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  1. Oct 12

    The Law Behind Trump's Immigration Agenda with Gene Hamilton

    00:00 - Intro 00:21 - A Different Format Today 01:33 - The Media's Immigration Disinformation 02:30 - My Background in Immigration Enforcement 03:29 - Topic 1: Third-Country Deportations 04:58 - The Journey Through Many Countries 06:40 - Getting a Removal Order 07:44 - When a Country Won't Take Them Back 09:13 - Zadvydas: Why We Released Them 12:36 - What the INA Actually Allows 13:40 - A Powerful Foreign Policy Tool 14:31 - The D.V.D. Case and the Courts 16:24 - Judge-Made Law vs. Congress 18:37 - The Criminals Judges Are Protecting 21:21 - Third-Country Deportation Is Lawful 21:48 - Topic 2: Civil Fines on Aliens 22:36 - A Legal Obligation to Leave 24:13 - A Million Final Removal Orders 25:17 - $1,000 a Day for Staying 26:28 - Nobody Used It Until Trump 26:59 - Judge O'Toole Blocks the Fines 29:23 - The APA: The Advocates' Favorite Tool 30:03 - Judges as Uber-Legislators 30:30 - It'll Be Flipped on Appeal 31:38 - Topic 3: Immigration and Elections 32:00 - The SAVE Program Explained 32:46 - Read the Statute Yourself 33:50 - States' Right to Citizenship Info 34:14 - AFL's Roadmap to the States 35:25 - Trump's Executive Order on SAVE 36:12 - Noncitizens Charged for Voting 36:40 - The Program Vacated, Then Restored 38:05 - The Common Thread: Congress Wrote These Laws 41:19 - Imagine Being a Member of Congress 43:29 - Look Behind Every Headline 44:26 - Outro

  2. Sep 28

    Breaking Down the Left's Bad Legal Takes with Team AFL

    00:00 - Intro 01:07 - Nothing But Bad Legal Takes Today! 01:30 - Meet the Panel 03:53 - Bad Take #1: Kamala's 13 Courts 06:10 - She Was a Senator Confirming Judges 07:07 - A PSA on the Federal Courts 07:54 - Bad Take #2: McIver on Oversight 08:38 - Assault Isn't Oversight 10:39 - Claiming the Immunity Democrats Call Evil 12:31 - The Speech and Debate Clause 13:46 - What If the Executive Demanded Entry? 16:18 - Oversight as Social Media Clickbait 17:13 - Bad Takes #3 & #4: AOC and Raskin on Immunity 19:40 - Reading Isn't AOC’s Strong Suit 20:17 - Immunity Is a Firewall 21:23 - What the Court Actually Held 23:27 - Raskin Knows Better 24:43 - Bad Take #5: Wiener and the New Kings Act 26:48 - Federal Officers and the Supremacy Clause 27:17 - Passing a Law Everyone Knows Is Unconstitutional 27:52 - An Intimidation Tactic Against ICE 29:20 - Echoes of Jim Crow 29:57 - Immigration and Federal Authority 31:47 - Super Bad Takes: Newsom on the Press 32:57 - Would an Authoritarian Leave CNN On? 36:58 - Press Access Is a Privilege, Not a Right 39:53 - The Most Accessible President in History 40:46 - Newsom's Hypocrisy: The Nick Shirley Act 42:35 - Do Institutions Have to Build Media Arenas? 42:56 - Biden and Obama Excluded Reporters Too 43:23 - Schumer vs. Fox News 44:45 - The Left's First Amendment Hypocrisy 46:55 - For Thee, Not Me 47:57 - Outro

  3. Sep 21

    Inside the White House Counsel's Office with Former White House Counsel David Warrington

