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 920 Folge(n) erschienen. Alle 3 Tage erscheint eine Folge dieses Podcasts.

Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 43 days 7 hours 26 minutes

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episode 410: OA410: NY AG Files to Dissolve the NRA!


In a HUGE breaking news story, the New York Attorney General has sought to dissolve the NRA over rampant corruption! The is nearly a couple hundred pages, but our esteemed Andrew has already read it and has the breakdown for us in a truly rapid...


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 August 7, 2020  1h8m
 
 

episode 409: OA409: Jed Shugerman on Trump's "Unfaithful Execution" of the Oath


is a Professor of Law at Fordham University. He and his colleague Ethan Leib filed a motion before Judge Amy Berman Jackson regarding Roger Stone's commutation. They argue "that the Constitution limits the pardon power to uses that are in the public...


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 August 4, 2020  1h12m
 
 

episode 408: OA408: What Happens When the CARES Act Expires Tomorrow?


Today's episode takes a deep dive into the Republican proposal to extend the CARES Act, which is (of course) called the HEALS Act. It's a Republican proposal, so you know it's probably terrible, but... how bad is it? (Bad.) Listen and find out! ...


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 July 31, 2020  58m
 
 

episode 407: OA407: Trump's Illegal DHS Secretary


The very person in charge of Homeland Security is essentially "here illegally." The upside is, though, there is a one weird trick to undo everything he has done while overstaying his tenure! And by "trick" we mean a lengthy A. Torrez deep dive, so...


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 July 28, 2020  1h4m
 
 

episode 406: OA406: Fascism in Portland


Listeners and co-hosts alike have been wanting Andrew to do a breakdown of the situation in Portland. There are big questions like, for example, how? and WTF? and what can anyone do? Andrew answers these and gives us the timeline of what's led to the...


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 July 24, 2020  1h14m
 
 

episode 405: OA405: SCOTUS OKs Execution of Prisoner with Alzheimer's


You'll never guess which 5 justices were in the affirmative in this case and which 4 dissented... unless you've ever listened to our show, in which case you'll easily guess. Andrew discusses this decision and why the popular idea that Roberts is...


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 July 21, 2020  1h7m
 
 

episode 404: OA404: Rule of Law Not Found


AKA the Roger Stone scandal. Trump has overloaded our ability to be angry and made us swallow outrage after outrage like Joey Chestnut eating hot dogs. But don't worry because Andrew is our Upton Sinclair telling us just what the hell is in these...


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 July 17, 2020  1h4m
 
 

episode 403: OA403: SCOTUS Demolishes Church State Separation


While the SCOTUS news last episode was good, this time around it is... not that. We've had a slew of terrible decisions for anyone who believes that taxpayers should not have to fund Christianity. So, like the Founders. To ease the pain a little, we...


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 July 14, 2020  1h17m
 
 

episode 402: OA402: Good News from SCOTUS!


Yes, you read that correctly, we've got some good news! You may not quite have seen the two decisions reported that way exactly, but Optimist Prime Torrez believes that and were decided about as well as we could have hoped or better! After that,...


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 July 10, 2020  1h22m
 
 

episode 401: OA401: Legal Eagle Sues the Trump Administration!


Today we're joined by the Legal Eagle himself, Devin Stone! the Trump administration, with the help of his lawyer Kel McClanahan. Devin and Kel break down for us what the lawsuit is about, and what they hope to accomplish.


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 July 7, 2020  1h9m