administrative law – Opening Arguments

Today’s episode takes a deep dive into the latest regulations promulgated by Trump’s Department of Health and Human Services regarding Title X funding. What does all this mean? Listen and find out!

We begin by breaking down Title X, the only federal grant program to poor people for family planning. And — as you might imagine — Title X explicitly excludes funding for abortions, but remains a critical source of funding for the critical work Planned Parenthood does with low-income women, including breast and pelvic examinations, breast and cervical cancer screenings, and screenings and treatments for sexually-transmitted infections and HIV. So, of course, the Trump Administration just defunded all of that. Find out how terrifying the new regulations are.

After that, it’s time for a … lighter(?) segment in which we discuss the difference between clickwrap, browsewrap, and sign-in-wrap (?) agreements and learn about interesting new research into the readability (or lack thereof) of those agreements.

Then, it’s time for the answer to Thomas Takes The Bar Exam #116 about a Weekend-at-Bernie’s-style auto accident. As always, remember to follow our Twitter feed (@Openargs) and like our Facebook Page so that you too can play along with #TTTBE!

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Andrew was just a guest host on Episode 91 of the Skepticrat; go check it out! And if you’d like to have either of us as a guest on your show, drop us an email at openarguments@gmail.com.

Show Notes & Links

On Title X: click here for the actual law (42 U.S.C. § 300 et seq.); click here for the accompanying regulations (42 C.F.R. Part 59), and click here to read the new final rule promulgated by HHS regarding Title X.
Here’s the Sacramento Bee article indicating that California and other states intend to sue to block this rule from going into effect; and click here to read Rep. Cummings’s letter regarding the rule.
Here’s a link to “The Duty to Read the Unreadable,” the research paper we discussed in the last segment.

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Today’s Rapid Response Friday breaks down everything you need to know regarding the Trump EPA’s recent rules change regarding asbestos. Is it as ominous as it sounds? (Yes.)

We begin, however, with the oddest OA segment of all time: Devin Nunes was right! What was he right about, and what’s a Michael Kinsley gaffe? You’ll just have to listen and find out!

After that, in a bonus segment, the guys break down the recent indictment of Chris Collins (R-NY-27) for insider trading.

The main segment breaks down the EPA’s Significant New Use Rule (SNUR) regarding asbestos and help you evaluate the competing claims being lobbed back and forth. Did the Trump Administration open up the use of asbestos in household products? Or did they make it harder to use asbestos as the EPA claims? We give you a definitive answer.

After that, Andrew partially answers a listener question in light of Rick Gates’s testimony in the Manafort trial while teasing that the rest will get answered sometime soon.

And if that wasn’t enough, we end with an all new Thomas Takes The Bar Exam #88 involving a contract, waiver and modification, and subsequent assignment to another party. Phew! If you’d like to play along, just retweet our episode on Twitter or share it on Facebook along with your guess and the #TTTBE hashtag. We’ll release the answer on next Tuesday’s episode along with our favorite entry!

Recent Appearances

Andrew was recently a guest on The Thinking Atheist podcast with Seth Andrews. If you’d like to have either of us as a guest on your show, drop us an email at openarguments@gmail.com.

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