Opening Arguments

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Opening Arguments is a law show that helps you make sense of the news! Comedian Thomas Smith brings on legal analysts to help you understand not only current events, but also deeper legal concepts and areas!The typical schedule will be M-W-F with Monday being a deep-dive, Wednesday being Thomas Takes the Bar Exam and patron shoutouts, and Friday being a rapid response to legal issues in the news!

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NO AD RE-POST OA658: Judge Slams Kari Lake Legal Team for "false, misleading, an...

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OA658: Judge Slams Kari Lake Legal Team for "false, misleading, and unsupported"...

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OA657: Devin Nunes Defamation Suit Against Rachel Maddow Survives Motion to Dism...

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OA656: Oath Keepers Found Guilty of Sedition!

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OA655: 11th Circuit Slaps Down Judge Cannon!

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OA654: The E. Jean Carroll Suit Has Not Gone Away. In Fact, It Just Got Much Wor...

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OA653: Disney Sued Over Frozen 2 Song - MUSIC LAW!

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OA652: Another REALLY Bad Week for Alex Jones...

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OA651: Special Counsel Jack Smith is Bad News for Trump

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OA650: If Fake Insulin Tweet Tanked Stock, Could Eli Lilly Sue?

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OA649: Respect for Marriage Act Advances in the Senate!

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OA648: More from the Right Wing War on Free Speech

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OA647: Senate AND House Both Very Much In Play for Democrats!

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OA646: A Comprehensive Guide to Watching the Midterms

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OA645: We Badly Underestimated Just How Terrible Elon Musk Is At Business

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OA644: Andrew Seidel Is Here! But NOT To Yell About a New SCOTUS Disaster!

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OA643: Magnus Carlsen Accused Hans Niemann of Cheating at Chess. The Chess World...

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OA642: Discount Mueller Probe Ends In Complete Failure for Republicans

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OA641: Massive Smocking Gun in Newly Revealed Eastman Docs!

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OA640: Remunerations Are Speechful, My Friend

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OA639: Alex Jones Owes a Literal Billion Dollars

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OA638: Citizens United, Part 2

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OA637: Trump's Appeal Is On Clarence Thomas's Desk, But That's Ok

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OA636: Finally, a Deep-Dive on Citizens United!

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OA635: Trump Gets His Special Master, Immediately Regrets It

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OA634: Wizards of the Coast vs. Transphobic Racists

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OA633: Why Adnan Was Released

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OA632: Alex Jones's Lawyers Still Don't Know WTF They're Doing

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OA631: Updates on Trump Treason!

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OA630: Court Says Employers Can Deny Even More Healthcare Because... Religion

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OA629: Hack Judge Hands Trump a Win. What Comes Next?

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OA628: Sarah Palin LOSES! A Win for Ranked Choice?

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Sneak Peak! AMERICAN SCANDAL: Snowden

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OA627: How To Convict Donald Trump

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OA626: F(boi)POTUS Is So Porked

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OA625: Student Loan Forgiveness!

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OA624: Good News Show! Williams v. Kincaid Sets a Good Precedent for Trans Right...

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OA623: This Week in High Treason

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OA622: Will Alex Jones' Damages Be Capped by Texas Law?

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OA621 Extra! More on Mar-a-Lago

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OA621: The FBI Goes to Mar-a-Lago! This Is Big...

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OA620: OA Debates Green Party Candidate Matthew Hoh

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OA619: OK, Alex Jones's Lawyers REALLY Don't Know WTF They're Doing

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OA618: The Case That Could Allow Republicans to Steal 2024

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OA617: Alex Jones' Lawyers Have No F*cking Idea What They're Doing

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OA616: The Final Jan 6 Hearing. OR IS IT?

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OA615: Rep. Jared Huffman on the Health Share Transparency Act

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OA614: The FEC Is Corrupt and Broken. Biden Has Inexplicably Neglected to Fix It...

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OA613: Cipollone Prediction: Bullseye. Here's the Next Potential Jan 6 Domino to...

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