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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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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.

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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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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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OA746: Derp Off Dersh Off 2: Sidney Powell vs. Kari Lake

It’s Sanctions Day! After a quick listener question, Liz and Andrew discuss the recent attorney grievance complaint against the Krakenlawyers in Michigan and what everyone’s favorite li’l election-denying weirdo, Kari Lake, has been up to. (Spoiler alert: nothing good.)

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OA 673
https://openargs.com/oa673-dont-sanction-me-im-old-dersh/

OA 678
https://openargs.com/oa678-dershs-sanctions-defense-somehow-keeps-getting-worse/

OA 728
https://openargs.com/oa728-fox-blinks-first/

King v. Whitmer sanctions video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWiuX9CPOSA

King v. Whitmer sanctions transcript
https://openargs.com/wp-content/uploads/Sanctions-hearing-transcript.pdf

King v. Whitmer sanctions ruling
https://casetext.com/case/king-v-whitmer-7

King v. Whitmer docket
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/18693929/king-v-whitmer/

Texas attorney grievance procedures
https://www.texasbar.com/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Disciplinary_Process_Overview&Template=/CM/HTMLDisplay.cfm&ContentID=29470#reciprocal

Lake v. Hobbs state docket
https://www.clerkofcourt.maricopa.gov/records/election-2022/cv2022-095403

Lake v. Hobbs complaint
https://www.clerkofcourt.maricopa.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/4151/638064516668500000

Arizona Supreme Court ruling in Lake v. Hobbs
https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/23720629/orderrepetitionforreview-4731530-0.pdf

Lake v. Fontes
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.azd.1294569/gov.uscourts.azd.1294569.3.0_1.pdf

Lake v. Fontes Sanctions order
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.azd.1294569/gov.uscourts.azd.1294569.106.0_2.pdf

Lake v. Fontes attorneys’ fees
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.azd.1294569/gov.uscourts.azd.1294569.107.6.pdf

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OA745: Not Even Republicans Are Buying What John Durham is Selling

Liz and Andrew break down Special Counsel John Durham’s report, which resulted in zero convictions in four years and makes no new recommendations for any change to any FBI policy – but continues to peddle long-debunked conspiracy theories about how the FBI is in cahoots with Hillary Clinton. Sure, Jan.

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Durham report
https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/23813392/durhamreport.pdf

Durham Appointment Order
https://www.justice.gov/d9/fieldable-panel-panes/basic-panes/attachments/2021/02/26/durham.order_.pdf

Durham Statement On IG Report 
https://www.justice.gov/usao-ct/pr/statement-us-attorney-john-h-durham

New York Times, “How Barr’s Quest to Find Flaws in the Russia Inquiry Unraveled”
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/26/us/politics/durham-trump-russia-barr.html

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OA744: Georgia Fake Electors Scheme Gets Real (feat. Lawfare’s Anna Bower)

Liz and Andrew welcome Lawfare’s Anna Bower to the podcast to break down everything going on with the potential indictment of Donald Trump in Fulton County, Georgia, with a focus on Trump’s recent motion to quash the Special Purpose Grand Jury report, DA Fani Willis’s response, and more!

Notes
Fulton County docket
http://www.fultonclerk.org/DocumentCenter/Index/94?Grid-orderBy=LastModifiedDate-desc

Anna Bower, Lawfare, “Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Georgia Special Purpose Grand Juries But Were Afraid to Ask”
https://www.lawfareblog.com/everything-you-ever-wanted-know-about-georgia-special-purpose-grand-juries-were-afraid-ask

Anna Bower’s columns:
https://www.lawfareblog.com/contributors/abower

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OA743: Trump Hallucinates Gag Order as DOJ Blocks Testimony in Strzok Suit

Liz and Andrew update you on the latest developments in Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg’s criminal case against Donald Trump as well as Peter Strzok’s ongoing civil suit against the DOJ.

