After Kamala Harris dogwalked Trump in Tuesday’s debate, he’s been melting down on every platform and demanding retribution against ABC. How many ways is that threat BS? All the ways! Meanwhile, it’s not just Taylor Swift who hates Donald Trump. It’s basically every artist on earth. And they’re making their feelings known in court. Finally, subscribers get a look at recent court decisions keeping RFK Jr on and off the ballot. Links: NC Supreme Court Ruling Re RFK Ballot Removal https://appellate.nccourts.org/orders.php?t=P&court=1&id=439795&pdf=1&a=0&docket=1&dev=1 MI Trial Court Ruling Re RFK Ballot Removal https://aboutblaw.com/bfuX ABC Should Be Prosecuted For Illegal Contributions To Harris In ‘Debate’ https://thefederalist.com/2024/09/11/abc-should-be-prosecuted-for-illegal-contributions-to-harris-in-debate/ Hayes v. Trump docket https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.gand.332945/ Hayes v. Trump PI order https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.gand.332945/gov.uscourts.gand.332945.60.0.pdf Trump BMI Music License for Political Entities https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.gand.332945/gov.uscourts.gand.332945.28.2.pdf Musicians Who Oppose Donald Trump (Wikipedia) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musicians_who_oppose_Donald_Trump%27s_use_of_their_music White v. Trump (Docket via Court Listener) https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69144689/white-v-trump/?order_by=desc Show Links: https://www.lawandchaospod.com/ BlueSky: @LawAndChaosPod Threads: @LawAndChaosPod Twitter: @LawAndChaosPod Patreon: patreon.com/LawAndChaosPod

Russia’s been renting out rightwing media influencers in a plot to undermine support for Ukraine, get Trump elected, and undermine American social unity? Say it ain’t so! We’ll break down the Justice Department’s indictment of two Russian agents for setting up a covert operation. And for subscribers, there’s bonus content on the FBI rolling up another Kremlin operation to plant fake news stories using spoofed websites. Links: Merchan delays sentencing https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25100932/people-v-djt-letter-adjournment-dec-9-6-24.pdf 18 USC § 1956 https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1956 FARA, 22 U.S. § 611 et seq. https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/22/chapter-11/subchapter-II Kalashnikov Indictment https://www.justice.gov/opa/media/1366266/dl Seizure Warrant affidavit https://www.justice.gov/opa/media/1366261/dl Senate Intelligence Committee Report on Russian Interference in the 2016 election https://www.intelligence.senate.gov/publications/report-select-committee-intelligence-united-states-senate-russian-active-measures Senate Intelligence Committee Report on Russian Interference in the 2016 election, Vol. 1 https://www.intelligence.senate.gov/sites/default/files/documents/Report_Volume1.pdf Senate Intelligence Committee Report on Russian Interference in the 2016 election, Vol. 5 https://www.intelligence.senate.gov/sites/default/files/documents/report_volume5.pdf Show Links: https://www.lawandchaospod.com/ BlueSky: @LawAndChaosPod Threads: @LawAndChaosPod Twitter: @LawAndChaosPod Patreon: patreon.com/LawAndChaosPod

Elon Musk claims to be defending free speech by picking a fight with the Brazilian government. But is this about his high minded principles, or his rightwing buddies? We’ll talk to international arbitration lawyer JJ Gass about Musk’s threats to Brazil and its politicians. (Full interview for subscribers.) Links: FSIA 28 U.S.C. § 1605 https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/28/1605 28 U.S.C. § 1610 https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/28/1610 Show Links: https://www.lawandchaospod.com/ BlueSky: @LawAndChaosPod Threads: @LawAndChaosPod Twitter: @LawAndChaosPod Patreon: patreon.com/LawAndChaosPod

