Opening Arguments

June 8, 2023June 7, 2023

OA756: Twitter’s Lawyers Dunk on Musk in Trump LOLsuit

Liz and Andrew break down the latest filing by Twitter proving that the Twitter Files don’t say anything like what Elon Musk said they did. So, to summarize: Twitter still isn’t in cahoots with the Deep State to censor conservatives.

Then, it’s time for some great news out of Florida as a federal judge blocks Florida’s obscene law prohibiting the prescription of puberty blockers for three trans kids.

In the Patreon bonus, Liz and Andrew further debunk that Twitter is being paid $$$BILLIONS$$$ to… censor conservatives.

Notes
Trump Motion for Indicative Ruling https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cand.387133/gov.uscourts.cand.387133.191.0.pdf

Trump Motion for Relief From Judgment
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cand.387133/gov.uscourts.cand.387133.191.1.pdf

Twitter reply to Indicative Motion
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cand.387133/gov.uscourts.cand.387133.195.0.pdf

O’Handley v. Weber
https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2023/03/10/22-15071.pdf

FL PI Injunction
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flnd.460963/gov.uscourts.flnd.460963.90.0_1.pdf

Twitter Admits in Court Filing: Elon Musk Is Simply Wrong About Government Interference At Twitter
www.techdirt.com/2023/06/05/twitter-admits-in-court-filing-elon-musk-is-simply-wrong-about-government-interference-at-twitter/

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June 6, 2023June 6, 2023

OA755: Alan Dershowitz Would Like New Ethics Rules To Benefit… Alan Dershowitz

Liz and Andrew update you with breaking news about the ChatGPT case, Mata v. Avianca, as well as developments in the Trump documents and George Santos cases.

But all of that is mere appetizer for the main course: Alan Dershowitz’s ongoing tilting at windmills to convince a court to rewrite the attorney sanctions rules so that Alan Dershowitz can continue to represent monsters and idiots without consequences. Learn how Dersh is continuing to peddle the lie that he was merely “of counsel” to Kari Lake and therefore shouldn’t be held responsible for the fact that her complaint was a grab-bag of lies wrapped in more lies.

Notes
Lake v. Fontes docket
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/63260463/lake-v-fontes

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June 4, 2023June 4, 2023

OA 754: Trump Drags Bragg To Federal Court; Bragg Drags Back (feat. David Lurie)

Liz and Andrew welcome NY practitioner David Lurie to the show to discuss Trump’s efforts to remove his New York indictment to federal court.

Notes
NY Crim Law 175.10
https://casetext.com/statute/consolidated-laws-of-new-york/chapter-penal/part-3-specific-offenses/title-k-offenses-involving-fraud/article-175-offenses-involving-false-written-statements/section-17510-falsifying-business-records-in-the-first-degree

28 USC 1442
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/28/1442

In re Commonwealth, 790 F.3d 457 (3d Cir. 2015)
https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=5539437264593415986

Trump notice of removal
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.598311/gov.uscourts.nysd.598311.1.0_2.pdf

Bragg Motion to Remand
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.598311/gov.uscourts.nysd.598311.19.0.pdf

Morgan Lewis White Paper
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.598311/gov.uscourts.nysd.598311.1.1_1.pdf

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June 1, 2023June 1, 2023

OA753: Gonzalez v. Google: The Case That (Didn’t) Break The Internet (feat. Corbin Barthold)

Liz and Andrew break down the recent Supreme Court decisions in Gonzalez v. Google and Twitter v. Taamneh with help from Corbin Barthold.

Notes
Section 230 – 47 U.S.C. § 230
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/47/230

OA 698
https://openargs.com/oa698-will-clarence-thomas-break-the-internet-probably-not/

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May 31, 2023May 31, 2023

OA752: Ticket, Boarding Pass… Weight Check??

