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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Episodes (1281)

OA612: The Supreme Court – How Did We Get Here?

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OA611: Cipollone to Testify! Andrew Called It! Here's What To Expect.

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Jul 8, 20221:08:42pending

OA610: Elon's Twitter Deal Was a Complete Blunder. It's Not Happening.

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Jul 5, 20221:06:08pending

OA609: Surprise Jan. 6 Hearing – Bombshells Within Smocking Guns Within More Bom...

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Jun 30, 20221:09:10pending

OA608: Forget Church-State Separation, SCOTUS Mandates Christian Favoritism

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Jun 28, 20221:12:36pending

OA607: Will There Be Justice for Shaye Moss and Ruby Freeman? and Bye Bye Mirand...

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Jun 24, 20221:08:54pending

OA606: How Egbert v. Boule Portends Shocking US Fascism – with Matt Cameron

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Jun 21, 20221:08:41pending

OA605: GEICO to Pay $5.2m for Car Sex?! and MORE Jan 6 Bombshells!

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Jun 17, 20221:17:06pending

OA604: The Jan 6 Hearings

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Jun 12, 20221:07:05pending

OA603: California Court Rules That... Bees are Fish?

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Jun 10, 20221:05:58pending

OA602: New Eastman Docs Set Stage for Jan 6 Hearings

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Jun 7, 20221:22:13pending

OA601: SCOTUS Ruling Guarantees More Innocent Will Be Put to Death

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Jun 3, 20221:09:57pending

OA600: Why Police Don't Have To Do Their Jobs

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May 31, 20221:10:06pending

OA599: Our Massive Gun Problem – What Can We Do?

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May 27, 20221:03:50pending

OA598: No, Tribal Sovereignty Will Not Save Abortion Access

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OA597: 5th Circuit Tells SCOTUS Hold My Beer

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May 20, 20221:10:42pending

OA596: Depp v. Heard, with Morgan Stringer

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May 17, 20221:04:10pending

OA595: Shareholders Sue Twitter, Alleged Facts Jeopardize Musk Deal

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May 13, 20221:09:34pending

OA594: Impeach Clarence Thomas

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May 10, 20221:08:29pending

OA593: Roe Was Never About a 'Right to Abortion'

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May 6, 20221:03:37pending

Emergency Episode - Roe to be Overturned

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May 3, 20221:12:46pending

OA592: NYT's 'The Daily' Botches SCOTUS Case Coverage

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May 3, 20221:17:15pending

OA591: Musk Buys Twitter, Part 2!

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Apr 29, 20221:04:03pending

OA590: Musk Buys Twitter. The Deal Is Done. Or Is It?

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OA589: The FL House is a Dumpster Fire. Sarah Henry Hopes to Change That!

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Apr 26, 20221:00:41pending

OA588: Wildly Ignorant Trump Judge Upends National Mask Policy

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Apr 22, 20221:07:06pending

OA587: Alex Jones Continues To Be Completely Porked

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Apr 19, 20221:13:06pending

OA586: CA Uses TX Abortion Ban Trick but for Gun Control

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Apr 15, 20221:05:00pending

OA585: Is Jan 6. Justice Moving Too Slowly? with Randall Eliason

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Apr 12, 20221:01:38pending

OA584: Amazon Workers Unionize!

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Apr 8, 20221:06:23pending

OA583: Republicans Creating Handmaid's Tale Hellscape

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Apr 5, 20221:01:09pending

OA582: Alex Jones Is In Big Trouble

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Apr 1, 20221:06:05pending

OA581: The Activision-Blizzard Settlement Is Happening and It Sucks

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Mar 29, 20221:04:25pending

The Slap. The Actual Legal Implications. NO HOT TAKES

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Mar 28, 20221:07:34pending

OA580: Google Caught Pulling Privilege Shenanigans

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Mar 25, 20221:16:00pending

OA579: The New Blueprint for Anti-Vax Lawsuits

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Mar 22, 20221:17:13pending

OA578: 1/6 Prosecutors Admit Violating Suspects Rights. What Happened?

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Mar 18, 20221:14:37pending

OA577: This Week in 'Republicans Are Horrendously Evil'

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Mar 15, 20221:02:23pending

OA576: Election Laws and Lies, with Lawrence Lessig

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Mar 11, 20221:14:58pending

OA575: A Swing and a Miss on Lockout Negotiations

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Mar 8, 20221:03:47pending

OA574: 1/6 Committee Brief Says Trump Guilty of Crimes!

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Mar 4, 20221:18:47pending

OA573: Harvard Law Review Publishes Dubious Note on Election Law

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Mar 1, 20221:12:17pending

OA572.5: Biden Picks Ketanji Brown Jackson!

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Feb 28, 20221:07:34pending

OA572: Ukraine and International Law; Gov. Abbott's Despicable Attack on Trans K...

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Feb 25, 20221:08:38pending

OA571: MTG DAO NGMI; and Why Palin v. NYT is Not Over

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Feb 22, 20221:16:01pending

OA570: Sandy Hook Families Win Major Settlement

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OA569: Cawthorn Is as Bad at Picking Lawyers as He Is at Not Doing Insurrections

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Feb 15, 20221:14:58pending

OA568: How Christian Nationalism Fueled the Insurrection

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Feb 11, 20221:09:59pending

OA567: Pop-Law! Cardi B Wins Defamation Suit Against Worst Person on Earth

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OA566: Explosive Lawsuit Against the NFL Details Racial Bias

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