It’s deep dive day into the NCAA. How long can it get away with not paying players? And why can’t you buy a Marvin Harrison jersey? Plus, we’ll catch up on the Trump case in DC, along with a subscriber bonus on Trump’s pre-sentencing shenanigans in New York.   Links: People of the State of NY v. Trump [Docket via Court Listener] https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/67326478/people-of-the-state-of-new-york-v-trump/ US v. Trump [DC District Court Docket via Court Listener] https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/67656604/united-states-v-trump/ Harrison Term Sheet https://trellis.law/doc/212200687/exhibit-s-b-motion-001-binding-term-sheet Harrison lawsuit - docket NY State https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/DocumentList?docketId=pkxwgcifFwH9hi6CEFZ0gw==&display=all&courtType=New%20York%20County%20Supreme%20Court&resultsPageNum=1 Harrison Signatures comparison https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=dINzhEB291So47ULr1tEAA== NCFL By-Laws 12.5.2.1 https://web3.ncaa.org/lsdbi/search/bylawView?id=266#result   NCAA v. Alston (2021) https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=7588998090147227883 Fontenot v. NCAA docket https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/68024296/fontenot-v-national-collegiate-athletic-association/ Fontenot complaint https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cod.229378/gov.uscourts.cod.229378.1.0.pdf House NIL complaint https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/17248915/in-re-college-athlete-nil-litigation/?filed_after=&filed_before=&entry_gte=&entry_lte=&order_by=desc 15 U.S.C. 1 https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/15/1 NCAA 2024-2025 Manual and Bylaws https://www.ncaapublications.com/productdownloads/D125.pdf NIL overview https://www.finnegan.com/en/insights/articles/a-beginners-guide-to-ncaa-name-image-and-likeness-rights.html Show Links: https://www.lawandchaospod.com/ BlueSky: @LawAndChaosPod Threads: @LawAndChaosPod Twitter: @LawAndChaosPod Patreon: patreon.com/LawAndChaosPod

Special Counsel Jack Smith filed a superseding indictment in the election interference case. Time for Trump’s SCOTUS pals to ride to the rescue again! And in Georgia, local election officials are preparing to gum up the works if voters don’t give them what they want. Links: Trump DC superseding indictment https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.258149/gov.uscourts.dcd.258149.226.0_38.pdf Trump DC original indictment https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.258149/gov.uscourts.dcd.258149.1.0_10.pdf US v. Trump (DC) August 8, 2024 status report https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.258149/gov.uscourts.dcd.258149.209.0_3.pdf DOJ 2024 memo EYS https://www.justice.gov/ag/media/1359366/dl DOJ 2012 memo EYS https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/oip/legacy/2014/07/23/ag-memo-election-year-sensitivities.pdf DOJ 2008 memo EYS https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/ag/legacy/2009/02/10/ag-030508.pdf 5 USC 2374 https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/5/7324 June 13, 2019 OSC report Kellyanne Conway https://osc.gov/Documents/Hatch%20Act/Reports/Report%20of%20Prohibited%20Political%20Activity,%20Kellyanne%20Conway%20(HA-19-0631%20%26%20HA-19-3395).pdf?csf=1&e=aMNhry DOJ OIG report June 2018 “A Review of Various Actions by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Department of Justice in Advance of the 2016 Election” https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/4515884/DOJ-OIG-2016-Election-Final-Report.pdf Trump v. US https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/23-939_e2pg.pdf Fischer v. US https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/23-5572_l6hn.pdf Here’s How Pro-Trump Georgia Officials Wrote New Rules to Deny Election Results https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trump-how-georgia-officials-wrote-rules-deny-election-results-1235089385/  Abhiraman v. State Election Board — Complaint https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25074852/georgia-state-election-board-rules-lawsuit.pdf Heekin Petition https://sos.ga.gov/sites/default/files/forms/Rule%20Petition%20-%20Heekin_redacted.pdf Grubbs Petition https://sos.ga.gov/sites/default/files/forms/Petition%20-%20Grubbs_Redacted.pdf Show Links: https://www.lawandchaospod.com/ BlueSky: @LawAndChaosPod Threads: @LawAndChaosPod Twitter: @LawAndChaosPod Patreon: patreon.com/LawAndChaosPod

The stolen documents case is back! Judge Aileen Cannon dismissed the charges against Trump and his goons in July on the theory that special counsels are illegal, and Monday Special Counsel Jack Smith filed his brief to the Eleventh Circuit explaining why she is very obviously wrong. Plus, RFK Jr. dropped out and endorsed Trump. Does that mean he’s off the ballot everywhere? Links: Jack Smith 11th Cir Brief https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ca11.87822/gov.uscourts.ca11.87822.18.0_1.pdf   Trump v. US https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/23-939_e2pg.pdf 18 USC 599 https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/599 ADLF Complaint re: Trump/Carson https://static.politico.com/83/4d/90f795464ab58210ca25aa3a1af7/adlf-complaint.pdf NRS 293.202 https://www.leg.state.nv.us/nrs/nrs-293.html New Yorker profile https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/08/12/robert-f-kennedy-jr-profile-presidential-campaign Show Links: https://www.lawandchaospod.com/ BlueSky: @LawAndChaosPod Threads: @LawAndChaosPod Twitter: @LawAndChaosPod Patreon: patreon.com/LawAndChaosPod

