Opening Arguments

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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Eine durchschnittliche Folge dieses Podcasts dauert 1h8m. Bisher sind 928 Folge(n) erschienen. Alle 3 Tage erscheint eine Folge dieses Podcasts.

Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 43 days 15 hours 54 minutes

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episode 427: OA427: Roe is Doomed, Contraceptives Next? Your Guide to Amy Coney Barrett


No matter how many Republicans get COVID, McConnell will still find a way to confirm his new justice. So, Andrew has a signature deep dive on Barrett's most significant cases. The news, as always, isn't good. Links: , , , , , , , , , .


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 October 6, 2020  1h11m
 
 

episode 426: OA426: Breonna Updates; Trump's Outrageous Tax Returns


We're still mad about Breonna Taylor's killing, and you should be too. A to say that the AG misrepresented the deliberations. We're like to get the tapes soon, but as of now we don't have them. We clarify and expand on a few things from our previous...


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 October 2, 2020  1h20m
 
 

episode 425: OA425: 'The Election That Could Break America' ???


Let's talk about that that has really been scaring people. Andrew brings us his signature deep-dive, and why he's slightly optimistic that the fears in the article won't ultimately be borne out. Up first, we preview a topic for another time, this...


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 September 29, 2020  1h19m
 
 

episode 424: OA424: No Charges for Breonna's Killer


The law worked... how it's designed to work. Andrew gives us the breakdown on what happened, and what didn't happen. After that, Andrew has the deepest of dives on Amy Coney Barrett, the odds-on favorite to be the next fundamentalist Justice on the...


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 September 25, 2020  1h23m
 
 

episode 423: OA423: White Collar Crime Explained, with Randall Eliason


*note that this episode was recorded before RBG's death and the resulting tenfold increase in existential doom feelings* If you're a keen listener, you might remember last time we had Prof. Randall Eliason on, he teased his forthcoming Great Courses...


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 September 22, 2020  1h8m
 
 

What Now?


RBG has died. This is terrible. Absolutely, unambiguously terrible. We were already recording something else when the news broke, so we decided to stop that recording, and give you our live, unfiltered reaction to the news. This is not a tribute to...


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 September 19, 2020  1h3m
 
 

episode 422: OA422: Road to Sedition aka Bill Barr, Evil POS


Certified supervillain Bill Barr has a new plan to arrest protestors for sedition and subversion. How worried should we be about this? What's the legal basis? As always, we've got the full breakdown! Before that, we briefly preview a horrifying...


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 September 18, 2020  1h6m
 
 

episode 421: OA421: Trump Evades Justice on Emoluments in 1st Term


There's no sugar coating it: the wheel of justice was so f***ing slow it couldn't do anything to Trump in 4 damn years. Come on in and hear the breakdown of the breakdown of justice. In our second segment we discuss even more crimes that Trump was...


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 September 15, 2020  1h12m
 
 

episode 420: OA420: DoJ Defending Trump in Carroll Case?


You've likely seen the headlines saying the DoJ wants to take over defending Trump against E. Jean Carroll, but you haven't heard it properly explained by our esteemed P. Andrew Torrez! So what's happening and is it normal? The answer might actually...


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 September 11, 2020  1h9m
 
 

episode 419: OA419: What Happened in McGirt v. Oklahoma


Did Neil Gorsuch and his 4 flaming liberal friends in the Supreme Court just give away half of Oklahoma? Ted Cruz thinks so, so that should tell you. But if you want to really know what happened, check out this Andrew Torrez Signature Deep Dive! In...


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 September 8, 2020  1h22m