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Most Lindsay Clancy Coverage Has the Law All Wrong

OA1293 - In this extra-special Rapid Response Friday, Thomas visits Boston to record live in Matt’s office and talk out two very different legal stories in the news that

ICE Went Undercover To Expose a Vast Antifa "Conspiracy"

Hey folks, no VR this week because Lydia and I are traveling. (We're in Boston, going to record RRF live together with Matt!) But folks NEED to hear this episode of Gavel

Supreme Court Says Why Prevent Trump Violating the Constitution Before It Even Happens?

OA1292 - Jenessa takes us through the Supreme Court's 6-3 shadow docket ruling in Trump v. California, which lifted a preliminary injunction blocking Trump's executive or

Meta Must Pay, Bannon's Judge Pushes Back, and a Dolly Parton Shoutout from the Bench

OA1291 - This week on Rapid Response Friday: the single biggest consumer protection settlement ever reached with any U.S. company puts new guardrails on younger social me

Stephen Miller's America First Legal Has a YouTube Show (and it sucks real bad)

VR42 - Thomas, Matt, and Lydia take a long, hard look at America First Legal's podcast "The Arena," hosted by Gene Hamilton, Stephen Miller's longtime ally. AFL runs a se

A Mayor Declared a State of Emergency to Save Flock Cameras

OA1290 - Jenessa returns with a surveillance grab bag: a New York mayor declares a bizarre "emergency" to keep her city's Flock cameras running after the city council sai

Trump Messed With the Mouse. Now He Gets the Ears.

OA1289 - Is Disney/ABC’s bold new legal action against the Trump administration one of the most important First Amendment challenges  of our lifetimes, or just another Mi

Baseball Crank Asks "What Have Refugees Done for Me Lately"

VR41 - What does a “moderate conservative” sound like in August 2026? Thomas and Matt take a closer look at two very different self-proclaimed “moderates” representing th

Police Sued for Blatant Misuse of Facial Recognition. It's NUTS.

OA1288 - What happens when a hotheaded cop who isn’t interested in putting in much effort to solve a crime meets up with another cop who thinks computers are infallible?

The Tates Seek Release, Super-Duper Promise They Won't Flee

OA1287 - Today on Rapid Response Friday:  Todd “Two Taints” Blanche flexes his new freedom as two Tates blanch at the loss of theirs, and a lawsuit over a cinematic heist

Ross Douthat Leaves NYT for Bari Weiss. Here Were Some of His Worst Columns.

VR40 - This Vapid Response Wednesday, we note the end of Ross Douthat’s 17-year run as the resident New York Times conservative columnist with a drive-by review of some o

Melissa Murray Gives the Constitution Some Strict Scrutiny

OA1286 - NYU Law professor and Strict Scrutiny co-host Melissa Murray joins to discuss (among many other things) her new book, Sonia Sotomayor’s dance moves, and why actu

Cornyn and Tillis Negotiate Meaningless Concession from Blanche

OA1285 - This week on Rapid Response Friday: regulators, mount up! We take a closer look at the actual documents provided to the Senate Judiciary Committee by Attorney Ge

Did Mamdani Wipe Little Italy Off the Map?

VR39 - Vapid Response Wednesday returns with a tasteful pairing of stories about alleged anti-Italian discrimination that go together like chianti and red sauce. Today'

How a Bank Robbery Became a Fourth Amendment Landmark

OA1284 - Can a modern court implement modern solutions? It really depends on your perspective. Despite some baffling misconceptions about how… anything works, the Justice

The Most Brazen and Corrupt Heist in American History (GG Crossover!)

Apologies for being a little late on this one! Donald Trump sued the IRS, an agency he currently runs, for leaking his own tax returns, and asked for a cool $10 billion.

LAM1015: Outlaw

LAM1015 - Jimmy Smits stars as a gambling, sports-shooting Supreme Court Justice with a law clerk paid to fend off his advances, in NBC's forgotten 2010 flop Outlaw. Thom

How SCOTUS Paved the Way for Flock Cameras

OA1282 - Is anything private any more? Depends which Supreme Court Justice you ask. To kick off a series of episodes around data privacy and the law, first Jenessa walks

Todd Blanche Can Also Lie and Dodge Questions in Writing Too!

OA1281 - As we wait on the final vote tally for Attorney General nominee Todd Blanche, we take a look at written responses which he recently provided into the record to a

Law on the Spectrum, with Peter O'Neil

OA1280 - Peter O’Neil was preparing for retirement after decades of practicing law when he learned that he was autistic at the age of 65. This realization inspired his me