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As Sean "Hoagie Hero" Dunn goes on trial in DC for throwing a sandwich at an immigration agent, we learn what a "husher" is. A judge in New York yanks the seal off of another harassment campaign against Trump's enemies. The Oregon national guard remains federalized but not deployed. And we've got a deep dive into all the many illegal ways Trump is trying to keep his cronies in position as US Attorneys. Plus for subscribers: Justin Baldoni is back to teach us all CivPro.

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In Re Grand Jury Subpoenas to the Office of the New York State Attorney General v. United States

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/71844954/in-re-grand-jury-subpoenas-to-the-office-of-the-new-york-state-attorney/

US v. Comey

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/71459121/united-states-v-comey/

US v. Rabbit [Abughazaleh]

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/71795281/united-states-v-rabbitt/

LULAC v. Trump [Voter Registration]

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69823792/league-of-united-latin-american-citizens-v-executive-office-of-the/

US v. Dunn [Sandwich man]

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.284294

Oregon v. Trump

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/71481149/state-of-oregon-v-trump/?order_by=desc

Lively v. Wayfarer

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69510553/lively-v-wayfarer-studios-llc/?order_by=desc

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The psychopaths running the government are not going to let a crisis go to waste. They're taking advantage of the shutdown to cut SNAP benefits and fire civil servants — or they would if courts would let them. Plus, the Ninth Circuit and even the Supreme Court (GASP!) are putting the kibosh on Trump's plan to flood blue states with troops. And still, Lindsey Halligan, the wannabe US Attorney in the Eastern District of Virginia, is finding new and creative ways to screw up the prosecution of former FBI Director James Comey.

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Massachusetts v. USDA [SNAP benefits]

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/71783393/commonwealth-of-massachusetts-v-united-states-department-of-agriculture/

AFGE-AFL CIO v. US [shutdown RIFs]

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/71502325/american-federation-of-government-employees-afl-cio-v-united-states

Drake v. UMG [trial docket]

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69546009/graham-v-umg-recordings-inc

Oregon v. Trump [Ninth Circuit]

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/71554902/state-of-oregon-et-al-v-trump-et-al

SCOTUS Docket: Chicago Troop Deployment

https://www.supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?filename=/docket/docketfiles/html/public/25a443.html

US v. Comey

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/71459120/united-states-v-comey/?order_by=desc

US v. Ramirez [Essayli]

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/71166841/united-states-v-ramirez/?order_by=desc

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After Trump appoints his lackey Lindsey Halligan US Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, he finally gets his indictment of former FBI Director James Comey. But will it stand in front of a real judge? We break down the grand jury process, and why they say a grand jury will indict a ham sandwich. And for subscribers, Andrew and Liz explain how the DOJ's internet brain poisoning is jeopardizing the Luigi Mangione prosecution.

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US v. Comey

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/71459120/united-states-v-comey/

Hook v. Rave (D. S.D.) [docket via CourtListener]

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/71428718/hook-v-rave/

US v. Mangione [District Docket]

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69486519/united-states-v-mangione/ 

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Election litigation is well underway in Pennsylvania, even before election day. The Trump campaign has already racked up a win, since they decided that early voting is … good now? Meanwhile Elon Musk is dodging a civil action by Philadelphia's DA over his million dollar "lottery," and Trump filed an absolutely gonzo trollsuit in Texas against CBS.

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Workers Say They Were Tricked and Threatened as Part of Elon Musk's Get-Out-the-Vote Effort

https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-america-pac-blitz-canvassing-michigan-uhaul/

Lancaster County officials should deliver real answers on voter registration issues — not shut down questions [editorial]

https://lancasteronline.com/opinion/editorials/lancaster-county-officials-should-deliver-real-answers-on-voter-registration-issues-not-shut-down-questions/article_6f9b8ae8-9640-11ef-8723-dfe8afbc7b37.html

Fed. R. Crim. Pro. 48

https://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/frcrmp/rule_48

Baxter v. Philadelphia Board of Elections (Pa. App. Oct. 30, 2024)

https://www.pacourts.us/assets/opinions/Commonwealth/out/1305CD24_10-30-24.pdf?cb=1

Trump v. CBS Texas Consumer Protection Law Complaint

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.txnd.396451/gov.uscourts.txnd.396451.1.0.pdf

Krasner v. Attorney General

https://casetext.com/case/commonwealth-v-the-attorney-gen-1

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Republicans have discovered ONE WEIRD TRICK to win elections, and it is for the legislatures to steal all the electoral votes. Or if that can't be arranged, they'd accept an intervention from SCOTUS. We'll discuss the independent state legislature theory, as well as Trump's latest filing in the stolen documents appeal.

