Ep 31 — The Trump Trials: What Are They Thinking? (Plus Clarence Thomas Surprises Us All)

Trump’s lawyers make a bevy of unforced errors as their client continues to march ever closer to a conviction in New York for fraud in concealing the payoff payment to Stormy Daniels. Also, the Supreme Court surprises us, sort of, for now, by not sacking the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and by allowing a Louisiana congressional map to go into effect that doubles the minority representation in that state.
Links:
12 U.S.C. § 5481 et seq.
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/12/chapter-53/subchapter-V
CFPB Initial Report, July 18, 2011
https://files.consumerfinance.gov/f/2011/07/Report_BuildingTheCfpb1.pdf
2023 Pew Research on Payday Loans
https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/articles/2023/06/02/payday-loans-and-overdraft-a-short-history-and-whats-next
“How Payday Loans Work”
https://paydayloaninfo.org/how-payday-loans-work/
Bankrate’s Emergency Savings Report
https://www.bankrate.com/banking/savings/emergency-savings-report/
Alito protest flag
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/16/us/justice-alito-upside-down-flag.html?smtyp=cur&smid=bsky-nytimes
CFPB v. CFSA
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/22-448_o7jp.pdf
Landry v. Callais
Application for stay
https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/23/23A1002/309522/20240510115206439_Landry%20v.%20Callais%20-%20Emergency%20Stay%20App-FINAL.pdf
Opp
https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/23/23A1002/309633/20240513120736126_COMBINED%20DOCUMENT.pdf
Jackson dissent
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/23a994_7mip.pdf
New York Penal Law § 175.10
https://codes.findlaw.com/ny/penal-law/pen-sect-175-10
Order on Motion in Limine to exclude Smith
https://www.justsecurity.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Just-Security-NY-2016-Election-Interference-Case-Clearinghouse-Order-on-State-of-New-York-motions-in-limine-March-18-2024.pdf
New York Rule 6.11
https://www.nycourts.gov/JUDGES/evidence/6-WITNESSES/6.11_Impeachment,%20when%20authorized.pdf
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- Show
- FrequencyUpdated Weekly
- PublishedMay 21, 2024 at 10:00 AM UTC
- Length51 min
- Episode31
- RatingClean