What Should OA Cover This #RapidResponseFriday?
Added 2024-03-27 19:51:17 +0000 UTCYou know the drill, what do you want to hear OA cover for Friday?
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I know Friday has come and gone and I don’t know if you look back at these, but was just watching Sen Whitehouse talk about the dark political money in the court system, and was wondering if this is something to discuss. https://youtu.be/7SMRUyWpyD0?si=WWKRsQI_1YbU1UyA
Meridaandmouse
2024-03-30 18:34:01 +0000 UTCHmm, maybe the person I saw saying that was conflating two different things. Thanks for the correction.
Sam Johnson
2024-03-29 06:29:14 +0000 UTCSouth Carolina redistricting plan Federal District Court found the redistricting plan unconstitutional under the 14th Amendment on January 6, 2023. The state legislature appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court and the District Court said the state had 30 days following a decision of the Supreme Court to create a new map. The Supreme Court has just been sitting on this since then. Now, the District Court has modified its injunction, allowing this unconstitutional map to be used in the 2024 election. The court cites Purcell v. Gonzalez, 549 U.S. 1 (2006) which states that courts should avoid imposing significant changes in election procedures shortly before an election. This is ridiculous. Courtlistener: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/60656841/south-carolina-state-conference-of-the-naacp-the-v-alexander/?filed_after=&filed_before=&entry_gte=&entry_lte=&order_by=desc SCOTUS: https://www.supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?filename=/docket/docketfiles/html/public/22-807.html
Shad Riley
2024-03-28 23:00:21 +0000 UTCI'm hearing talk that the board of directors at Truth Social might be able to vote to allow Trump out of the lockout period for selling his shares! I see that Zynga had a similar case that led to lawsuits against the board, but couldn't find the final outcome. Maybe this isn't a "quick response" question, but what do you think would happen if they let Trump's stock out of jail early??
Timothy High
2024-03-28 13:36:53 +0000 UTChttps://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/24/nyregion/mickey-barreto-housing-fraud.html?ugrp=c&unlocked_article_code=1.fk0.Ve24.5WUCXcrX1yYS&smid=url-share is a recent example.
David Oster
2024-03-28 03:43:30 +0000 UTCI listened to nearly all of the trial proceedings against Eastman and I don't recall him pleading the Fifth. He spent a lot of time saying he didn't remember or couldn't recall.
Maytree
2024-03-28 03:38:56 +0000 UTCI am curious when they deport someone do they always send them to their country of citizenship, or can they just send them to Mexico if that is where they crossed. Even if that is the case it seems Mexico would be well within its rights to deny at least a non-Mexican entry. Or how about a Mexican citizen that had no papers to prove they were Mexican can they get in no questions asked. I assume many of the people being deported are not carrying a passport or other proof of citizenship. How do they get through border control of their country of citizenship if they are put on a plane? There may be ancillary issues and problems about the final step of deportation I have not considered that I'd love to hear Matt discuss
FRED R GROOTHUIS
2024-03-28 01:17:04 +0000 UTCI would also like to hear about the mifepristone case. I'm baffled how any doctor who isn't ingesting or prescribing it could be harmed by it. And how they could fail to treat any hypothetical patient having an adverse reaction to it? I'm sure they have a religious and moral objection to heroin, but would they deny care to a patient suffering from an overdose? I know they're probably being disingenuous, but they should at least use enough logic to fool a two-year-old. It's insulting. I would also like to propose the occasional Lawd Awful Book Club? Perhaps Justice Stephen Breyer's new book?
Tara Churchill
2024-03-28 01:12:18 +0000 UTCCame here to say this. He goes to inactive status in 3 days and still needs court to rubber stamp (I assume) the disbarment? But he can appeal. Also he apparently pled the 5th repeatedly in the proceedings. Is this like a civil trial(?) where pleading the 5th can be used to presume a negative inference? https://twitter.com/AnnaBower/status/1773125531594113089
Sam Johnson
2024-03-28 00:24:05 +0000 UTCJOHN EASTMAN DISBARRED
Lydia Smith
2024-03-28 00:07:38 +0000 UTCCan we get Lawd Awful Movies? Pleeeeeeease?
Sarah
2024-03-27 23:53:26 +0000 UTCI know. I meant a deep dive on like one of the many specific areas
NSaneAtheist
2024-03-27 23:42:47 +0000 UTCThey did talk about Project 2025 in episode 1009 on February 26.
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2024-03-27 23:42:15 +0000 UTCThere's a large story that isn't getting a lot of coverage. The health insurance system currently used in pharmacies was hacked and disabled 4 weeks ago and it is still not back up. This has led to people not being able to get their medications because the pharmacy can't charge their insurance provider. But the legal angle is that the company, united health group, is facing a class action lawsuit from those people who couldn't get their medication. It would be an interesting place to dive into what can be claimed in a class action. Reimbursement for the out of pocket money I would assume can, but what about medical bills from people who couldn't afford to pay the price for medicines and had complications arise afterwards?
Hades
2024-03-27 23:28:55 +0000 UTCThis isn’t the most pressing news, but something I’ve been seeing/hearing about a lot lately is the whole “squatter’s rights” thing and, on the principle of “if it sounds ridiculously unjust then it’s probably not part of the justice system”, the idea that someone just wanders into your house and now you can’t kick them out seems a bit farfetched. I know in NY the rule is basically to take property it has to be adverse possession, aka for 10 straight years you’re an illegal trespasser who could be removed immediately, or after 30 days of not being removed you become a legal tenant, who can still be evicted btw that just takes time because we need more judges. So these stories, at least in NY, are at best someone who failed to inspect their vacant home for 30+ days and is now attempting to evict a de facto tenant, not someone who wandered in and stole their house. Would enjoy a debunk of these news stories that are popping up
Jenessa Lynn
2024-03-27 23:23:17 +0000 UTCI'm gunna be "that guy" and ask how you guys engage with music, as musicians who are embroiled in other creatively draining works. Do Matt and Thomas have a similar relationship to music? How different?
