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)
OA467: Demolishing the Electoral College, with Lawrence Lessig
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OA466: Opening Arguments Blocked in Australia?!
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OA465: The Fight to Unionize at Amazon
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OA464: Impeachment 2 Secret of the Ooze
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OA463: Why Cases Against Robinhood Will Fail
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OA462: Rittenhouse Team Commits Perjury; DC Statehood and Impeachment!
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OA461: SO MUCH WINNING!
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OA460: Did the Courts Really "Refuse to Hear Trump's Evidence" of Voter Fraud?...
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OA459: Trump's 143 Pardons - the Good, the Bad, the WTF?
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OA458: Biden's Amazing First Day
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OA457: Lin Wood Smacked Down by Judge; Interview with Jamil Favors!
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OA456: Insurrections Have Consequences
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OA455: Trump is Going to Prison in Georgia
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OA454: GEORGIA!!! (oh and a fascist coup)
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Sedition Special with Andrew Torrez and Allison Gill
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OA453: Treason's Greetings
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OA452: Another "Expert" Witness Unmasked; Bernie's Filibuster Explained
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OA451: Section 230 and Tulsi's Transphobia
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Bonus: Andrew and AG QnA!
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OA450: A Christmas Deep-Dive into the COVID Bill
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OA449: OA vs. Randall Eliason, Part 2!
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OA448: Secret Expert Witness "Spyder" is Dude Named Josh
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OA447: OA vs. Randall Eliason on Indicting Trump
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OA446: Republicans Obliterate the Constitution in Texas v. Pennsylvania
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OA445: SCOTUS Gives Churches the Right to Spread COVID
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OA444: Going Out of Business Pardon Sale
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OA443: The (Terrible) Case Against Indicting Trump
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OA442: Lindsey Graham Is A Criminal
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OA441: Trump Still Lost
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OA440: Rudy's Literal Meltdown
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OA439: The End of the Lemon Test?
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OA438: This Coup Shall Pass
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OA437: How To Play Hardball If We Don't Win the Senate
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OA436: It's A Runoff!
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Bonus: Harris County Update, Good News!
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OA435: Why Your Vote Matters In EVERY State!
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OA434: Kavanaugh's Crooked Concurrence
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OA433: Google Antitrust and Purdue Pharma Plea
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OA432: Trump Accidentally Declassifies Russia Docs?!
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OA431: Here's How We Can Still Save the Census
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OA430: Amy Coney Barrett Is Terrible
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OA429: This Court Will End Marriage Equality
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OA428: Govt. Caught Lying for Flynn
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OA427: Roe is Doomed, Contraceptives Next? Your Guide to Amy Coney Barrett
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OA426: Breonna Updates; Trump's Outrageous Tax Returns
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OA425: 'The Election That Could Break America' ???
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OA424: No Charges for Breonna's Killer
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OA423: White Collar Crime Explained, with Randall Eliason
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What Now?
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OA422: Road to Sedition aka Bill Barr, Evil POS
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