Law and Chaos Liz Dye
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Ignorance of the law is no excuse! That’s true for a traffic stop, and it’s true if you want to participate in whatever’s left of American democracy. If the events since the 2016 election taught us anything, it’s that tuning out is not an option. Legal journalists Liz Dye and Andrew Torrez break down the week’s most important courtroom stories, so you can keep on top of this crazy news cycle. Whether it’s Texas giving two middle fingers to the Supreme Court, or Donald Trump in all the courts at once, we’ve got you covered.
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Ep 40 — Conservative Judges, Drunk On Power, Take The Wheel (feat. Amanda Marcotte)
Today, Liz and Andrew talk to Salon’s Amanda Marcotte about the right wing’s assault on Title IX through the prism of the political wedge issue of women’s sports. Then, Amanda breaks down the phenomenon of conservative “tradwives” as both cosplay and a gateway drug to white supremacy.
Links:
“Texas professors sue to fail students who seek abortions,” by Amanda Marcotte
https://www.salon.com/2024/06/03/texas-professors-to-fail-students-seek-abortions/
“After Supreme Court's abortion pill decision, Donald Trump is even more likely to ban abortion,” by Amanda Marcotte
https://www.salon.com/2024/06/14/after-abortion-pill-decision-donald-is-even-more-likely-to-ban-abortion/
“A tradwife drops a racist slur: Why the right's trolling economy made Lilly Gaddis' rise inevitable,” by Amanda Marcotte
https://www.salon.com/2024/06/17/a-tradwife-drops-a-slur-why-the-rights-trolling-economy-made-lilly-gaddis-rise-inevitable/
Bostock v. Clayton County
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/19pdf/17-1618_hfci.pdf
Title IX fact sheet
https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/docs/t9-final-rule-factsheet.pdf
34 CFR Part 106 (Final Rule - Title IX)
https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/docs/t9-unofficial-final-rule-2024.pdf
-Reed O’Connor “striking down” fact sheet
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.txnd.377970/gov.uscourts.txnd.377970.37.0.pdf
TX v. USA (Judge Kacsmaryk Docket, via Court Listener)
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/68479793/state-of-texas-v-the-united-states-of-america/
TX v. Cardona (Judge O’Connor Docket, via Court Listener)
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/67502155/the-state-of-texas-v-cardona/
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Ep 39 — Trump Lawyers Flop Like Ronaldo As Alex Jones Dances Out Of Bankruptcy
We update you on the developments at Alex Jones’s two bankruptcy hearings last week and why they were a big win for the conspiracy theorist, with a special deep dive into Article I vs. Article III judges. Then, we discuss the latest from the Supreme court, before turning our attention to the myriad ways in which Donald Trump’s lawyers are still takin’ a dive before Aileen Cannon in the Southern District of Florida, just hoping that she’ll throw that red card.
Links:
27 CFR Parts 447, 478, and 479
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2018-12-26/pdf/2018-27763.pdf
Northern Pipeline Construction Co. v. Marathon Pipe Line Co., 458 U.S. 50 (1982)
https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=17768408304219861886
Alex Jones personal bankruptcy docket
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/66583024/alexander-e-jones/
FSS bankruptcy docket
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/64868456/free-speech-systems-llc/
US v. Trump (SDNY Docket - Judge Cannon)
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/67490071/united-states-v-trump/
US v. Trump, MTD for Surplusage
https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/trump-motion-indictment-dismiss.pdf
US v. Trump, Order on MTD for Surplusage
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flsd.648653/gov.uscourts.flsd.648653.608.0_1.pdf
US v. Trump, MTD for Spoliation
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flsd.648653/gov.uscourts.flsd.648653.612.0_1.pdf
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Ep 38 — Alex Jones’s Bankruptcy Is TURNIN’ THE FREAKIN’ FROGS GAY!
It’s another Trump-free extravaganza! We discuss the Hunter Biden conviction, forthcoming sentencing and appeals. Then, Liz and Andrew walk through the Supreme Court’s 9-0 reversal of the Fifth Circuit, protecting – for now! – the right to medical abortion drugs over the internet. Finally, in a lengthy segment (with a long Patreon bonus!), we tell you everything you need to know about a critical juncture in the Alex Jones corporate bankruptcy in the face of likely and deliberate misinformation by Alex Jones regardless of what happens.
