Opening Arguments

The Real Reason Coyote v. Acme Was Buried (It's So Much Worse Than a Tax Write-Off)

Coyote vs. Acme is such a fun movie. Thomas and Lydia saw it with the kids, Matt tried to borrow some kids to see it with, and has some fun legal observations for us. B

The USPS Ballot Scheme Was Even Worse Than You Thought

OA1298 - Voting rights attorney Jenessa is back with a sprawling tour of election chaos, starting with the Supreme Court's unsigned order in USPS v. California: nobody kn

Kash Patel Screws the Pooch

OA1297 - This week on Rapid Response Friday: SCOTUS once again confirms the color of the sky, the latest failures in DOJ’s attempts to prosecute Trump’s political opponen

Manosphere's Favorite Juror Had Active Restraining Order During Clancy Trial

VR44 - This week on Vapid Response: we survey some of MAGA’s worst takes on the recent mistrial of Lindsay Clancy, all the way from “women are too woke and emotional to b

A Blizzard of Lies - Dave Wedge on the Karen Read Trial

OA1296 - Dave Wedge is a veteran Boston reporter and New York Times bestselling author who covered (among many other things) hundreds of murder trials as a reporter for t

The 5th Circuit Says You Have No Right to Clean Water

OA1295 - Today on Rapid Response Friday: your questions about the Lindsay Clancy mistrial, actual justice for the Tate brothers, Trump’s mystery meat, and the Fifth Circu

Milo Yiannopoulos Lied About His Immigration Status (And We Can Prove It)

VR43 - Today on this special edition of Vapid Response: ICE boot enthusiast Milo Yiannopolous is not a particularly interesting person, but his recent unexpected removal

The First Openly Autistic Lawyer in Florida on What Law Firms Get Wrong

OA1294 - Haley Moss was the first openly autistic woman to practice law in Florida, and she is now an advocate for disability, autism, and neurodiversity in the workplace

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 - Today on Vapid Response Wednesday: Lydia, Thomas, and Matt check in on the official podcast of Stephen Miller's America First Legal, and Matt brings the receipts t

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