With a slight break from Trump, Liz and Andrew turn to the pernicious effects of Trump’s many, many appointments to the federal judiciary and how it’s almost impossible to distinguish nonsense from reality any more. Specifically, the two break down Missouri v. Biden, an absolutely insane lawsuit that somehow has convinced the attorneys general of two states to sign on with a cavalcade of weirdo anti-vax COVID deniers and losers. We talk about what that development means for the future of the rule of law.
Notes
OA 25
https://openargs.com/oa25-jill-stein-decide-presidency-no/
OA 689
https://openargs.com/oa689-lawsuit-or-interpretive-dance-why-not-both/
OA 708
https://openargs.com/oa708-stormy-daniels-strikes-back/
OA 710
https://openargs.com/oa710-lock-him-up/
Doughty opinion in Louisiana v. Becerra (COVID vaccine mandate injunction)
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.lawd.185837/gov.uscourts.lawd.185837.28.0_1.pdf
Missouri v. Biden Complaint
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.lawd.189520/gov.uscourts.lawd.189520.84.0.pdf
Missouri v. Biden Order Denying Motion to Strike
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.lawd.189520/gov.uscourts.lawd.189520.219.0.pdf
Missouri v. Biden Plaintiffs’ Supplemental Brief Supporting PI
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.lawd.189520/gov.uscourts.lawd.189520.214.0.pdf
Missouri v. Biden Plaintiffs’ Exhibit 1 (Proposed Findings of Fact)
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.lawd.189520/gov.uscourts.lawd.189520.214.1_1.pdf
Defendants’ Motion to Strike in Missouri v. Biden
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.lawd.189520/gov.uscourts.lawd.189520.219.0.pdf
Order in Missouri v. Biden Denying Motion to Strike
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.lawd.189520/gov.uscourts.lawd.189520.224.0.pdf
Washington Post debunking Media Research Center and “The Polling Company”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/02/21/lawmakers-cite-fishy-poll-suggest-laptop-tale-would-have-swayed-vote/
Pew Research 2021 survey
https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2021/06/14/facebook-posts-in-early-days-of-biden-administration-reflect-ideological-divide/
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