Abortion is on the ballot in Missouri, Florida, and Arizona, and Republicans are working hard to stop women from controlling the ballot box, and their own bodies. Meanwhile at the Supreme Court, the conservative justices are trying to shave points for Trump in Arizona. And subscribers will hear about shenanigans at the Arkansas Supreme Court to disappear an abortion referendum. Links: MO Constitutional Amendment https://moconstitutionalfreedom.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Missourians-for-Constitutional-Freedom-Amendment.pdf  MO Abortion Amendment Litigation Docket https://www.courts.mo.gov/cnet/cases/newHeader.do?inputVO.caseNumber=24AC-CC06970&inputVO.courtId=SMPDB0004_CT19&inputVO.isTicket=false#docket  AZ Abortion Amendment https://apps.arizona.vote/electioninfo/assets/47/0/BallotMeasures/I-05-2024%20Arizona%20for%20Abortion%20Access.pdf  AZ Supreme Court Abortion Ruling https://www.azcourts.gov/Portals/0/OpinionFiles/Supreme/2024/ASC-CV240180%20-%208-20-2024%20-%20FILED%20-%20DECISION%20ORDER.pdf  ARS 16-121.01 https://www.azleg.gov/ars/16/00121-01.htm ARS 16-166 https://www.azleg.gov/ars/16/00166.htm Arizona v. Inter Tribal Council (2013) https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=8524729836774698956 Application for stay https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24/24A164/322042/20240808153155295_Emerg.%20App.%20for%20Stay.pdf   Appendix & decisions below https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24/24A164/322042/20240808153230794_Application%20Appendix.pdf ARS 16-127 (federal only) https://www.azleg.gov/ars/16/00127.htm SCOTUS Order https://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/082224zr_n75p.pdf AR Supreme Court https://opinions.arcourts.gov/ark/supremecourt/en/522904/1/document.do Arkansas Abortion Amendment https://arkansasadvocate.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Abortion-Amendment-of-2024.pdf Arkansas Code 7-9-111 https://law.justia.com/codes/arkansas/title-7/chapter-9/subchapter-1/section-7-9-111/   Show Links: https://www.lawandchaospod.com/ BlueSky: @LawAndChaosPod Threads: @LawAndChaosPod Twitter: @LawAndChaosPod Patreon: patreon.com/LawAndChaosPod

Former congressman George Santos — an heir to the Romanoff dynasty who discovered molybdenum — pleads guilty in New York. Disney tries to escape a wrongful death suit at its Florida Park because of an arbitration clause in its Disney+ fine print. And Trump claims an endorsement from AI Taylor Swift. What could possibly go wrong? Links: Piccolo Complaint https://www.scribd.com/document/708687171/Raglan-Road-Lawsuit Disney MTC arbitration https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25041321/disney-arbitration-tangsuan.pdf Plaintiffs’ opposition https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25041320/disney-piccolo-response-tangsuan.pdf Raglan Road website https://www.raglanroad.com/new-page Disney/Raglan Road website https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/dining/disney-springs/raglan-road-irish-pub-and-restaurant/menus/dinner Disney Terms of Use (2019) https://disneytermsofuse.com/english/ My Disney Experience Terms and Conditions (2023) https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/park-experience-terms-conditions/ Show Links: https://www.lawandchaospod.com/ BlueSky: @LawAndChaosPod Threads: @LawAndChaosPod Twitter: @LawAndChaosPod Patreon: patreon.com/LawAndChaosPod

A New York judge just kicked Robert Kennedy Jr. off the ballot for lying about his residency — a lie he told everywhere else, as well. Could this be the end of his spoiler candidacy? And for subscribers, an exploration of Gov. Ron DeSantis’s weird war on woke meat.    Links: 28 U.S.C. § 455 https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/28/455   Where RFK Jr. and Independent Candidates Are On The Ballot, New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/us/politics/presidential-candidates-third-party-independent.html RFK Jr. Notice of Appeal https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=5jx/Kxz1l0wf6TA3ZHfXQg== RFK Jr. Nominating Petition NY https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=jzZhJ0AUNv6uP5etayfLDQ== RFK Jr. FEC Statement of Candidacy https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=2ofcShRVs71csui/f9Yq6g== Petition seeking to invalidate RFK’s Nominating Petition https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=Yj3pUo1J7/4wfQK3LGOnTw== Court’s decision invalidating RFK’s Nominating Petition https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=vdZRqqGAbNUChn_PLUS_iL0Ev_PLUS_A== Upside Foods Inc v. Simpson [Docket via Court Listener] https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69038793/upside-foods-inc-v-simpson/ Show Links: https://www.lawandchaospod.com/ BlueSky: @LawAndChaosPod Threads: @LawAndChaosPod Twitter: @LawAndChaosPod

