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)
OA421: Trump Evades Justice on Emoluments in 1st Term
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OA420: DoJ Defending Trump in Carroll Case?
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OA419: What Happened in McGirt v. Oklahoma
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OA418: D.C. Circuit Panel's Multiple Bad Court Thingies
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OA417: WTH, What the Hatch Act! with Allison Gill
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OA416: The Kenosha Terrorist
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OA415: DeJoy's Illegal Dismantling of the USPS
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OA414: Steve Bannon Arrested!
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OA413: Birthers are Back and Roberts' Stealth Attack on Abortion Rights
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OA412: Examining Kamala Harris's Record
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OA411: Trump Guilty of Bribery? with Randall Eliason
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OA410: NY AG Files to Dissolve the NRA!
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OA409: Jed Shugerman on Trump's "Unfaithful Execution" of the Oath
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OA408: What Happens When The CARES Act Expires Tomorrow?
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OA407: Trump's Illegal DHS Secretary
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OA406: Fascism in Portland
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OA405: SCOTUS OKs Execution of Prisoner with Alzheimer's
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OA404: Rule of Law Not Found
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OA403: SCOTUS Demolishes Church State Separation
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OA402: Good News from SCOTUS!
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OA401: Legal Eagle Sues the Trump Administration!
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OA400: No, John Roberts Is Not Your Friend
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OA399: The LAMicus Brief
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OA398: The SCOTUS Asylum Ruling, Explained
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OA397: Explaining Bostock v. Clayton County
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OA396.5 BONUS Episode: Will You Be Able To Read John Bolton's Book?
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OA396: Happy Juneteenth from the Supreme Court!
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OA395: The Andrew Was Already Wrong Show!
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OA394: The Amicus Show!
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OA393: Gabe Roth of Fix the Court
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OA392: In the Aftermath of George Floyd
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OA391: Republicans Are Still Trying To Break the Government, Part Eleven Billion
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Bonus: George Floyd and Policing the Police
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OA390: Trump's War on Twitter (A Deep Dive on Section 230)
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OA389: #Obamagate (w/guest AG!)
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OA388: Reinstating the Rule of Law
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OA387: You Pay the Priest (w/Andrew Seidel)
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OA386: The Opening Arguments Amicus Brief!
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OA385: Reality Check! (w/Allison Gill)
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OA384: Bridgegate Apparently Was Fine
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OA383: Trump's Taxes & The CARES Act (Or: Why Your Vote Matters)
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OA382: Bernie Sanders Was Right! (The DNC & Payday Lenders)
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OA381: The Legal Eagle Interview!
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OA380: This Week at the Supreme Court
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OA379: Trump's Contempt for the Press & Husch Blackwell
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OA378: Trump's Stupid Threat to "Adjourn" the Senate (A Primer on Appointments)
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OA377: Trump's Pyramid Schemes and Arbitration (feat. AG!)
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OA376: Texas, Wisconsin & Washington (feat. Andrew Seidel)
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OA375: Knowledge Fight!
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OA374: The Light at the End of the Tunnel
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