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OA712: LOCK HIM UP 3: Rise of the Machines

In our third of three episodes about potential criminal charges against Donald Trump, Liz and Andrew break down recent developments in the Jack Smith grand juries, including an order by Judge Beryl Howell requiring one of Trump’s lawyers to testify against him, as well as an update on those other cases.

In the Patreon bonus, Liz and Andrew break down the recent Report and Recommendation by Special Master Barbara Jones in the search warrant of James O’Keefe and Project Veritas.

Notes
OA 710
https://openargs.com/oa710-lock-him-up/

OA 711
https://openargs.com/oa711-lock-him-up-2-the-secret-of-the-ooze/

NY Article 175
https://ypdcrime.com/penal.law/article175.php

NY CPL 30.10(2)(b)
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/CPL/30.10

Bobb certification
https://openargs.com/wp-content/uploads/2022.08.30-DOJ-Exhibits.pdf

DC Circuit Notice on Preferred Typeface
https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/internet/home.nsf/Content/Announcement+-+Notice+-+Preferred+Typefaces+for+Briefs/$FILE/noticePreferredTypefacesForBriefs.pdf

FRAP 35
https://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/frap/rule_35

Special Master Barbara Jones Report and Recommendation
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.569993/gov.uscourts.nysd.569993.52.0.pdf

NYT on Manhattan GJ
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/22/nyregion/trump-grand-jury-delay.html?smid=tw-share

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OA711: LOCK HIM UP 2: The Secret of the Ooze

Yesterday, Liz and Andrew brought you a bit of a bummer – but an accurate one – regarding the pending indictment of Donald Trump in New York. Today, they bring you the good news about yet another pending indictment in Fulton County, Georgia and Trump’s desperate (and likely failing) attempts to stop it. You won’t want to miss it!

Notes
Anna Bower Lawfare explainer
https://www.lawfareblog.com/everything-you-ever-wanted-know-about-georgia-special-purpose-grand-juries-were-afraid-ask

Atlanta Journal-Constitiution interview with foreperson
https://www.ajc.com/politics/exclusive-behind-the-scenes-of-the-trump-grand-jury/6CXLKTFMKNDU7O6TER4B7UTZPE/

 Georgia RICO statute, Title 16, Chapter 14
https://law.justia.com/codes/georgia/2021/title-16/chapter-14/

Ga. Code 16-14-3
https://law.justia.com/codes/georgia/2021/title-16/chapter-14/section-16-14-3/

Ga. Code 16-10-20
https://law.justia.com/codes/georgia/2021/title-16/chapter-10/article-2/section-16-10-20/

Trump motion to quash
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/23718113-ex-parte-fulton-county-grand-jury-03-20-2023-102331-37306996-f8b43da6-144b-4544-ab53-4095c1c5f36d

State v. Lampl, 770 S.E.2d 629 (Ga. 2015)
https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=13555564276998303856

Connally v. General Construction Co., 269 U.S. 385, 391 (1926)
https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=9143673394692693115

Reno v. ACLU, 521 U.S. 844 (1997)
https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=1557224836887427725

Skilling v. U.S., 561 U.S. 358 (2010)
https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=6709078768346680936

State v. Bartel, 479 S.E.2d 4 (1996)
https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=2075548165303328436

Kenerly v. State, 715 S.E.2d 688 (Ga. App. 2011)
https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=3363311285530927015

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OA710: LOCK HIM UP (?!)

THIS IS IT! Liz and Andrew answer all your legal questions regarding the anticipated imminent indictment of Donald Trump.

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OA 708
https://openargs.com/oa708-stormy-daniels-strikes-back/

OA 621
https://openargs.com/oa621-the-fbi-goes-to-mar-a-lago-this-is-big/

18 U.S.C. § 2071
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/2071

NY Section 570 
https://ypdcrime.com/cpl/article570.php

 CPL 190.50
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/CPL/190.50

18 U.S. Code § 3056
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/3056

Tekni-Plex v. Meyner & Landis, 674 NE 2d 663 (NY 1996)
https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=10926959041167260833

Liz ATL on Tacopina
https://abovethelaw.com/2023/03/trump-lawyer-joseph-tacopina-formerly-consulted-with-stormy-daniels-whoopsie/

Rice and Nuzzi New York Magazine article
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/hunter-biden-laptop-investigation.html

Seth Barrett Tillman, ‘Who Can Be President of the United States?: Candidate Hillary Clinton and the Problem of Statutory Qualifications,’ 5(1) British Journal of American Legal Studies 95 (2016) (peer review)

Seth Barrett Tillman, ‘Secretary Clinton Can Relax Because Section 2071 Disqualification Does Not Apply to the Presidency: A Response to Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey and Cause of Action (with a Short Reply from Attorney General Mukasey)’ (2015)

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OA709: The Law of “March Madness!”