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Musk Petition

https://petition.theamericapac.org/

Pennsylvania v. America PAC complaint

https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25255630-philly-v-musk 

Pennsylvania SCT appeal (Genser v. Butler County)

https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25255962/scotus-24a408-stay-application-pa.pdf

5th Circuit provisional ballots case (RNC v. Wetzel)

https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/24/24-60395-CV0.pdf

US v. Trump (11th Circuit appeal) docket

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/68955302/united-states-v-donald-trump/

US v. Trump (SDFL documents case) docket

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/67643393/united-states-v-trump/

28 CFR § 600.1

https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/28/600.1

Inside the Movement Behind Trump's Election Lies

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/10/28/us/politics/inside-the-movement-behind-trumps-election-lies.html

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What will happen on November 5 if Vice President Harris is narrowly ahead of Trump? Will it look like 2020? Or is it more likely to resemble 2000, with a knock down, drag out fight over every ballot? Liz and Andrew break it down.

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Musk Is Going All In to Elect Trump https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/11/us/politics/elon-musk-donald-trump-pennsylvania.html

Press Release: Benedictine Sisters subject of fraudulent claim https://eriebenedictines.org/news-stories.html/article/2024/10/23/press-release-benedictine-sisters-subject-of-fraudulent-claims  

Wand et al., The Butterfly Did It: The Aberrant Vote for Buchanan in Palm Beach County, Florida, American Political Science Review (2001)

https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/faculty-research/publications/butterfly-did-it-aberrant-vote-buchanan-palm-beach-county-florida

Bush v. Gore (Supreme Court 2000)

https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=2298973060085224552

Gore v. Harris (FL Supreme Court 2000)

https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/fl-supreme-court/1489353.html

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Elon Musk is giving Trump's campaign $75 million. Plus he's paying out $1 million per day to "registered voters." Is that a crime, or just a photo op? Meanwhile in DC, what can we learn from the Special Counsel's latest filing in the Trump election case? And we answer questions about how to watch early election night returns.

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Musk Petition

https://petition.theamericapac.org/

US v. Trump [Docket via Court Listener]

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/67656595/united-states-v-trump/?order_by=desc

Elon Musk Veers Into Clearly Illegal Vote Buying by Rick Hasen

https://electionlawblog.org/?p=146397

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In this BONUS episode, elections expert Joe Dye returns to tell us what to watch for when the very first returns on Election Day come in at 6 pm Eastern from Indiana and Kentucky. Learn how those deep red states will help us test six different bits of conventional wisdom we've all heard from the pundits, like whether Kamala Harris is facing a backlash from college students, or whether she has made inroads with educated white voters & so much more!

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The Republican Feelings Industrial Complex

https://www.lawandchaospod.com/p/bonus-the-republican-feelings-industrial

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Lt. Gov. Mark "Horndog" Robinson is suing CNN and a former porn shop worker named Louis Love Money for $50 million. And Texas's worst(?) federal judge threatens to tank a Boeing plea deal because the federal monitor might do DEIs. Can't have the airline pay victims of airline crashes unless the deal is 100 percent woke free! And for subscribers, a deep dive into the latest Trump election interference case foolishness.

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Liz on Andrew Bailey: "Missouri AG Andy Bailey Face Plants All Over Federal Docket In Media Matters Case"

https://www.lawandchaospod.com/p/missouri-ag-andy-bailey-face-plants

Judge McBurney Order re Georgia Hand Count Rule

https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25214879-file_0479 

'I'm a black NAZI!': NC GOP nominee for governor made dozens of disturbing comments on porn forum

https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/19/politics/kfile-mark-robinson-black-nazi-pro-slavery-porn-forum/index.html 

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.

https://www.theassemblync.com/politics/nc-election-governor-republican-mark-robinson-porn-allegations/ 

Robinson v. CNN complaint

https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25215289-robinson-cnn-complaint

NC Pattern Jury Instructions

https://www.sog.unc.edu/resources/microsites/north-carolina-pattern-jury-instructions/north-carolina-pattern-jury-instructions-civil-cases

NC Rule 8(a)(2)

https://ncleg.net/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_1A/GS_1A-1,_Rule_8.html

Boeing Order

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.txnd.342881/gov.uscourts.txnd.342881.275.0_1.pdf 

US v. Trump (DC docket)

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/67656595/united-states-v-trump/?filed_after=&filed_before=&entry_gte=&entry_lte=&order_by=desc

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The courts are closed, but crazy never takes a break. We'll check in on Alex Jones's bankruptcy liquidation, Donald Trump's shenanigans in the election interference case, and the horror show now that the mifepristone case is back before Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk. Subscribers catch up with Peter Navarro, who seems to be working at cross purposes to his old boss in federal court — although perhaps it hasn't yet occurred to him.

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Free Speech Systems Auction Page

https://360assetadvisors.com/events/fssmh/

US v. Trump (DC docket)

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/67656595/united-states-v-trump/?filed_after=&filed_before=&entry_gte=&entry_lte=&order_by=desc

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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