Why did Rupert Murdoch reach into his jeans and pay Dominion nearly $800 million? And, will the Supreme Court go along with a Texas judge who wants to ban the use of abortion pills?
If you thought it couldn’t get any weirder, well, you’d be wrong. Alvin Bragg got intergalactic attention for indicting Donald Trump, but he also got subpoenaed by Republicans in Congress, who want to know the background of an allegedly biased prosecution. So now, Bragg has filed a suit against the Republicans.
If Donald Trump goes on trial, we provide a look at exactly how he’ll explain every one of Alvin Bragg’s allegations. And we answer the burning question: Did Ivanka and Jared Kushner really skip the post-arraignment pep rally at Mar-A-Lago because they were celebrating Passover in Wyoming?
Our best episode ever! Gwyneth Paltrow's on trial for cold-coking a guy on the ski slopes - why no settlement? Why is Donald Trump waving a baseball bat at the New York City DA's head? And most importantly, when will our sun explode and engulf the earth in flames?
The nation is all a-twitter, literally and figuratively, over the possibility of an indictment of a former president. Chris Rock says it’ll just make Trump more popular. Will Smith’s view is unknown.
When a lawyer posts a racist tweet, should the State Bar Association yank her license to practice law? And, is it leading with your strength to make the first (apparent) Donald Trump indictment ...all about Stormy Daniels?
I’m off this week, so my son and co-host, Connor, handles the show solo. Now I don’t agree with him, but I think you’ll find his argument for defunding the police is the most powerful and thoughtful take on a (wrongheaded) idea you’ve ever heard!
Trump was celebrating with the lady who served as foreperson of the Georgia Special Grand Jury looking into his possible election law violations came across as unhinged in a bunch of media interviews. Will this taint the effort to put the ex-president behind bars?
Is the Supreme Court about to blow up the Internet? The high court just held oral argument on whether liability of Internet providers should be expanded.
Google has a date with destiny soon – or at least, a court date before the Supreme Court – on the question of whether it promoted radicalizing messages, leading to the murder of a woman killed in an Isis attack.
The fellow Dick Cheney shot during a quail hunt just died, at 95 – 16 years after the incident. Will Cheney be charged with murder? Before you answer, remember when Reagan’s press secretary James Brady died 34 years after being shot by John Hinckley, prosecutors considered charging him.
Yes, there are doctor “vaccine deniers.” California and other states want to yank medical licenses from physicians who ignore the scientific consensus about COVID. And, could Alec Baldwin have avoided prosecution by simply taking the Fifth, instead of performing the role of “Chatty Kathy”?
For months the DA who charged Alec Baldwin with manslaughter talked about nobody being above the law – she even mentioned him by name as a possible defendant. But since his duties as producer apparently had nothing to do with gun safety, and he was told the gun was cold – should he really have been charged?
Nineteen states are on board with red flag laws, that let citizens -- worried about somebody misusing guns – seek a court hearing that could result in confiscation of weapons. Have the laws curbed mass shootings?
49 states have rules requiring lawyers to notify the State Bar if they learn OTHER attorneys are breaking rules. Should California make it unanimous, or is it a bad idea to give lawyers one more way to fight with their enemies? Get your files
We take on a couple of villains to sort out whether bad stuff is also illegal stuff. George Santos won a seat in Congress by lying to voters. But is that a crime? And, Kanye West made it clear he hates Jews. In England he’d go to jail for that. Here in America, did he commit a hate crime?
We celebrate year-end with a special edition of the podcast -- a half-hour of Connor guessing the outcome of the most bizarre lawsuits to ever clutter America’s legal system – like the DUI defense lawyer who, instead of viewing the video of his client’s arrest by popping it into a VCR, popped it into a microwave oven in the jury room, and incinerated the evidence.
The Weinstein jury threw everybody a curve. Hey he’s a pig and a monster, right? So take ten minutes and fill out the jury form “guilty”? Not so fast – after 10 days of deliberation, it was three counts guilty, three counts hung, and one count NOT guilty. So, he’s off to the appellate court – and maybe a second trial on the hung counts.
OK the Supreme Court has spoken – you have a right to carry guns in public. But the justices agree there are exceptions to the rule. So where is it OK to pack heat? Schools? Hospitals? Parks? At the office? Lawmakers are drafting rules, and tossing in a few extras – like forcing gun owners to buy liability insurance.
San Francisco is so fed up with crime they’re taking a very un-woke step: Police in the City by the Bay now have the option to send in killer robots, armed with bombs, to deal with mass shootings or suicide bombers.
Is the Army combat vet who saved lives in the Colorado night club shooting in trouble, in spite of his heroism, for nearly killing the perp with the bad guy’s own gun?
Ever wonder how much more Tina in accounting is making than you? California and a bunch of other states are forcing the boss to post everyone’s salaries in the lunch room – you know, to help stop pay discrimination. What can go wrong?
Back in the day giant law firms, and their corporate mega-clients were conservative. But to please their employees, their customers and their clients, law firms and big companies are going woke. The result: Elite law firms won’t represent some corporate behemoths. Is anybody feeling sorry for the companies?
Liberals hold out hope the Court will respect precedent, and save affirmative action. Let’s see, this is the Court that rejected the pro-choice position most Americans share – are they gonna have a problem dumping a policy most Americans oppose?
Over 90 women have accused fallen mogul Harvey Weinstein of rape and other sexual crimes. Twelve people have just been seated as jurors in his LA trial. Lucifer would have a better shot at being acquitted by a jury of a dozen evangelicals. So is Weinstein really getting a fair trial?
Senator Lindsey Graham wonders, will the high court force him to testify against Trump? Of course, doesn’t SCOTUS owe him a solid? Remember it was Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg who gave two examples of outstanding women in the Senate: Dianne Feinstein and . . . Lindsey Graham.
Connor’s off because I’ve got COVID. But celebrity trials never sleep: Will Harvey Weinstein pull off a double win, in New York and LA, and go free? Will Kevin Spacey be found liable in New York for sexual battery?
After some sixty years of courts blessing affirmative action programs as legal tools to promote diversity, the Supreme Court on Halloween will hear arguments on a case that seeks to retire the concept.
Should capital punishment fans just give up? A Texas DA says “it’s unethical.” An inmate with a fear of needles gets a reprieve from a lethal injection. And as for that three-drug cocktail, vets euthanize animals pain-free, but politicians think killing inmates “like animals” wouldn’t go over with the voters.
California’s airwaves are inundated with dueling political ads. Some want the proposition expanding the types of gaming allowed at Indian casinos. Others want online betting to be permitted, no holds barred. So let’s cut to the chase: Unless you’re in love with a nanny state, why don’t we legalize all gambling?