After discussing some breaking news, Liz and Andrew break down that viral “hey, are the airlines forcing passengers to step on scales before boarding the plane” story. Then, the duo update you on the impeachment of Texas AG Ken Paxton.

In the Patreon bonus, Andrew gets angry as we talk about the latest maneuvering by the guy who sold out his country for Donald Trump, Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn.

Notes
Mata v. Avianca – Motion for Extension of Time Granted in Part, Denied in Part
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.575368/gov.uscourts.nysd.575368.38.0.pdf

New Zealand Civil Aviation Act of 1990
https://legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1990/0098/latest/DLM214687.html

United States v. Virginia, 518 U.S. 515 (1996)
https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=1428365285620704265

State v. Loomis, 881 N.W.2d 749 (Wis. 2016)
https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=3222116451721963278

Paxton Articles of Impeachment https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/pdf/HR02377I.pdf#navpanes=0

Senate Resolution Impeachment
https://legiscan.com/TX/text/SR735/2023

ProPublica article on COMPAS
https://www.propublica.org/article/machine-bias-risk-assessments-in-criminal-sentencing

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May 30, 2023May 29, 2023

OA751: ChatGPT Writes Fake Opinions; Real Judge Is Not Amused

Today, Liz and Andrew tackle the case that’s burning up the Internet: did a lawyer really use AI to write a legal brief? Turns out no, it’s even worse!

The duo also update you on the latest from Peter Navarro’s (losing) efforts to protect Donald Trump, and in the Patreon bonus, we learn what the legal architect of the January 6th Insurrection, John Eastman, has been up to.

It’s a super-sized episode!

Notes
OA 748
https://openargs.com/oa748-everything-you-wanted-to-know-about-the-debt-ceiling-but-were-afraid-to-ask/

OA 707
https://openargs.com/oa707-peter-navarro-gets-spanked-by-government-in-presidential-records-case-with-major-implications-for-trump/

Mata v. Avianca docket
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/63107798/mata-v-avianca-inc/?filed_after=&filed_before=&entry_gte=&entry_lte=&order_by=asc

Mata v. Avianca complaint
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.575368/gov.uscourts.nysd.575368.18.0.pdf

Mata v. Avianca Opposition to Motion to Dismiss
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.575368/gov.uscourts.nysd.575368.21.0.pdf

Mata v. Avianca First Show Cause Order
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.575368/gov.uscourts.nysd.575368.25.0.pdf

Mata v. Avianca 4/25 LoDuca affidavit
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.575368/gov.uscourts.nysd.575368.29.0.pdf

LoDuca affidavit, Exhibit 1, “Varghese v. China Southern Airlines Co., Ltd.”
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.575368/gov.uscourts.nysd.575368.29.1.pdf

Mata v. Avianca defense counsel letter 4/26
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.575368/gov.uscourts.nysd.575368.30.0.pdf

Mata v. Avianca Second Show Cause Order
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.575368/gov.uscourts.nysd.575368.31.0_1.pdf

Mata v. Avianca, LoDuca affidavit 5/25
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.575368/gov.uscourts.nysd.575368.32.0.pdf

Mata v. Avianca, Schwartz affidavit 5/25
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.575368/gov.uscourts.nysd.575368.32.1_1.pdf

Mata v. Avianca, Court Third Show Cause Order
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.575368/gov.uscourts.nysd.575368.33.0_1.pdf

May 26, 2023May 26, 2023

OA749: Clarence Thomas Grifts. Kari Lake Sinks. Stewart Rhodes Comes To The End

Liz and Andrew update you on a bunch of stories, including today’s breaking news regarding the sentencing of Stewart Rhodes and the Texas Legislature committee referring out articles of impeachment for AG Ken Paxton.