Twitter filed an antitrust suit against a tiny non-profit trade group and a bunch of big companies for “illegally” boycotting his Nazi bar. To protect free speech! And for subscribers: Did Kamala copy Trump’s plan to cut taxes on tipped compensation?  Links: RELEASE: Sen. Ted Cruz’s No Tax on Tips Act Does Little for Low- and Moderate-Wage Workers But Opens Door to Tax Abuse by Wealthy https://www.americanprogress.org/press/release-sen-ted-cruzs-no-tax-on-tips-act-does-little-for-low-and-moderate-wage-workers-but-opens-door-to-tax-abuse-by-wealthy/  It’s Now Impossible to Search Old Trump Tweets on X https://www.mediaite.com/online/its-now-impossible-to-search-old-trump-tweets-on-x/  Duke Really Did Get All The Foul Calls, Washington Post, April 7, 2015 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fancy-stats/wp/2015/04/07/duke-really-did-get-all-the-foul-calls-in-the-2015-ncaa-tournament/ House Judiciary Committee Interim Report on GARM https://judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/republicans-judiciary.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/2024-07-10%20GARMs%20Harm%20-%20How%20the%20Worlds%20Biggest%20Brands%20Seek%20to%20Control%20Online%20Speech.pdf House Judiciary Documents on GARM https://judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/republicans-judiciary.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/GARMReportFinalAppendix.pdf GARM Brand Safety Floor https://wfanet.org/l/library/download/urn:uuid:7d484745-41cd-4cce-a1b9-a1b4e30928ea WFA 2023 Annual Report https://wfanet.org/l/library/download/urn:uuid:0580b3a0-e365-4d61-b5cd-6d9d2e2557f2/2023+wfa+annual+report.pdf?redirected=1723422670 GDI Disinformation Risk Assessment: The Online News Market in the United States https://www.disinformationindex.org/country-studies/2022-12-16-disinformation-risk-assessment-the-online-news-market-in-the-united-states/ X v. WFA complaint https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.txnd.393003/gov.uscourts.txnd.393003.1.0_2.pdf   FTC on Group Boycotts https://www.ftc.gov/advice-guidance/competition-guidance/guide-antitrust-laws/dealings-competitors/group-boycotts 15 U.S.C. § 1 https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/15/1 FTC v. Superior Ct. Trial Lawyers Ass’n, 493 U.S. 411 (1990) https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=7145214033986459725 NAACP v. Claiborne Hardware Co., 458 U.S. 886 https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=7271075303659098319 Show Links: https://www.lawandchaospod.com/ BlueSky: @LawAndChaosPod Threads: @LawAndChaosPod Twitter: @LawAndChaosPod Patreon: patreon.com/LawAndChaosPod

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz accomplished more in one legislative term than most politicians do in a lifetime. Can he do the same for the country? We take a deep dive into some of the laws he championed in Minnesota. Is this … optimism???   Links: Louisiana Will Get The Ten Commandments Into Schools If They Have To Break 'Em All To Do It https://www.lawandchaospod.com/p/louisiana-will-get-the-ten-commandments Idaho Stat. 18-623 https://legislature.idaho.gov/statutesrules/idstat/title18/t18ch6/sect18-623/ Idaho Stat. 18-8807 https://legislature.idaho.gov/statutesrules/idstat/title18/t18ch88/sect18-8807/ Minnesota Reproductive Freedom Defense Act https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF366&session_year=2023&session_number=0&version=latest Minnesota HF5 (School Meals) https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF0005&session=ls93&version=latest&session_number=0&session_year=2023 The ‘Swift Boating’ of Tim Walz has begun. What is the truth? https://taskandpurpose.com/news/swift-boat-walz/ Minnesota Felon Voting Rights Opinion https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25035780-minnesota-felon-voting-opinion  Minnesota Felon Voting Rights Complaint https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25035775-minnesota-felon-voting-rights-complaint Show Links: https://www.lawandchaospod.com/ BlueSky: @LawAndChaosPod Threads: @LawAndChaosPod Twitter: @LawAndChaosPod Patreon: patreon.com/LawAndChaosPod

