The government has been caught doing some really absurd things to the benefit of Michael Flynn, including sneaking in post-it notes and lying on Brady material. Andrew's got the full breakdown for us. After that, we talk about Trump losing again in court in Trump v. Vance!
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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: ACB Questionnaire, 2020-10-05 01:55:13 +0000 UTC View Post
Thomas got this one right, picking (A)! He's now at 60% over the past 43 questions.
2020-10-04 23:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
We're still mad about Breonna Taylor's killing, and you should be too. A juror has come forward 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 Breonna episode. Andrew also does a mini dive on the disproportionate racial breakdown of our prison population. 2020-10-02 05:07:33 +0000 UTC View Post
You know how this works: post your questions & upvote with the heart the ones you want answered!
2020-10-01 20:30:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Let's talk about that Atlantic article 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 really interesting 2020-09-28 04:54:25 +0000 UTC View Post
Thomas got this one wrong, picking (D) when the correct answer was (C). He's now at 60% over the last 42 questions.
2020-09-27 23:59:59 +0000 UTC View Post
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 Supreme Court.
Links: Your homework for next episode What If Trump Refuses to Concede?, 2020-09-25 02:23:00 +0000 UTC View Post
That's right, the new intro is ONLY going to be RBG quotes. Apologies to all those hoping to finally get their 9th Red Dwarf whatever in there, but I hope you'll understand. So, submit your favorite RBG! As usual, find it on youtube and tell me/link the timestamp because it would take me eternity to listen to every long clip submitted.
I think I can also grab quotes from the documentaries, but you still need to give me the timestamp. I'll find a way to rip the audio.
Prank war! Andrew decided to test my editing skills by picking a winner for last week's question and I... failed that test. The file has been updated, but since I doubt many people will go back and re-listen, here's the winner in picture form! Give them never ending fame and fortune!
2020-09-21 19:31:55 +0000 UTC View Post
*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 Course! Well, it has now forth-come. Here's his new course! It's on White Collar Criminal Law,...
2020-09-21 04:21:49 +0000 UTC View Post
It was (B), just like Thomas said, for the reasons Thomas said. He's now 61% over the last 41 questions.
2020-09-20 23:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
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 RBG. We are going to regroup and make sure we properly honor her immense legacy at a later time. This is a very human, fearful reaction to the awful news. Andrew breaks down the situation, and what is likely to happen. Keep in mind, he succes...
2020-09-19 02:13:50 +0000 UTC View Post
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 story about possible eugenics being perpetrated by ICE. It's horrendous. We hope it's not real, but unfortunately... it might be. We also give some updates on the government taking over for Trump in the E. Jean Carroll case.
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 shown to be guilty of in the Mueller Report. Yes, the Mueller Report. It was NOT total exoneration, or really any kind of exoneration, as it turns out.
Thomas got this one right, picking the straightforward answer, (B), and bypassing all the attempts at distraction. He's now at 60% over the last 40 questions!
2020-09-13 23:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
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 surprise you...
We also talk a little about Bob Woodward's recordings of Trump and how totally awesome it is that he kept them secret for 7 months to sell his book.
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 our first segment, we talk about whether any new information has changed our view of the Rittenhouse killings. Is Rittenhouse a terrorist? Is there any reasonable self-defense claim?
Thomas got a real property question correct, guessing (B) that in fact this was a valid equitable servitude. He's now at 59% over the last 39 questions.
2020-09-06 23:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Our main story today is how the DC Circuit Court has helped Trump successfully avoid accountability until after the election. You may remember Don McGahn from such investigations as Robert Mueller's. McGahn refused to cooperate at all with the House's impeachment investigation, under the complete nonsense theory of absolute immunity. Andrew breaks down what happened and gives a signature deep dive on House subpoena power!
Our first segment is some good news and "Andrew was right" about ...
2020-09-04 05:02:39 +0000 UTC View Post
