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Back to SearchNight of the Living Op-Ed! (A Belated Spooktacular)
Episode 12
VR12 - Yes, we absolutely thought this was coming out pre-Halloween. Halloween may be over, but NEVERTHELESS THE SPOOKTACULAR PERSISTED!
In this Vapid Response double feature, Thomas, Matt, and Lydia…
Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago
What Happens When the House Refuses to Swear in a New Member?
Episode 1204
OA1204 - As House Speaker Mike Johnson continues to pretend that he doesn’t have to seat Democrat Adelita Grijalva well over a month after she was elected to represent Arizona’s 7th Congressional dis…
Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago
COURTHOUSE OF HORROR
Episode 1203
OA1203 - Happy Halloween! We take shelter from a year of ghoulish legal news in the COURTHOUSE OF HORROR, a cabinet of macabre legal curiosities including:
“SO I TRADEMARKED AN AXE MURDERER”: The h…
Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago
Trump’s All Out Assault on Immigrants Continues in Incompetent but Horrifying Fashion
Episode 1202
OA1202 - We are pleased to welcome American Immigration Council Senior Fellow Aaron Reichlin-Melnick for this unique conversation between a practitioner and a policy expert. The AIC is one of the cou…
Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago
Trump Says DOJ Should Pay Him $230 Million Because Why the F*** Not at This Point
Episode 1201
OA1201 - This Rapid Response Friday, Matt and Jenessa play a few rounds of “Can They REALLY Do That?”, with topics including:
The legal mechanism and filings behind Trump’s $230 million demand for …
Published on 2 months ago
We need a sensible compromise between "no kings" and "Trump is king"
Episode 11
VR11 - Today on Vapid Response Wednesday: Thomas, Lydia, and Matt review some of the worst takes to last weekend’s 2700+ “No Kings” events around the U.S. But first, we savor an instant classic of an…
Published on 2 months ago
Polygraphs and the Limits of Scientific Evidence in Court
Episode 1200
OA1200 - We've got another great law and science episode for ya! Are polygraphs admissible? Do they work? Matt and Jenessa talk about the history, law, and science of polygraphs, and how criminal cou…
Published on 2 months ago
They’re Going to End the Voting Rights Act. But at Least We Got to Hear KBJ Murder a Guy in Court
Episode 199
OA1199 - Voting rights expert Jenessa Seymour takes us through this week’s oral arguments in one of the most important cases before the Supreme Court this term: Louisiana v. Callais, which has the po…
Published on 2 months, 1 week ago
Atlantic publishes Caitlyn Flanagan's love letter to Bari Weiss for some reason
Episode 10
It’s Vapid Response Wednesday, and Thomas, Lydia, and Matt are back to take apart more bad-faith nonsense from some of the worst people in public life. First up: The Atlantic's Caitlyn Flanagan on wh…
Published on 2 months, 1 week ago
The Supreme Court Case That Stopped School Integration
Episode 1198
OA1198 - In this very special episode, Matt catches up with his Constitutional law professor for the first time in 23 years! We follow up with our closer look at the science behind Brown v Board (OA…
Published on 2 months, 1 week ago