The Trump election interference case is finally back from getting beat to hell by the Supreme Court. What’s left after the disastrous immunity decision? And will the Supreme Court accept Mark Meadows’ invitation to do even more damage to the Republic in a naked bid to protect Trump’s cronies?   Links: Trump v. US Immunity Decisions https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/23-939_e2pg.pdf  US v. Trump District Court Docket via Court Listener https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/67656595/united-states-v-trump/  Fischer v. US (2024) https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/23-5572_l6hn.pdf 18 USC § 1512 https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1512 Meadows cert petition https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24/24-97/321049/20240729152205890_2024-07-26%20Meadows%20Cert%20Petition%20FINAL.pdf Ex parte Garland (1866) https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=2981583583221536357 28 USC § 1442 https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/28/1442 28 USC § 1455 https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/28/1455 Teaching History on Aaron Burr https://teachinghistory.org/history-content/ask-a-historian/24404 Aaron Burr murder indictment in New Jersey https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-26-02-0001-0281 Show Links: https://www.lawandchaospod.com/ BlueSky: @LawAndChaosPod Threads: @LawAndChaosPod Twitter: @LawAndChaosPod Patreon: patreon.com/LawAndChaosPod

The Utah Supreme Court will not be LARPing as amateur historians, no matter what nonsense Justices Thomas and Alito get up to. The state’s highest court upholds an injunction blocking an abortion ban. And we’ll check in on Rudy Giuliani’s ignominious exit from bankruptcy, along with Project 2025’s implosion. Have rumors of the manifesto’s demise been greatly exaggerated?   Links: Gina Carano's Trollsuit Against Disney Lives To Fight Another Day https://www.lawandchaospod.com/p/gina-caranos-trollsuit-against-disney Roake v. Brumley - LA Ten Commandments docket https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/68879768/roake-v-brumley/ Planned Parenthood Association of Utah v. Utah https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25023061/pp-utah.pdf Giuliani Bankruptcy Docket https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/68108037/rudolph-w-giuliani/  NY Denial of Trump Gag Order Appeal https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25023087-ny-appeals-ruling-on-trump-gag-order The Man Behind Project 2025’s Most Radical Plans https://www.propublica.org/article/project-2025-trump-campaign-heritage-foundation-paul-dans   Show Links: https://www.lawandchaospod.com/ BlueSky: @LawAndChaosPod Threads: @LawAndChaosPod Twitter: @LawAndChaosPod Patreon: patreon.com/LawAndChaosPod

President Biden is out with an op ed on how to fix our broken Supreme Court. We discuss the plan and the possibilities of implementing it. Could we shunt some of these justices off to the minor leagues and save the country? And Missouri Attorney General Andy Bailey wants to keep a man in jail despite the fact that he is actually innocent. Wouldn’t want to look like he’s soft on crime!   Links: NY AG brief in Missouri v. New York https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/22/22O159/319733/20240724191733354_22O159_NY%20Brief%20in%20Opposition.pdf Constitution Article III https://constitutioncenter.org/the-constitution/articles/article-iii Federal judges https://www.uscourts.gov/faqs-federal-judges Presidential Commission on SCOTUS https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/SCOTUS-Report-Final-12.8.21-1.pdf Biden op-ed on SCOTUS reform https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/07/29/joe-biden-reform-supreme-court-presidential-immunity-plan-announcement/ Booth v. US https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=2290285144301064699 28 U.S.C.  § 351 https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/28/351 28 U.S.C.  § 371 https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/28/371 Art I, Section 6, Clause 1 https://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution-conan/article-1/section-6/clause-1/privilege-from-arrest Dominion v. Byrne docket https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/60120428/us-dominion-inc-v-byrne/ Dominion v. Byrne surreply https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.234316/gov.uscourts.dcd.234316.117.0.pdf Dominion v. Byrne minute order https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/60120428/us-dominion-inc-v-byrne/?filed_after=&filed_before=&entry_gte=&entry_lte=&order_by=desc#minute-entry-397727987 Delaware Supreme Court Lin Wood decision https://cases.justia.com/delaware/supreme-court/2022-69-2021.pdf?ts=1642602664 Show Links: https://www.lawandchaospod.com/ BlueSky: @LawAndChaosPod Threads: @LawAndChaosPod Twitter: @LawAndChaosPod Patreon: patreon.com/LawAndChaosPod