Links:
L&C Episode 28
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-28-throwing-shade-on-the-supreme-court-feat-steve-vladeck/
FSS - Lee Reply brief re: retention of Schwartz
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.txsb.457706/gov.uscourts.txsb.457706.176.0.pdf
FSS - Hearing transcript re: Shannon & Lee, Schwartz
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.txsb.457706/gov.uscourts.txsb.457706.194.0.pdf
FSS - Order to employ Patrick Magill as Chief Restructuring Officer (October 13, 2022) [Doc. 239]
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.txsb.457706/gov.uscourts.txsb.457706.239.0_2.pdf
FSS - Magill Engagement Agreement
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.txsb.457706/gov.uscourts.txsb.457706.205.1.pdf
FSS - Emergency Motion for Court Instructions Regarding (1) Disposition of Debtors Property, and (2) Clarity as to the Chief Restructuring Officers Responsibilities and Authority, in the Event of Either a Dismissal of This Case or Conversion to Chapter 7
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.txsb.457706/gov.uscourts.txsb.457706.933.0.pdf
ACB article on LLC management
https://www.americancollegeofbankruptcy.com/file.cfm/29/docs/Consumer%20Panel.Administering%20LLC%20Interests%20in%20Bankruptcy%20-%20Final.Caruso.pdf
FSS - TX Plaintiff’s Objection
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.txsb.457706/gov.uscourts.txsb.457706.945.0.pdf
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Ep 37 — PA Dad Takes On Moms For Liberty (feat. Joy Ramsingh and Darren Laustsen)
Pennsylvania dad Darren Laustsen saw books disappearing from his daughter’s school — books which just so happened to be on the Moms for Liberty hit list. And he did something about it! Andrew and Liz talk to Darren and his lawyer Joy Ramsingh about their open records case that revealed a school board plot to shadowban books.
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Laustsen v. Pennridge SD docket
https://propublic.buckscountyonline.org/PSI/v/detail/Case/6253965
SB answer
https://www.openrecords.pa.gov/Appeals/DocketGetFile.cfm?id=129351
10/19/23 Order
https://www.openrecords.pa.gov/Appeals/DocketGetFile.cfm?id=139446
Uncovering the Cover-up: How Republican Pennridge School Board Directors Secretly Banned Books
https://buckscountybeacon.com/2024/05/uncovering-the-cover-up-how-republican-pennridge-school-board-directors-secretly-banned-books/
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Ep 36 — Bad News For Ken Chesebro. And For Asbestos!
We update you on all of the states that have brought criminal charges against those involved in the “fake electors” plot to try and keep Donald Trump in the White House after he lost the 2020 election, including in particular the latest criminal complaint filed against Ken Chesbro in Wisconsin. In the B segment, we tell you how the Biden administration FINALLY banned asbestos. In 2024.
Links:
Chesebro “The Real Deadline for Settling a State’s Electoral Votes” memo
https://app.box.com/s/ifis7hu74dz6xp0awkq567ygetrvcof1/file/1460145645094
AZ fake electors indictment
https://www.azag.gov/sites/default/files/2024-05/PHX-%2312079639-v1-TRUE_BILL_-_INDICTMENT_93_SGJ_81.PDF
GA indictment
https://d3i6fh83elv35t.cloudfront.net/static/2023/08/CRIMINAL-INDICTMENT-Trump-Fulton-County-GA.pdf
Georgia Court of Appeals, Stay of Roman v. State (AKA the Trump RICO case)
https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/24735877/stayproceedings.pdf
WI indictment
https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/24731470/24cf1293-24cf1294-24cf1295.pdf
Corrosion Proof Fittings v. EPA
https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/F2/947/1201/153685/
ACC Letter to EPA re asbestos use
http://src.bna.com/iuL
Ural Asbest’s Facebook page
Trump insane asbestos tweet
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EPA’s final rule on asbestos, 40 CFR Part 751
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-03-28/pdf/2024-05972.pdf
EPA Factfinding pursuant to the TSCA
https://www.epa.gov/assessing-and-managing-chemicals-under-tsca/risk-management-asbestos-part-1-chrysotile-asbestos
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Ep 35 — Judge Cannon Drops The Ball. Plus Your Trump Trial Questions Answered!
We answer your follow-up questions on the Trump verdict in New York, remind you that Aileen Cannon continues to get worse and worse in the Trump documents case in FL, talk about Sam Alito’s fondness for flags, and give you an extra-long patreon bonus on Stan Woodward’s dedication to NOT his client.
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Alito
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24698834-letter-from-justice-alito-to-senators-durbin-and-whitehouse
Noreika denial of Hunter Biden MTD on invalidity of special counsel
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ded.82797/gov.uscourts.ded.82797.101.0.pdf
18 U.S.C. 2
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/2
Nauta MTD February 28, 2024.
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flsd.648652/gov.uscourts.flsd.648652.352.0.pdf
Gov’t opp Nauta MTD March 7, 2024
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flsd.648652/gov.uscourts.flsd.648652.378.0.pdf
Trump and Nauta motion for extension of time March 11, 2024
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flsd.648652/gov.uscourts.flsd.648652.386.0_3.pdf
Nauta reply brief May 20, 2024
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flsd.648652/gov.uscourts.flsd.648652.556.0.pdf
Nauta Notice of Supplemental Authority
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flsd.648652/gov.uscourts.flsd.648652.582.0.pdf
United States v. Tobon-Builes, 706 F.2d 1092, 1101 (11th Cir. 1983)
https://casetext.com/case/united-states-v-tobon-builes
Seattle Times on law excluding felons
https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/plot-twist-for-trump-wa-has-a-law-against-felons-running-for-office/
RCW 29A.68.020
https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=29A.68.020
Trump v. Anderson
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/23-719_19m2.pdf
Eisen NYT on sentencing
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/18/opinion/donald-trump-trial-prison.html
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