Today, Liz and Andrew take a break from the world of politics (except for Patrons) to bring you the history and law surrounding “March Madness,” including whether it was legal to fill out your bracket and how the NCAA approaches its trademarks. Along the way, we’ll learn how the current right-wing Supreme Court is going to use a gambling decision to further its activist agenda. If you like basketball — and even if you don’t! — you won’t want to miss it!

The Patreon bonus is all about Jenna Ellis and Trump’s legal team, and Liz brings the funny.

Notes
NBC Sports, History of March Madness
https://www.nbcsports.com/bayarea/where-did-march-madness-name-come

NCAA Trademarks
https://www.ncaa.org/sports/2013/12/2/ncaa-trademarks.aspx

15 U.S.C. § 1125
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/15/1125

Kizzang lawsuit
https://dlbjbjzgnk95t.cloudfront.net/0899000/899955/https-ecf-insd-uscourts-gov-doc1-07315826374.pdf

Mitchell Stabbe
https://www.broadcastlawblog.com/2023/03/articles/march-madness-and-advertising-use-of-ncaa-trademarks-2023-update-part-1/

NCAA Brackets guidelines
https://www.ncaa.com/_flysystem/public-s3/images/2021/10/12/2021-22_Use_of_NCAA_Championship_Brackets_and_Limits_on_Advertising.pdf

28 U.S.C. § 3701 et seq.
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/28/part-VI/chapter-178

49 U.S. Code § 41713
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/49/41713

Murphy v. National Collegiate Athletic Association, 138 S. Ct. 1461 (2018)
https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=6336903476694992840

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OA708: Stormy Daniels Strikes Back!

Today, Liz and Andrew tackle the rumors swirling around the Manhattan DA’s office that Donald Trump is about to be indicted in connection with the 2016 payment of hush money to adult film star Stormy Daniels. Will Stormy indeed be the one to take down Trump? Listen and find out!

In the Patreon bonus, Liz and Andrew update you on Alex Jones’s bankruptcies.

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OA 154: Stormy Daniels is a Legal Genius!
https://openargs.com/oa154-stormy-daniels-is-a-legal-genius/

DB Story
https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-an-offer-to-testify-before-a-new-york-grand-jury-signals-trouble-for-trump

Karen McDougal story
https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/03/23/596257288/former-playboy-model-spills-alleged-affair-details-trump-tried-to-pay-her

AMI non-prosecution agreement
https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/press-release/file/1119501/download

52 U.S.C., Subchapter I
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/52/subtitle-III/chapter-301/subchapter-I

 NY Penal Law 175.05
https://law.justia.com/codes/new-york/2022/pen/part-3/title-k/article-175/175-05/

New York Penal Law 65.10
https://casetext.com/statute/consolidated-laws-of-new-york/chapter-penal/part-2-sentences/title-e-sentences/article-65-sentences-of-probation-conditional-discharge-and-unconditional-discharge/section-6510-conditions-of-probation-and-of-conditional-discharge

N.Y. Penal Law 255.17
https://law.justia.com/codes/new-york/2022/pen/part-3/title-o/article-255/255-17/

NY CPL 30.10
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/CPL/30.10

11 USC § 523
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/11/523

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OA707: Peter Navarro Gets Spanked By Government In Presidential Records Case With Major Implications For Trump

Today, Liz and Andrew break down the DOJ’s sweeping win “in replevin” against Trump loyalist goon Peter Navarro. What’s replevin? Why do we care? Listen and find out for this case that has significant implications for the Presidential Records Act, which in turn may have significant implications for any former Presidents who have refused to give back their Presidential records.

We begin with a terrifying development in Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v. FDA, currently on the desk of Liz’s sworn enemy, Judge Kacsmaryk.

Notes
Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v. the FDA
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/65768749/alliance-for-hippocratic-medicine-v-us-food-and-drug-administration/?order_by=desc

Cato Institute on Navarro
https://www.cato.org/commentary/spectacular-economic-ignorance-peter-navarro

Presidential Records Act, 44 U.S.C. § 2201 et seq.
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/44/chapter-22

Stern Letter to Navarro 
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.245941/gov.uscourts.dcd.245941.1.4_1.pdf

DOJ Civil Division Letter to Navarro
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.245941/gov.uscourts.dcd.245941.1.6_1.pdf

Irving Letter
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.245941/gov.uscourts.dcd.245941.1.5_3.pdf

US v. Dean, 989 F.2d 1205 (D.C. Cir. 1993)
https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=1562611946262688408

Fisher v. United States, 425 U.S. 391 (1976)
https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=10520682160164643446

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OA706: Flynn “Sold Out” His Country… and Now He’s Suing It!

Liz and Andrew break down the latest LOLsuit from Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn.

You may recall Gen. Flynn from screeching “Lock Her Up!” on the campaign trail while surreptitiously serving as an unauthorized lobbyist for Turkey’s brutal authoritarian regime. You may recall him as a pro-Russian stooge who lied about being a pro-Russian stooge. And you may recall him as having been pardoned by Donald Trump after Bill Barr tried to rig the Department of Justice in his favor.