Jon C
2024-03-27 22:01:57 +0000 UTCI think there are spin off writings too. It is insane that they feel safe enough to put these plans in writing for all to see.
Meridaandmouse
2024-03-27 21:38:25 +0000 UTCThe Supreme Court in Wisconsin has decided non-profit (religious) organizations need to pay into unemployment taxes. Am I being overly optimistic that this could be the start of stopping tax exempt personal planes, mansions, etc? Could this start a trend? https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/wi-supreme-court-catholic-aligned
Meridaandmouse
2024-03-27 21:36:39 +0000 UTCI know this is a complete over generalization and is definitely a deep dive subject, but can you do something on project 2025? Like agenda 47 or how they might be able to use legal loopholes or something similar I don't know I just honestly I know there's a ton of different things going on in our world but I have 2025 in the back of my mind and if anybody hasn't read it, I highly suggest that you do for warning it might never leave your consciousness
NSaneAtheist
2024-03-27 21:32:35 +0000 UTCDartmouth men's basketball team unionizing
Cameron Kushwara
2024-03-27 21:19:09 +0000 UTCDo you have any info on the Jeffrey Clark disbarment proceedings?
Maytree
2024-03-27 21:10:14 +0000 UTCA person dies. The surviving family and friends make a donation to a non-profit that the deceased particularly cared about. Perhaps the family requests the funds to be used for a particular purpose, or perhaps the organization offers to use it for some purpose -- in either case, to honor the deceased. The organization does not use the funds for the stated purpose -- perhaps they use it for some other purpose, or perhaps they never reveal what they used it for. Does the family, or any survivor, have a cause of action against the organization?
Defrocked Secular Cleric
2024-03-27 20:35:23 +0000 UTCMifipristone at SCOTUS and Please help me make sense of the Kari Lake thing....
Michael Rops
2024-03-27 20:18:50 +0000 UTCDefinitely the mifepristone hearing Also thoughts on Stephan Breyer's opinions on how to fix the court
Khristle
2024-03-27 20:14:45 +0000 UTCMontana Supreme Court Strikes Down Voting Laws Intended to Disenfranchise Indigenous Voters Link to Opinion: https://wp.api.aclu.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Opinion-Published.pdf Link to ACLU article: https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/montana-supreme-court-strikes-down-voting-laws-intended-to-disenfranchise-indigenous-voters
Shad Riley
2024-03-27 20:13:07 +0000 UTCNot sure it qualifies for the segment, but it's been on my mind recently: How are private companies that basically have no public oversite allowed to operate as an extension of law enforcement? News about one has been making the rounds recently ( https://www.aclu.org/news/privacy-technology/communities-should-reject-surveillance-products-whose-makers-wont-allow-them-to-be-independently-evaluated ), but there are others, for sure. These always feel like different branches of the gov't hiding the scary bits behind a private company, but I'm cynical. Is there more to it than that?
Scott Seligman
2024-03-27 20:04:00 +0000 UTCThe weird Kari Lake request for default but not really motion ?
Gmork
2024-03-27 20:03:18 +0000 UTCWild speculation on the Shlapp litigation.
Gmork
2024-03-27 20:02:34 +0000 UTCDisney and DeSantis settled: https://www.politico.com/news/2024/03/27/disney-world-desantis-fight-00149320
Lydia Smith
2024-03-27 19:58:24 +0000 UTCI don’t normally entertain fantasy, but I propose the topic of amending the presidential veto. Should it really take 2/3 of Congress to legislate against the wishes of the president? While we’re at it, the VP is the president of the senate. Why not assign the them with the veto authority?
Austin Flake
2024-03-27 19:58:18 +0000 UTCOrganizational standing (Havens Realty)
Shad Riley
2024-03-27 19:58:15 +0000 UTCI would be interested in the Supreme Court abortion pill arguements this week. I’m also interested to know more about the Diddy raids this week, and specifically what in the world is HSI, a whole government agency I have never heard of prior to the raids on Diddy’s homes.
Steve S
2024-03-27 19:58:05 +0000 UTCCan you cover the mifepristone Supreme Court case and surrounding press coverage? I am concerned that the court is getting a lot of positive press coverage for looking like they’re going to overrule the 5th circuit despite an argument that showed they’re extremely open to fetal personhood and the executive branch enforcing the comstop act. Maybe I’m reading this whole situation wrong but I’d be interested in hearing yalls thoughts
Emmanuel Eppinger
2024-03-27 19:56:51 +0000 UTCI’d like a bit on Judge Cannon’s clerks resigning and also a bit on Trump getting his bond reduced by the NY appellate division
Cyrus Malek
2024-03-27 19:54:16 +0000 UTCThis may or may not be a good legal topic, but I’d love to understand the mechanism by which Trump’s bond got reduced to a fraction of what it’s supposed to be.
A master Satanist is never to be taken lightly
2024-03-27 19:54:13 +0000 UTCImpact of yesterday's SCOTUS mifepristone case on future cases within the 5th Circuit/Judge Kazmyrick (sp?) who may lack standing.
Gregg Frostrom, LD 19 Arizona House Candidate
2024-03-27 19:53:58 +0000 UTCDefinitely want some coverage of the dismissal in X Corp v CCDH.
Xavier Branch
2024-03-27 19:53:25 +0000 UTC
