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)

OA373: The Happy Show!

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Mar 31, 20201:16:06pending

OA372: The CARES Act, COVID-19, and Your $1,200 Check

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Mar 27, 20201:20:50pending

OA371: Your COVID-19 Questions, Continued!

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Mar 24, 20201:17:32pending

OA370: Can Trump Cancel the Election? and Other COVID-19 Questions!

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Mar 20, 20201:13:42pending

OA369: Humanist Invocations & LED ZEPPELIN

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Mar 17, 20201:26:04pending

OA368: Your Guide to the Coronavirus, Part 2

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Mar 13, 20201:14:23pending

OA367: Interview with the "All the Music" Creators!

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Mar 10, 20201:24:20pending

OA366: Your Guide to the Coronavirus!

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Mar 6, 20201:12:36pending

OA365: Every Melody Ever, Part 1

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Mar 3, 20201:21:04pending

OA364: Will The Supreme Court Shield Trump's Taxes? (No.)

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Feb 28, 20201:18:15pending

OA363: Good News About Ex-Felons in Florida

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Feb 25, 20201:14:01pending

OA362: The Pardon Power (Or: Blagojevich, Milken, and Trump, Oh My!)

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Feb 21, 20201:22:37pending

OA361: DC Sides with Trump in Emoluments Case?

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Feb 18, 20201:09:44pending

OA360: The Tuesday Afternoon Massacre

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Feb 14, 20201:31:33pending

OA359: The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) & Baseball Law!

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Feb 11, 20201:49:00pending

OA358: Can Trump Block New Yorkers From Global Entry? (No.)

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Feb 7, 20201:13:30pending

OA357: Ok, WTF Iowa?

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Feb 5, 20201:13:41pending

OA356: The Future of Flynn (w/guest Marcy Wheeler)

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Feb 4, 20201:24:24pending

OA355: Honest Answers to Impeachment Questions

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Jan 31, 20201:19:06pending

OA354: A Russian Asset Sues What?

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Jan 28, 20201:27:01pending

OA353: Duplicity and Impeachment

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Jan 24, 20201:34:21pending

OA352: Phil Ferguson Explains the SECURE Act

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Jan 21, 20201:14:31pending

OA351: Who's the Next Justin Amash? Your Guide to Impeachment, Part XVIII (Feat....

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Jan 17, 20201:33:31pending

OA350: Interview with House Candidate Chris Armitage

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Jan 14, 20201:05:11pending

Bonus Episode on Iran!

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OA349: Bolton Will Testify; Iran, Soleimani & So Much More

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Jan 10, 20201:02:05pending

OA348: The State of the Secular States, with Alison Gill

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Jan 7, 20201:02:35pending

OA347: Pennhurst and the Voter Purge in Georgia

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Jan 3, 20201:10:41pending

OA346: Faithless Electors (w/Lawrence Lessig)

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Dec 31, 201958:48pending

OA345: How John Roberts Saved Christmas (Or: Everything You Need to Know About N...

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Dec 27, 20191:12:35pending

OA344: Did the Mormon Church Really Hide $100 Billion in Assets From the IRS? (F...

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Dec 24, 20191:24:05pending

OA343: The End of the ACA? (Also: Some Stuff About Impeachment)

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Dec 20, 20191:23:51pending

OA342: Why the Supreme Court Should Scare You Even More Than It Already Does

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Dec 17, 20191:15:41pending

OA341: Articles of Impeachment (& Espionza)

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Dec 13, 20191:18:05pending

OA340: OA and Serial, or, Why the Supreme Court Denied Cert in Syed v. Maryland

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Dec 10, 20191:18:33pending

OA339: Who is Jonathan Turley, Anyway?

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Dec 6, 20191:12:15pending

OA338: Nondelegation and the "Administrative State"

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Dec 3, 20191:11:30pending

OA337: How to Talk to Your (Republican) Family About Impeachment

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Nov 28, 20191:14:19pending

OA336: Warren's Wealth Tax & a CRA for SCOTUS?

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Nov 26, 20191:15:51pending

OA335: This Week in Impeachment

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Nov 22, 20191:14:21pending

OA334: IVF, LIHEAP & the Russians

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Nov 19, 20191:18:20pending

OA333: Bonus Impeachment Coverage!

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Nov 16, 20191:09:37pending

OA332: Your Two New Best Friends, Bill Taylor and George Kent

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Nov 15, 20191:11:35pending

OA331: Who Sues "Oh No Ross and Carrie" with Carrie Poppy & Matthew Strugar

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Nov 12, 201954:01pending

OA330: The Impeachment Inquiry Explainer (& Pre-Embryos in Connecticut)

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Nov 8, 20191:17:38pending

OA329: Gun Buying and Jury Duty in America

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Nov 5, 20191:14:05pending

OA328: The Impeachment Inquiry Resolution! (H.R. 660)

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Nov 1, 20191:20:49pending

OA327: Pizza, Beer, and Guns!

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Oct 29, 20191:18:55pending

OA326: When the SCIF Hit the Fan

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Oct 25, 20191:28:30pending

OA325: Putin's Puppet? The Open Skies Treaty

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Oct 22, 20191:13:45pending

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