The Luigi Mangione Case: A NY Defense Attorney Breaks It Down
Release Date: 12/13/2024
This Law Student Refused to Let Big Firms Get Away with Quiet Complicity
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OA1167 - Georgetown law student Mari Latibashvili is the co-founder of the GU Law Coalition for Justice, which recently made national headlines by organizing law students to refuse interviews and job offers from law firms which have given in to the Trump administration’s war on the legal profession. We discuss (among other things) this remarkably successful campaign, what life in law school has been like since the November 2024 election, and the growing influence of abolitionism among law students and new lawyers. cataloging hundreds of law firms and their responses to the Trump...
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Troops in LA; Abrego Garcia's Trumped Up Charges
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OA1166 - We consider the legal realities behind this week's most important stories, from the unprecedented statutory justification for Trump sending troops into California to why a wrongfully-deported man’s return to the US is--bad, actually? Matt then serves up a digestif of a note en bas de page about one of the most audacious counterfeiters in French history and how they were brought down with one well-placed tongue. (6/7/25) (complaint filed 6/7/2025) (5/21/25) Check out the OA for all the places to go and things to do! This content is CAN credentialed, which means you...
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The Part of Collections Collector
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Federal Workers: Rise Up, Fight Back!
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OA1165 - is the Executive Director at We the Action, a nonprofit that recently collaborated with labor and democracy partners like the American Federation of Government Employees and Democracy Forward, to launch . This Network connects federal workers who are being illegally terminated to pro bono legal services to help them understand their rights and fight back. But before our main segment, Lydia sneaks in to OA HQ to give us an old fashioned Doozy Watch of how things have been looking for federal employees and where the various lawsuits stand. Check out the OA for all the places to go and...
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Three Unanimous Supreme Court Decisions, and Why They Sound Bad But Aren't Really
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OA1164 - After a brief conversation from the front lines about the chaotic state of US immigration enforcement as of June 2025, we examine three unusual recent 9-0 decisions authored by three of our favorite Supreme Court justices. Join us behind the headlines to learn why Matt agrees that stopping a lawsuit against gun manufacturers, potentially opening the door to dumbass “reverse discrimination” lawsuits, and expanding tax-exempt status for the Catholic church further than ever are--fine, actually? Plus, a truly shocking immigration law development with potentially massive consequences...
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Adverse Possession Is 9/10ths of the Law
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75% of Exonerated Women Were Convicted of Crimes That Didn't Even Happen (!)
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OA1163 - No really. That's a real stat. It may actually be WORSE than that. So uh... how in the hell? Professor Valena Beety is here to break it down. She's done a ton of great work in this area, and has a new legal research paper, , which goes into this and much more! Content note: this episode does involve discussion of events where young children died. We don't dwell on these events much at all other than to mention them as needed. More links: , , ,
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Courts Handed Trump Some Huge Losses This Week
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OA1162 - It’s all good news from our favorite branch of government today! We review recent judicial wins in everything from illegal deportations to tariffs to the Trump administration’s wars on international students, private law firms, and common-sense understandings of the expression “foreign policy.” Plus, Matt shares a footnote from the front lines of Trump’s mass deportation efforts to explain why an immigration judge 2000 miles away just left him an angry voicemail. (4/18/25) (5/26/25) (5/23/25) Judge Michael Fabiarz’s o (5/28/25) decision from the Court...
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You're a...... CROOK Captain Hook
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The Battle Over Cop City
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OA1161 - Micah Herskind is an activist, Harvard law student, and most recently a co-editor of the essay collection with Mariah Parker and Kamau Franklin. We welcome Micah on to discuss his experience with Atlanta’s Stop Cop City movement and the lessons which activists and advocates around the US can learn from it in these times of mass dissent in the face of American authoritarianism. , ed. Micah Herskind, Mariah Parker, & Kamau Franklin (2025) , Fulton County Superior Court (8/29/2023) Hanah Riley & Micah Herskind, Inquest (4/24/25) Check out the OA for all the...
info_outlineOA1099 - Superstar Gavel Gavel contributor Liz Skeen joins to answer all of your questions about the arrest of Luigi Mangione and the charges he will soon be facing for his alleged shooting of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson in the courthouse where she serves as a public defender. Also: Biden’s record-breaking day of clemency.
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