OA730: You Wouldn’t Like Sam Alito When He’s Angry (Or Ever)

Liz and Andrew update a bunch of stories they’ve been tracking before breaking down exactly what the Supreme Court’s Friday night stay in the mifepristone case means… and exactly how unhinged Samuel Alito’s dissent was.

In the Patreon bonus, Liz and Andrew do a deep dive on the shady behaviors of Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk.

Notes
OA 712
https://openargs.com/oa712-lock-him-up-3-rise-of-the-machines/

OA 714
https://openargs.com/oa714-gonna-be-hard-for-steve-bannons-sugar-daddy-to-write-those-checks-from-prison/

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

OA 729
https://openargs.com/oa729-bragg-loses-a-round-trump-loses-five/

SB 1604 Amendment
https://myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Documents/loaddoc.aspx?FileName=603230.DOCX&DocumentType=Amendments&BillNumber=1604&Session=2023

DOJ Letter Motion re: protective order
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.595325/gov.uscourts.nysd.595325.49.0.pdf

The Jurisprudence of the Body
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxwJ7kjwYA7FeXNoZUZaTjlmWms/view?resourcekey=0-SCB5U127telKXA00Hr9TEQ

SCOTUS order in Danco v. Alliance
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/22pdf/22a901_3d9g.pdf

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OA728: FOX Blinks First!

Liz and Andrew update you on three stories stealing all the headlines: the Dominion-Fox settlement, what’s going on at the Supreme Court with mifepristone, and a tale of two.. Fulton Counties??

For the Patreon bonus, Liz and Andrew pop open the hood and check out two demonstrable lies in Alliance’s briefing before the Supreme Court.

Notes
Alliance docket – SCOTUS orders
https://www.supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?filename=/docket/docketfiles/html/public/22a902.html

Alliance opposition
https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/22/22A902/263824/20230418120347639_2023.04.18%20Opposition%20to%20Emergency%20Application.pdf

FDA Reply in Alliance
https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/22/22A902/263892/20230418232614640_FINAL%20Alliance%20SCOTUS%20Reply.pdf

PA Supreme Court order – Fulton County
https://www.pacourts.us/Storage/media/pdfs/20230419/134653-appealdismissed.pdf

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

Fulton County GA Motion to Disqualify 
https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/23782506/spgj-motion-to-disqualify-atty-kimberly-bourroughs-debrow.pdf

Fox Corp financials
https://investor.foxcorporation.com/static-files/3b2bdb74-8ebe-4173-9f0f-ac18831ff094

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OA726: Will SCOTUS Abort the Fifth Circuit’s Insane Mifepristone Ruling??

Liz and Andrew work through the best arguments being raised by the DOJ in its emergency Supreme Court petition to stay the 5th Circuit’s mifepristone ruling. Will any of them work? Listen and find out! The duo also break down Trump’s latest LOLsuit against Michael Cohen.

In the Patreon bonus, Liz and Andrew discuss the intricacies of the most recent SCOTUS standing decision, TransUnion, LLC v. Ramirez. You won’t want to miss it!

Notes
Trump v. Cohen Docket
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/67175870/trump-v-cohen/

Trump v. Cohen Complaint
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flsd.645291/gov.uscourts.flsd.645291.1.0_2.pdf

Alito stay order
https://www.supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?filename=/docket/docketfiles/html/public/22a901.html

DOJ SCT admin stay application
https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/22/22A902/263491/20230414103258942_Alliance%20for%20Hippocratic%20Med%20%20application.pdf

Danco Stay application
https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/22/22A901/263483/20230414093601611_SCOTUS%20Stay%20Application%204-14-23%20Final.pdf

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OA725: The Future of Mifepristone

In this SUPER-SIZED episode, Liz and Andrew look beneath the headlines and correct misimpressions regarding both E. Jean Carroll’s defamation lawsuit against Donald Trump and the 5th Circuit’s mifepristone ruling.

In the Patreon bonus, Liz and Andrew discuss an important certified question to the DC Court of Appeals.

If you’re not following us on Twitter, you’ve missed out on a lot of updates. We’re @openargs and Liz is @5dollarfeminist.

Notes
Habba 4/13 Letter Motion
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.590045/gov.uscourts.nysd.590045.109.0.pdf

Kaplan 4/13/2023 Letter Response
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.590045/gov.uscourts.nysd.590045.109.0.pdf

CNN article on E. Jean Carroll
https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/13/politics/trump-carroll-case-delay-request/index.html

Court ruling in E. Jean Carroll
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.590045/gov.uscourts.nysd.590045.110.0.pdf

CWA 2002 Petition
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.txnd.370067/gov.uscourts.txnd.370067.1.14.pdf

Complaint Exhibit 30
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.txnd.370067/gov.uscourts.txnd.370067.1.31.pdf

Washington v. FDA ruling
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.waed.102225/gov.uscourts.waed.102225.91.0.pdf

Alliance v. FDA 5th Cir. ruling
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ca5.213145/gov.uscourts.ca5.213145.183.2_1.pdf

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OA723: Right-Wing Judges Take the Money and Run… Away With Your Civil Rights

Liz and Andrew tackle three stories: an update on the dueling mifepristone rulings in Texas and Washington, Clarence Thomas’s latest corrupt activities, and (for patrons) an update on Steve Bannon’s sugar daddy.

Notes
OA 594: Impeach Clarence Thomas
https://openargs.com/oa594-impeach-clarence-thomas/

 OA 714 on Kwok
https://openargs.com/oa714-gonna-be-hard-for-steve-bannons-sugar-daddy-to-write-those-checks-from-prison/

Kwok superseding indictment
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.595325/gov.uscourts.nysd.595325.19.0_1.pdf

Ethics in Government Act of 1978, 5a U.S.C. §§ 101 et seq.
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/5a/compiledact-95-521/title-I

Washington v. FDA Motion for Clarification
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.waed.102225/gov.uscourts.waed.102225.81.0_3.pdf

Washington v. FDA Motion to Expedite
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.waed.102225/gov.uscourts.waed.102225.82.0.pdf

FDA 5th Circuit Motion to Stay
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ca5.213145/gov.uscourts.ca5.213145.20.0_4.pdf?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

Intervenors 5th Circuit Motion to Stay
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ca5.213145/gov.uscourts.ca5.213145.22.1_1.pdf

Robert EOY report on the Supreme Court 2021
https://www.supremecourt.gov/publicinfo/year-end/2021year-endreport.pdf

NPR on 2022 state supreme court races
https://www.npr.org/2022/11/05/1134514218/money-is-pouring-into-state-judicial-campaigns-this-year

 ProPublica Thomas story
https://www.propublica.org/article/clarence-thomas-scotus-undisclosed-luxury-travel-gifts-crow

Wall Street Journal on federal judges violating the ethics laws
https://www.wsj.com/articles/131-federal-judges-broke-the-law-by-hearing-cases-where-they-had-a-financial-interest-11632834421

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