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Back to SearchKat Abughazaleh - Indicted by Trump's DoJ for Protesting ICE while running for Congress
Episode 13
Kat Abughazaleh spent years reporting on right-wing media and movements, and she is now running to represent Illinois's 9th District in Congress on a…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Turns Out Our Civil Rights Come From... A Parking Garage in Wilmington, Delaware?
Episode 1206
In our continuing Still Good Law series, Jenessa explains how a dispute arising from a parking garage in Wilmington, Delaware became the foundation f…
4 months, 4 weeks ago
GOOD THINGS HAPPENS! 100% GOOD NEWS OA DAY!
Episode 1205
OA1205 - It’s another good news Friday! Voting rights expert Jenessa runs down some of the highlights of the off-year blue sweep in this week’s elect…
5 months ago
Night 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 Vapi…
5 months 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 el…
5 months 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 incl…
5 months, 1 week 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 practitio…
5 months, 1 week 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 a…
5 months, 1 week 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…
5 months, 2 weeks 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, la…
5 months, 2 weeks ago