Notes
OA 700
https://openargs.com/oa700-rumors-of-trumps-testimony-in-strzok-suit-may-be-greatly-exaggerated/

OA 716
https://openargs.com/oa-716-jim-jordan-is-not-alvin-braggs-daddy/

Trump Protective Order
https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/23807787/protective-order-5-8-23.pdf

Trump notice of removal
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.598311/gov.uscourts.nysd.598311.1.0_1.pdf

5 U.S.C. § 552a
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/5/552a

28 U.S.C. § 1442
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/28/1442

28 U.S.C. § 1455
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/28/1455

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

Jordan 3/20 Letter to Bragg
https://judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/republicans-judiciary.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/2023-03-20-jdj-bs-jc-to-bragg-re-trump-investigation.pdf

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OA742: Twitter Can’t Violate the First Amendment, But Fox Can Definitely Defame a Gov’t Official

In light of Linda Yaccarino being named CEO of Twitter, Liz and Andrew break down Trumpworld’s never-ending lawsuits against social media, and yet another defamation suit against Fox News, this one by Nina Jankowicz.

Happy Mother’s Day!

For the Patreon bonus, we discuss beer, the Superbowl, and Rule 62.1 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, because of course we do.

Notes
OA 551
https://openargs.com/oa551-trump-may-out-of-office-but-his-federal-judges-are-not/

Donato dismissal Trump v. Twitter
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cand.387133/gov.uscourts.cand.387133.165.0_6.pdf

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

FRCP 62.1
https://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/frcp/rule_62.1

Jankowicz federal docket
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/67365497/jankowicz-v-fox-news-network-llc/

Jankowicz complaint
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/23809394-jankowicz-v-fox-complaint

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OA 741: It’s a Derp-Off! Trump vs. Santos vs. Dersh

Liz and Andrew break down the latest developments in Fulton County, GA; some truly terrible takes on the E. Jean Carroll verdict by Alan Dershowitz; and the indictment of Congressman Astronaut Rabbi George Santos. Be there, will be wild!

Notes
OA 738
https://openargs.com/oa-738-trump-flops-proud-boys-drop/

Surveillance footage of Cathy Latham
https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2022/09/20/coffee-county-georgia-cathy-latham/

SPGJ report sections made public http://www.fultonclerk.org/DocumentCenter/View/1706/EX-PARTE-ORDER-OF-THE-JUDGE-2-16-2023-Report

Willis Modification of Motion to Disqualify Debrow
http://www.fultonclerk.org/DocumentCenter/View/1918/SPGJ–STATES-MODIFICATION-OF-MOTION-TO-DISQUALIFY-5-10-23

Shafer letter Fulton County
https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/23800972/shafer-final-march-26-letter-to-da-willis-w-exhibits.pdf

FEC Complaint – Santos
https://campaignlegal.org/sites/default/files/2023-01/Campaign%20Legal%20Center%20-%20Santos%20Complaint%20%28Final%29.pdf

Santos indictment
https://www.justice.gov/d9/2023-05/santos.indictment.pdf

18 U.S.C. § 1343
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1343

Federal Sentencing Guidelines
https://www.ussc.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/guidelines-manual/2021/GLMFull.pdf

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OA740: BREAKING – E. Jean Carroll, $5 Million; Trump, ZERO (feat. Mitchell Epner)

Liz and Andrew bring on former sex crimes prosecutor and New York attorney Mitchell Epner for a discussion of the breaking civil verdict awarding E. Jean Carroll $5 million for Trump’s assault and subsequent defamation. We go WAY beyond the regular media coverage; you won’t want to miss this episode!

Notes
Carroll verdict form (blank)
https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/23808239/carrollvtrumpverdictform.pdf

Screenshots of actual verdict form (Pagliery tweet)
https://twitter.com/Jose_Pagliery/status/1656020932031389697?s=20

Trump depo testimony – full video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkU49iYkw2A

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