Project 2025 is the right’s manifesto on how to break the government and turn America into a Christian nationalist state. It’s also deeply weird — just like the guys who wrote it. We’ll break down 20 of the craziest policy proposals, and then take a deep dive into the plan to replace the civil service with an army of MAGA loyalists. Links: GOP Whines That It’s No Fair That Kamala Gets Joe’s Money https://www.lawandchaospod.com/p/gop-whines-that-its-no-fair-kamala Project 2025 https://static.project2025.org/2025_MandateForLeadership_FULL.pdf Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act of 1883, 5 U.S.C. Chapter 23 https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/5/part-III/subpart-A/chapter-23 Trump Executive Order 13957 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2020-10-26/pdf/2020-23780.pdf Biden EO 14003 (repealing Trump EO 13957) https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2021-01-27/pdf/2021-01924.pdf 5 CFR Parts 210, 212, 213, 302, 432, 451, and 752 https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-06815.pdf Show Links: https://www.lawandchaospod.com/ BlueSky: @LawAndChaosPod Threads: @LawAndChaosPod Twitter: @LawAndChaosPod Patreon: patreon.com/LawAndChaosPod

Biden is out, Kamala is all but in, and the GOP is freaking out. We’ll break down potential Republican legal challenges to a Harris candidacy. Subscribers will get an extended curbstomping of Jonathan Turley’s galaxy brain plan to 25th Amendment Biden out of the last six months of his term.   Links: Louisiana notice of compliance https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.lamd.64943/gov.uscourts.lamd.64943.32.0.pdf DNC 2024 Call For the DNC https://democrats.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/2024-Call-for-Convention.pdf DNC 2024 Delegate Selection Rules https://democrats.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/2024-Delegate-Selection-Rules.pdf DNC Charter and bylaws https://democrats.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/DNC-Charter-Bylaws-03.12.2022.pdf 25th Amendment https://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/amendmentxxv Constitution, Art. II, Section 1, Cl. 6 (“Succession Clause”) https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/essay/artII-S1-C6-1/ALDE_00013693/ 3 USC § 19 https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/3/19 52 USC § 30102 https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/52/30102 11 CFR § 103.4 https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/11/103.4 Revised FEC Form 1 “Harris for President” https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/C00703975/1805326// Heritage Foundation June 21 memo https://x.com/OversightPR/status/1805239354505257196   Show Links: https://www.lawandchaospod.com/ BlueSky: @LawAndChaosPod Threads: @LawAndChaosPod Twitter: @LawAndChaosPod Patreon: patreon.com/LawAndChaosPod

Rudy Giuliani discovers that getting out of bankruptcy court is harder than falling on your keyster at the RNC. And New Mexico prosecutors discover one weird trick to blow up a criminal case. (It is the Brady rule!) Plus Patreons get an update on the Louisiana ten commandments mandate. Links: NMSA 30-2-3 https://law.justia.com/codes/new-mexico/chapter-30/article-2/section-30-2-3/ NMSA 30-7-4 https://law.justia.com/codes/new-mexico/chapter-30/article-7/section-30-7-4/ Alec Baldwin docket https://caselookup.nmcourts.gov/caselookup/app?component=cnLink&page=SearchResults&service=direct&session=T&sp=SD-101-CR-202400013 Baldwin MTD Failure to state an offense https://nmcourts.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/May-6-2024-Defendant-Alex-Baldwin-Motion-to-Dismiss-the-Indictment-for-Failure-to-Allege-a-Criminal-Offense-10-53-pm.pdf Baldwin MTD Destruction of evidence https://nmcourts.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/May-6-2024-Defendant-Alex-Baldwin-Motion-to-Dismiss-the-Indictment-with-Prejudice-Based-on-the-State-Destruction-of-Evidence-10-32-pm.pdf Baldwin Addendum re destruction of evidence https://nmcourts.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/June-17-2024-Addendum-to-Defendants-Motion-to-Dismiss-based-on-the-Destruction-of-Evidence-456p.pdf Baldwin June 24 MTD Brady https://nmcourts.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/June-24-2024-Defendants-Motion-for-Relief-for-States-Brady-and-State-Law-Disclosure-Violations-Related-to-Non-Firearm-Discovery-240p.pdf Baldwin July 11 MTD Brady https://nmcourts.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/July-11-2024-Defendants-Motion-for-Dismissal-and-Sanctions-under-Brady-Giglio-and-Rule-5-501-752p.pdf Roake v. Brumley - Louisiana Ten Commandments - Status update https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.lamd.64943/gov.uscourts.lamd.64943.31.0.pdf Show Links: https://www.lawandchaospod.com/ BlueSky: @LawAndChaosPod Threads: @LawAndChaosPod Twitter: @LawAndChaosPod Patreon: patreon.com/LawAndChaosPod

