Opening Arguments is a law show that helps you make sense of the news! Comedian Thomas Smith brings on legal analysts to help you understand not only current events, but also deeper legal concepts and areas! The typical schedule will be M-W-F with Monday being a deep-dive, Wednesday being Thomas Takes the Bar Exam and patron shoutouts, and Friday being a rapid response to legal issues in the news!
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episode 1018: The Mifepristone Case Is an Insult to the Concept of Standing
Episode 1018 - GOOD NEWS EPISODE!
It's positive vibes only as we celebrate the impending disbarment of MAGA law toadies John Eastman and Jeffrey Clark, the first but-actually-for-real-this-time Trump trial date, and some extremely real threats to your favorite President's sacred First Amendment rights to lie to the public and terrorize the families of court personnel.
In more good news, the Supreme Court couldn't seem to find an actual excuse to ban medical abortions this week--or even find anyone who could even claim to have been in the same ZIP code as someone harmed by mifepristone--so we take a good look for ourselves and don't find too much to worry about.
One more bit of good news: Matt wants to give you a job! (Inquire within.)
1. John Eastman's two-page proposal to overturn the results of the 2020 Presidential election
2. Judge Yvette Roland's full 126-page decision to the CA Supreme Court recommending John Eastman's disbarment (March 27, 2024)
3. Judge Merchan's gag order (3/26/24)
4. Trump's motion to dismiss GA charges on 1st Amendment grounds (12/23/2024)
5. Transcript of oral arguments in FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine (March 26, 2024)
6. Federal judge Matthew Kacsmaryk's mifepristone ruling (April 7, 2023)
7. Application of Comstock Act to Drugs That Can Be Used for Abortion (USPS General Counsel)(12/23/2022)
8) 18 U.S. Code § 1461 - Mailing obscene or crime-inciting matter (Comstock Act)
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