However you remember this bozo, you’ll be shocked to discover that he now thinks he deserves FIFTY MILLION DOLLARS for… having friends in high places. Fortunately, his lawsuit doesn’t stand a chance in hell of succeeding, as Liz and Andrew make clear.

Notes
Flynn complaint
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flmd.411523/gov.uscourts.flmd.411523.1.0.pdf

OA Amicus Brief
http://openargs.com/wp-content/uploads/2020.06.09-Amicus-Brief.pdf

OA Amicus Show (Episode 394)
https://openargs.com/oa394-the-amicus-show/

OA 689
https://openargs.com/oa689-lawsuit-or-interpretive-dance-why-not-both/

22 U.S.C. § 618
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/22/618

18 U.S.C. § 371
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/951

2019 DOJ Report on Crossfire Hurricane
https://www.justice.gov/storage/120919-examination.pdf

28 U.S.C. Chapter 171
https://t.co/sFiQAXafWI

28 U.S.C. § 2401
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/28/2401

Form 95
https://www.gsa.gov/forms-library/claim-damage-injury-or-death

28 U.S.C. § 2675
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/28/2675

Sconiers v. US, 896 F.3d 595 (3d Cir. 2018)
https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=8262809632148475317

Flynn v. Pelosi
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/61634816/flynn-v-pelosi/?filed_after=&filed_before=&entry_gte=&entry_lte=&order_by=desc

OA 696
https://openargs.com/oa696-in-which-james-okeefe-pretends-to-be-a-journalist/

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OA705: Can Dominion Really Take Down Fox News??

THIS IS AN EPISODE YOU’LL WANT TO SHARE!

Today, Liz and Andrew break down the latest developments in Dominion Voting Systems defamation lawsuit against Fox News. You know some of the salacious details that have been leaked, but you don’t know just how badly Fox has mangled the law. You won’t want to miss it!

Notes
Bartiromo-Fratto emails
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/23697625-bartiromo-fratto-summary-redacted

Exhibits – Delightfully mad emails
https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/23698221/redacted-149-200.pdf

Dominion MSJ
https://int.nyt.com/data/documenttools/redacted-documents-in-dominion-fox-news-case/dca5e3880422426f/full.pdf

Dominion Reply Supporting SJ
https://deadline.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/2023-03-08-PUBLIC-Dominion-SJ-Reply-Brief-Fox_Redacted.pdf

Fox News Reply Brief Supporting SJ
https://deadline.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/25-FNN-SJ-Reply-Brief.pdf

Edwards v. National Audobon Society, 556 F.2d 113 (1977)
https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=515638952298472646

Hogan v. Herald Co., 84 A.D.2d 470 (N.Y. 4th App.Div. 1982)
https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=14598091554089425482

Brian v. Richardson, 660 N.E.2d 1126 (N.Y. 1995)
https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=15437079674012061938

BONUS! Page v. Oath Inc., 270 A.3d 833 (Del. 2022)
https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=3804284272223089234

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OA704: Democrats Play Offense On January 6!

Today, Liz and Andrew break down how the Democrats are playing offense with respect to Republican efforts to gaslight America and whitewash the findings of the January 6th Committee.

Specifically, they tell you about the 316-page report on GOP Witnesses that Jim Jordan is trying (and failing) to call whistleblowers. You won’t want to miss this breakdown! But first, Andrew has to update you on the latest right-wing lies about that dingus Raland Brunson and his nonsense pleadings in the Supreme Court.

Notes
OA 668
https://openargs.com/oa668-a-new-case-right-wing-sources-are-blatantly-lying-about/

OA 692
https://openargs.com/oa693-mike-pence-cant-testify-against-trump-cause-hes-a-senator-now/

AP, “Supreme Court Will Not Hear Case to Oust Biden, Reinstate Trump”
https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-supreme-court-trump-biden-election-850929590422

House Judiciary Report on GOP Witnesses
https://democrats-judiciary.house.gov/uploadedfiles/2023-03-02_gop_witnesses_report.pdf

5 U.S.C. § 2303
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/5/2303

18 U.S.C. § 1752 
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1752

D.C. Code § 10–503.16
https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/10-503.16

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OA703: You Win a Toy Yoda! And 100 Grand!

Today, Liz and Andrew provide an update on the new Republican broadside against Fani Willis in Georgia before breaking down the law around bad April Fool’s Day jokes.

Notes
New York Times article on Indiana legislation
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/05/us/republicans-district-attorneys-trump.html

Georgia SB 92
https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20232024/216780

GA Constitution Art. VI, Sec. VIII, Paragraph II
https://law.justia.com/constitution/georgia/conart6.html

McLaughlin v. Payne, 761 S.E.2d 289 (Ga. 2014)
https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=18437690967547452063

29 U.S. § 216
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/29/216

Fast v. Cash Depot, Ltd.
http://hr.cch.com/ELD/FastCash110718.pdf

Gill lawsuit
https://openargs.com/wp-content/uploads/100-Grand-lawsuit.pdf

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