Notes
OA 693
https://openargs.com/oa693-mike-pence-cant-testify-against-trump-cause-hes-a-senator-now/

OA 698
https://openargs.com/oa698-will-clarence-thomas-break-the-internet-probably-not/

OA 723
https://openargs.com/oa723-right-wing-judges-take-the-money-and-run-away-with-your-civil-rights/

OA 746
https://openargs.com/oa746-derp-off-dersh-off-2-sidney-powell-vs-kari-lake/

Investigators detail years of alleged misconduct by Texas AG Ken Paxton in stunning House committee hearing
https://www.texastribune.org/2023/05/24/ken-paxton-abuse-power-house-investigation-texas/

Kari Lake ruling
https://www.democracydocket.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/CV2022-095403-926-05222023-PDF.pdf

Kari Lake War Room tweet 5/23 tweet
https://twitter.com/KariLakeWarRoom/status/1661095473695035392?s=20

May 8 Senate Judiciary Letter to Harlan Crow
https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/May%208,%202023%20letter%20to%20Harlan%20Crow16.pdf

May 22 letter from Gibson Dunn to Durbin re Harlan Crow
https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/23822175/crow-letter.pdf

5 U.S.C. § 13103
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/5/13103

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May 25, 2023May 25, 2023

OA748: Everything You Wanted To Know About the Debt Ceiling (But Were Afraid to Ask)

This is it! Liz and Andrew break down the debt ceiling and what can be done about it, including the Fourteenth Amendment. You’ll want to share this far and wide!

In the Patreon bonus, Liz and Andrew tackle a stupendously bad article arguing against the application of the 14th Amendment.

NOTES
OA 736
https://openargs.com/oa736-scotus-tees-up-rancid-herring-case-to-gut-the-administrative-state/

31 U.S.C § 3101
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/31/3101

Congressional Research Service, Debt limit votes 1978 to present
https://sp.fas.org/crs/misc/R41814.pdf

Congressional Research Service, The Gephardt Rule
https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/RL/RL31913

HR 3877
https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/3877/text

Perry v. U.S., 294 U.S. 330 (1935)
https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=3388791031923623137

EO 6102 notice
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a1/Executive_Order_6102.jpg

Laurence Tribe, “A Ceiling We Can’t Wish Away,” New York Times, July 7, 2011
https://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/08/opinion/08tribe.html

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May 23, 2023May 22, 2023

OA747: Ready For Ron (DeSantis)? NOT SO FAST

In this (almost entirely!) Trump-free episode, Liz and Andrew break down two major steps backwards for Meatball Ron DeSantis: an own goal in his ongoing losing Woke War Against Disney, and a major setback by a group looking to aid his (doomed) 2024 Presidential bid. You won’t want to miss it!

In the Patreon bonus, Liz and Andrew give an update on the ongoing efforts to hold MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell accountable for his $5 million “Prove Mike Wrong” challenge when he was, in fact, very very wrong.

Notes
OA 734
https://openargs.com/oa-734-disney-v-desantis-you-mess-with-the-mouse-you-get-the-ears/

OA 717
https://openargs.com/oa717-lock-him-up-4-trump-gets-indicted-desantis-gets-spanked/

OA 614
https://openargs.com/oa614-the-fec-is-corrupt-and-broken-biden-has-inexplicably-neglected-to-fix-it/

Disney MTD CFTOD complaint
https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/23816386/disney-mtd.pdf

Federal Election Campaign Act, 52 U.S.C. §§ 30101 et seq.
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/52/30101

11 C.F.R. § 100.72
https://www.fec.gov/regulations/100-72/2022-annual-100

Ready For Ron v. FEC docket
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/65639515/ready-for-ron-v-federal-election-commission/

Ready For Ron complaint
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.248664/gov.uscourts.dcd.248664.1.0_1.pdf

Ready For Ron rulinghttps://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.248664/gov.uscourts.dcd.248664.30.0.pdf

Carey v. FEC, 791 F.Supp.2d 121 (D.D.C. 2011)
https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=2459277047400624208

(Hilariously, the Ready for Ron complaint manages to cite the wrong Carey case and also gets the year wrong.)

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