Come hang out with Thomas, Lydia, and Matt (and maybe other special guests)!
Wednesday, February 26th, at 3pm Pacific/6pm Eastern!
What to know:
The Zoom link will be posted to Patreon that day
2025-02-24 04:03:39 +0000 UTC View Post
OA 1128 - First: an urgent question from a patron on Trump’s latest executive power grab. Matt explains the history of the “unitary executive theory” and the Federalist Society-backed movement to give the President more power than an actual ...
2025-02-21 09:03:36 +0000 UTC View PostHelp us narrow down what things we need to be covering this week for you all! Chime in below with what legal news has been on your mind that could use some good OA analysis. Don't forget to heart any other ideas in the thread that you want covered...
2025-02-19 21:34:33 +0000 UTC View Post
Since you fine folks already heard the second part of the Thursday Night Massacre, this one is just T3BE and the shoutouts!
OA1126 - Law'd Awful Boves
We interrupt your regularly-scheduled LAM for readings and commentary on the documents at the heart of what has quickly become one of the most shocking events in the 155-year history of the U....
2025-02-18 08:09:19 +0000 UTC View PostHey folks, we recorded a gargantuan amount (with Liz Skeen!) on the Thursday Night Massacre and I need some extra editing time. Will get it out sometime tomorrow!
Thank you!
2025-02-17 09:13:07 +0000 UTC View Post
OA1125 - (NOTE: Acting US Attorney for SDNY Danielle Sassoon’s resignation letter and DOJ acting deputy Emil Bove’s acceptance of that letter were published while we were recording this episode, and hours before the Trump administration was en...
2025-02-14 10:24:24 +0000 UTC View PostYou know the drill - tell us what kind of legal goings-on have been on your mind that you need answers to ("all of them" is a totally fair response because what is this world anymore), and be sure to heart the others in the thread that you're eage...
2025-02-12 20:21:34 +0000 UTC View Post
OA1124 and T3BE58 - Emil Bove drafted an insanely stupid and corrupt memo ordering SDNY to stop prosecuting the case against the insanely stupid and corrupt (and guilty) Mayor Eric Adams. This is absolutely a scandal and we have l...
2025-02-12 11:24:55 +0000 UTC View Post
OA1123 - Insurrection enthusiast Donald Trump sure seems to be looking for an excuse to invoke the Insurrection Act of 1807 in a little-noticed section of one of his flurry of Inauguration Day executive orders. We review the history of how the Con...
2025-02-10 06:33:30 +0000 UTC View Post
OA1122 - We’re not even three weeks into the second Trump administration and already well into our first Constitutional crisis. How was the world’s richest man given access to the nation’s checkbook and the total authority to shut down a $40...
2025-02-07 08:52:24 +0000 UTC View PostIt's Wednesday which means it's prep-time for our Rapid Response Friday episode. The focus is likely going to be Elon Musk's coup, so drop any questions you have in that realm, and be sure to heart the others in the thread that you're eager to hea...
2025-02-05 23:06:58 +0000 UTC View PostOA1121 and T3BE57 - Senator Bill Cassidy is one of the few remaining Republicans in national politics that resembles a normal human being. He is a doctor, and is very pro-vaccine. And he had a critical hand in RFK Jr.'s ...
2025-02-05 10:36:13 +0000 UTC View Post
OA1120- This episode was first published on our sister show, Gavel Gavel, and has been made available at no charge for our wonderful Opening Arguments patrons!
Folks, w...
2025-02-03 08:40:36 +0000 UTC View Post
OA1119 - Trump's executive orders are bad for humanity--and just plain badly written. We survey some of the 20 major legal challenges which have been filed against this nonsense--including two early wins, and a few others which might be wins soon....
2025-01-31 10:33:36 +0000 UTC View PostOh boy, well we have somehow made it another week, which means we're getting to work on preparing our episode for Friday. Tell us what kind of legal goings-on have been on your mind that you need answers to, and be sure to heart the others in the ...
2025-01-29 20:24:48 +0000 UTC View Post
OA1118 and T3BE56 - Russell Vought lied in his confirmation hearing, but who is Vought and why should we care? Lydia gets us up to speed on this capital-d Doozy, with his background, some highlights from his confirmation hear...
2025-01-29 08:32:44 +0000 UTC View Post
OA1117 - As Donald Trump’s executive branch nominees continue to work their way through the confirmation process, we welcome Stanford Law professor Anne Joseph O’Connell to learn more about one of the most important legal protections we have a...
2025-01-27 08:18:29 +0000 UTC View PostCalling all patrons! While the live hangout is reserved for folks at $3 and up tiers, we wanted to open up the ability to ask questions for all you fine folks!
Post your questions here for the hangout on Tuesday, Januar...
2025-01-27 05:39:04 +0000 UTC View PostCome hang out with Thomas, Lydia, and Matt (and maybe other special guests)!
Tuesday, January 28th, at 3pm Pacific/6pm Eastern!
What to know:
The Zoom link will be posted to Patreon that day
OA1116 - We take stock a few days into the second Trump administration to consider the current state of ICE enforcement, Trump’s blatantly unlawful overrule of the recent Supreme Court decision forcing the divestiture of TikTok, and the Presiden...
2025-01-24 10:09:45 +0000 UTC View PostWell it has been THE LONGEST WEEK EVER, but we're looking forward to answering questions you may have for Rapid Response Friday! Matt has some things up his sleeve, but we'd love to hear from our fine patrons as always.
Comment 2025-01-22 19:02:22 +0000 UTC View Post
OA1115 - Matt joins for a special Wednesday to provide an initial review of some of the most notable of the 26 executive orders which Donald Trump signed after his inauguration on Monday. We go beyond the headlines to take a close...
2025-01-22 09:57:23 +0000 UTC View Post
OA1114 - “We are now faced, my friends, with the fact that tomorrow is today.” --Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (April 4, 1967)
We begin the second Trump administration exactly where we intend to remain for the next four years: in ...
2025-01-20 09:34:57 +0000 UTC View Post
OA1113 - Special counsel Jack Smith recently resigned and turned final reports in each of Donald Trump’s federal cases to Attorney General Merrick Garland. We examine the enigma of the man and the complexity of his mission before reviewing his f...
2025-01-17 08:53:13 +0000 UTC View Post
OA1112 and T3BE55!
But who will watch the doozy watchers? We will. We watched Pete Hegseth's confirmation hearing, but our focus might have been a bit different than elsewhere. Here at Doozywatch(tm) HQ our concern was...
2025-01-15 10:50:08 +0000 UTC View Post
OA1111 - The Eastman Dilemma: Lawfare or Justice?
We're giving everyone half of this Law'd Awful Movies! We watched John Eastman's... documentary...
2025-01-13 10:16:31 +0000 UTC View Post
OA1110 - For the first time in US history, an American President (both former and future) is facing criminal sentencing. We review Judge Juan Merchan’s most recent ruling on Donald Trump’s motion to dismiss his conviction for 34 felony counts ...
2025-01-10 09:53:41 +0000 UTC View PostFriday is quickly approaching, so as always, we're asking our fine patrons to share what legal explainers they're looking for!
Comment below with your suggestions on what we should cover, and be sure to heart 2025-01-08 22:30:52 +0000 UTC View Post
OA1109 and T3BE54 - John Eastman is many things: a hack, a liar, a disgraced law school dean, a failed Wikipedia editor, and a mostly-disbarred, twice-indicted traitor to the Constitution on a desperate PR campaign to distance himself from t...
2025-01-08 08:43:33 +0000 UTC View Post