2024 | 01:12:38 | |
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.
Links:
https://evanhurst.substack.com/
Show Links: https://www.lawandchaospod.com/ BlueSky: @LawAndChaosPod Threads: @LawAndChaosPod Twitter: @LawAndChaosPod Patreon: patreon.com/LawAndChaosPod
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| Ep 95 — The Blake Lively/Justin Baldoni Defamation/Harassment Suits | 03 Jan 2025 | 01:04:40 | |
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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| Ep 96 — Trump Demands Dismissal Of NY Case For President-Elect Immunity | 07 Jan 2025 | 00:56:54 | |
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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| Ep 97 — Trump Loses, and Loses, and … Wins? | 10 Jan 2025 | 00:48:55 | |
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
Show Links: https://www.lawandchaospod.com/ BlueSky: @LawAndChaosPod Threads: @LawAndChaosPod Twitter: @LawAndChaosPod Patreon: patreon.com/LawAndChaosPod
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| Ep 98 — Aileen Cannon, Alex Jones, Arkansas | 14 Jan 2025 | 00:57:10 | |
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.
Links: 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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| Ep 99 — Half A Special Counsel Report Is Like Half A Democracy | 17 Jan 2025 | 01:04:54 | |
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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| Ep 100 — Immigration Under Trump (ft. Dan Kowalski) | 21 Jan 2025 | 00:52:48 | |
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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| Ep 101 — Executive Orders: Birthright Citizenship and Disappearing Trans People From Public Life | 24 Jan 2025 | 00:58:50 | |
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/
Show Links: https://www.lawandchaospod.com/ BlueSky: @LawAndChaosPod Threads: @LawAndChaosPod Twitter: @LawAndChaosPod Patreon: patreon.com/LawAndChaosPod Contributing Artist: Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez Album artist: Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez Album: Law and Chaos Genre: Government; Politics Publisher: Res Ipsa Media LLC
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| Ep 102 — Trump Steals The Budget (Ft. Bobby Kogan) | 28 Jan 2025 | 01:04:45 | |
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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| Ep 103 — Trump Executive Orders Wind Up In All The Courts | 31 Jan 2025 | 00:56:11 | |
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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| Ep 104 — Muskrats Invade Federal Agencies | 04 Feb 2025 | 01:05:48 | |
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
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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| Ep 105 — The Week Everyone Sued The Trump Administration | 07 Feb 2025 | 00:55:46 | |
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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| Ep 106 — The Musk Parasite Multiplies | 11 Feb 2025 | 00:58:38 | |
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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| Ep 107 — Thursday Night Massacre | 14 Feb 2025 | 00:55:01 | |
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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| Ep 108 — Trump Demands Immunity From Rules of Civil Procedure | 18 Feb 2025 | 00:58:58 | |
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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| Ep 109 — Trump Demands VIP Pass To SCOTUS | 21 Feb 2025 | 00:56:18 | |
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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| Ep 110 — It's A TROpallooza | 25 Feb 2025 | 00:53:58 | |
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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| Ep 112 — The (Judicial) Center Holds | 04 Mar 2025 | 00:54:45 | |
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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| Ep 111 — Let the Sanctions Rain Down | 28 Feb 2025 | 01:01:13 | |
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
Show Links: https://www.lawandchaospod.com/ BlueSky: @LawAndChaosPod Threads: @LawAndChaosPod Twitter: @LawAndChaosPod Patreon: patreon.com/LawAndChaosPod
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| Ep 114 — After Stealing Congress's Spending Power, Trump Is Back For Advice And Consent | 11 Mar 2025 | 00:56:39 | |
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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| Ep 113 — Hey, DOJ, Some Idiot Is Signing Your Name On Pleadings | 07 Mar 2025 | 01:03:06 | |
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
Show Links: https://www.lawandchaospod.com/ BlueSky: @LawAndChaosPod Threads: @LawAndChaosPod Twitter: @LawAndChaosPod
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| Ep 115 — The Rightwing's War On NYT v. Sullivan (Ft David Enrich) | 14 Mar 2025 | 01:07:39 | |
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
Show Links: https://www.lawandchaospod.com/ BlueSky: @LawAndChaosPod Threads: @LawAndChaosPod Twitter: @LawAndChaosPod
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| Ep 117 — DOGE Destroys Another Agency As DOJ Courts Contempt (Ft. Aaron Reichlin-Melnick) | 21 Mar 2025 | 01:01:58 | |
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/
Show Links: https://www.lawandchaospod.com/ BlueSky: @LawAndChaosPod Threads: @LawAndChaosPod Twitter: @LawAndChaosPod
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| Ep 116 — DOJ Courts Contempt In Immigration Case (feat. Aaron Reichlin-Melnick) | 18 Mar 2025 | 01:03:27 | |
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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| Ep 118 — Trump v. Rule of Law | 25 Mar 2025 | 00:54:08 | |
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 Show Links: https://www.lawandchaospod.com/ BlueSky: @LawAndChaosPod Threads: @LawAndChaosPod Twitter: @LawAndChaosPod | |||
| Ep 119 — But Her Signal Messages | 28 Mar 2025 | 00:59:29 | |
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/
Show Links: https://www.lawandchaospod.com/ BlueSky: @LawAndChaosPod Threads: @LawAndChaosPod Twitter: @LawAndChaosPod
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| Ep 120 — All The President's Restraining Orders | 01 Apr 2025 | 00:56:43 | |
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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