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)

OA516: We Turned Down Ads for a Scam Company Called CrowdHealth. Other Shows May...

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OA515: Who Governs the Governors?

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OA514: I Love It When A Plan Comes Together

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OA513: California v. Activision Blizzard, Inc

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OA512: Actions Continue to Have Consequences!

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OA511: More on the Censorious Right's Unconstitutional Quest to Cancel Knowledge

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OA510: Liberty University Punished Women Who Reported Sexual Assaults, According...

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OA509: Kraken Lawyers Get Full Dressing Down; the Cosby Release is EVEN MORE Wor...

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OA508: Texas Democrats Flee the State to Stop Republican Voter Suppression Bill

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OA507: Who Knows What Evil Right Wing Judicial Activism Lurks in the Heart of th...

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OA506: Trump's Desperate, Harebrained Lawsuit Is Garbage and Deserves Sanctions

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OA505: The Supreme Court Is a Partisan Instrument of Destruction on Behalf of th...

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OA504: Cosby Released in Nonsense Ruling

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OA503: Finally! Consequences for Rudy Giuliani

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OA502: Why Critical Race Theory is Indispensable

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OA501: Critical Legal Studies and Critical Race Theory

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OA500B: Bonus! Terrible Supreme Court Rulings; Machin's New Conditions

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OA500: Eminent Domain!

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OA499: Mo Brooks Gets Served By Swalwell

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OA498: The Garland DoJ Coverage is Completely Wrong

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OA497: Christian Health Sharing Is a Scam

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OA496: Stanford Law Forgets How Law Works

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OA495: Mr. Fish Goes to Washington

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OA494: Florida's Pointless, Unconstitutional Social Media Law

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OA493: Is Fox News Guilty of Defamation? We Report, You Decide!

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OA492: Court Locks Mississippi Citizens Out of Amending Their Own Constitution

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OA491: Letitia James – Kicking Ass and Taking Names

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OA490: Chauvin Sentencing – Four Aggravating Factors

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OA489: Transformers and Intellectual Property

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OA488: A New Trial for Chauvin?

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OA487: How To Overturn Citizens United

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OA486: Apportionment Might NOT Be Final

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OA485: What If Your Client Tells You They're Guilty?

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OA484: Chauvin Guilty! What To Expect Next

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OA483: SCOTUS Grants Absurd Privilege to Churches in New Ruling

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OA482: Justice for Daunte Wright

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OA481: Sanctions Motion Obliterates Sidney Powell

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OA480: Why Both Sides of the Chauvin Trial Cite Graham v. Connor

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OA479: No, Judges Should NOT Be Originalists, Part 2

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OA478: Why Biden's Judicial Picks Are Hardball

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OA477: No, Judges Should NOT Be Originalists

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OA476: Sidney Powell's Defense Is Even Worse Than You Think

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OA475: Citibank's $900 Million Oopsie

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OA474: FBI "Faked" Kavanaugh Investigation?!

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OA473: In Praise of John Roberts and Joe Manchin?!

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OA472: The American Rescue Plan - You Made This Happen!

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OA471: Republican Lawyer Shouts Quiet Part on Voting Rights

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OA470: Can Harris Just Overrule the Parliamentarian?

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OA469: The Batshirt Crazy 'Latinos for Trump' Lawsuit

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OA468: SCOTUS News! Trump's Taxes, Affirmative Action, and Title X

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