Judge Cannon blows up the documents case by declaring special counsels illegal. All she had to do was ignore 50 years of precedent, five federal statutes, and two Supreme cases. Glove up for a deep dive, with Liz and Andrew.   Links: Show Links: https://www.lawandchaospod.com/ BlueSky: @LawAndChaosPod Threads: @LawAndChaosPod Twitter: @LawAndChaosPod Patreon: patreon.com/LawAndChaosPod

A Trump trial judge decides to overturn Supreme Court precedent on home distilling. And speaking of sobriety … we’ll check in on Rudy Giuliani’s attempt to replicate Alex Jones’s stunning success in the bankruptcy court. Patreons get an extra field trip to Congress, where Oversight Chair James Comer invites the Biden administration to say where it would like to be kicked.    Links: Wait, The Fifth Circuit Is Snatching Cases From Other Circuits Now? https://www.lawandchaospod.com/p/the-fifth-circuit-is-snatching-cases 26 USC 5178 https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/26/5178 26 USC 5601 https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/26/5601 HDA complaint https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.txnd.384014/gov.uscourts.txnd.384014.1.0.pdf HDA docket https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/68073961/hobby-distillers-association-v-alcohol-and-tobacco-tax-and-trade-bureau/ HDA decision https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.txnd.384014/gov.uscourts.txnd.384014.49.0_1.pdf FRCP 26 https://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/frcp/rule_26 Freeman v. Giuliani (DC docket) https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/61642105/freeman-v-giuliani/ Giuliani stipulation https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.238720/gov.uscourts.dcd.238720.84.2_1.pdf 11 USC 362 https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/11/362 Giuliani May MOR https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysb.319064/gov.uscourts.nysb.319064.267.0.pdf Giuliani May exhibits https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysb.319064/gov.uscourts.nysb.319064.267.4.pdf House GOP Letters to Biden Agencies Post-Chevron https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/07.10.2024-Letters-to-federal-agencies-regarding-Loper-Bright-v.-Raimondo.pdf Distillers Want to Decriminalize Making Booze at Home https://www.texasobserver.org/distillers-decriminalize-home-booze/ Show Links: https://www.lawandchaospod.com/ BlueSky: @LawAndChaosPod Threads: @LawAndChaosPod Twitter: @LawAndChaosPod Patreon: patreon.com/LawAndChaosPod

Today we have a deep dive into the absolute havoc SCOTUS’s immunity ruling will wreak in Trump’s document theft case — even though he was out of the White House when he committed his crimes! But first, the election denying weirdos and their election denying lawyers are Froot Looping all over the docket in the Dominion defamation case. And for subscribers: a discussion of the Alex Jones bankruptcy debacle.   Links: 18 USC 333 https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/333 John Case in 2015 https://www.evanscase.com/john-case-senior-partner-at-evans-case-llp-attorney-named-colorado-super-lawyer/ John Case today https://www.johncaselaw.com/ Trump v. US https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/23-939_e2pg.pdf 18 USC 793 https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/793 Trump SDFL Motion to Dismiss for Selective and Vindictive Prosecution https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flsd.648653/gov.uscourts.flsd.648653.508.0.pdf Alex Jones bankruptcy docket https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/66583024/alexander-e-jones-and-official-committee-of-unsecured-creditors/?filed_after=&filed_before=&entry_gte=&entry_lte=&order_by=desc Alex Jones Ch. 7 Trustee Emergency Motion https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.txsb.459750/gov.uscourts.txsb.459750.720.0_1.pdf Show Links: https://www.lawandchaospod.com/ BlueSky: @LawAndChaosPod Threads: @LawAndChaosPod Twitter: @LawAndChaosPod Patreon: patreon.com/LawAndChaosPod