    00:00 - Intro 00:21 - David Warrington Joins the Show 01:45 - Six Days Out of High School, Into the Marines 04:18 - What the Marine Corps Teaches You 06:45 - Why Law School? 07:35 - The Yellow Legal Pad 09:14 - Great Mentors Along the Way 10:17 - Law as Public Service 11:47 – “Just Be a Good Lawyer” 13:35 - From Trial Work to Conservative Legal Fights 14:07 - General Counsel for the Campaigns 17:51 - 600 Lawyers and a Drag Race 19:11 - No Magic Fairy for Your Career 20:16 - Nobody Gets There Alone 22:23 - What Was It Like to Advise President Trump? 22:50 - A Challenging Client a Legal Nerd Loves 24:10 - Promises Kept: Panama Canal to Iran 25:58 - The Sides of the President People Don't See 27:13 - He Signs the Notes Himself 28:41 - The Lawyer Is Not the Decision-Maker 31:37 - Don't Just Say No: The Richmond Analogy 34:10 - Ready to Fight on Day One 35:46 - Taking the First Injunction All the Way Up 37:50 - Avoiding the Trains You See Coming 39:13 - Getting Inside the Opponent's Decision Cycle 40:37 - What the Average American Doesn't See 42:34 - Meritless Lawsuits Have a Purpose 44:31 - Sued at 12:01 Over DOGE 46:12 - The Ballroom Standing Problem 47:55 - Standing as Sword and Shield 49:28 - A Thought Experiment: Historical Figures in Modern DC 50:27 - Judicial Activism of the 60s and 70s 51:46 - Bringing Back Judicial Modesty 52:32 - What Trump Looks for in a Judge 53:51 - The President Is Supremely Engaged 55:13 - Climb the Mountain, Don't Skip to the Top 58:25 - Giving the President Choices 1:00:35 - Advice: "I Want to Be Dave Warrington" 1:01:52 - Take the Opportunities That Come 1:03:56 - Always Be a Good Lawyer, Work Hard 1:05:21 - Outro

  4. Sep 7

    Taking the Fight to The Courts with Acting Deputy Attorney General Trent McCotter

    00:00 - Intro 00:25 - Trent McCotter Joins the Show 01:16 - Todd Blanche’s Promotion While Filming 01:57 - Who Are You and What Do You Do? 02:33 - The Cases Big Firms Wouldn't Touch 04:19 - What Gets You Up Every Day? 05:15 - Fighting DEI at Boyden Gray 05:51 - Learning to Let Criticism Slide 06:37 - Where Did Your Principles Come From? 07:33 - Small-C Conservatism from North Carolina 08:05 - Roles in the First Trump DOJ 08:55 - Working on the Kavanaugh Confirmation 10:00 - Tracing the Dominoes Back 10:56 - Do the Menial Work 13:00 - Life Isn't Linear 13:50 - Six Months Without a Job 14:20 - Taking the Risk on a Tiny Firm 15:44 - Arguing Before the Supreme Court 17:04 - Up Against the Acting SG and Paul Clement 17:53 - Treating It Like a Conversation 19:52 - Twenty More Minutes with Justice Jackson 20:25 - What Surprised You Coming Back? 21:49 - Everything Moves Faster Now 24:00 - Unwinding TPS 26:15 - Guests With the Shield of TPS 27:15 - How Do You Handle the Flack? 28:34 - Putting My Name on It 30:37 - We Have the Judicial Momentum 31:08 - Swearing In 36 Immigration Judges 33:19 - Clearing the Immigration Backlog 34:23 - Addition Through Subtraction 35:39 - How Aliens Game the Appeals System 36:56 - The Second and Ninth Circuit Stay Racket 39:25 - Alien Living His Best Life on a 1996 Removal Order 41:59 - Everybody Gets a Stay! 44:15 - Delay Is the Whole Strategy 45:02 - The 12-Hour Deadline Game 46:47 - Unfair to Those Who Play by the Rules 47:57 - The Minority Report Problem 50:33 - Crimes That Never Should Have Happened 51:57 - Honoring the 115,000 at DOJ 53:41 - Outro

  5. Aug 31

    LIVE EVENT: Defending the Constitution at the Supreme Court with the Office of the Solicitor General

    00:00 - Intro 00:57 - Meet the SG Leadership Team 04:01 - How Each of You Got Here 04:28 - "The Least Experienced SG in History" 05:41 - Sarah's Appellate Nerd Path 06:28 - Hashim's Path Back to the SG's Office 07:16 - What a Day in the Office Looks Like 08:50 - Is This a Today Problem? 10:06 - The Office's Hidden Centralizing Power 10:50 - How Much Caffeine Gets Consumed? 11:37 - Who Decides Whether to Appeal? 14:10 - Balancing an Agency's Interests 16:42 - What Is a CVSG? 18:15 - John On Getting Slaughtered in His First CVSG 21:48 - How Do You Prep for the Supreme Court? 25:09 - Two Pages of Handwritten Notes 28:30 - Slaughter and the Removal Power 31:38 - You're Fired: Teeing Up the Case 33:16 - Nationwide Injunctions and CASA 35:41 - 40 Injunctions, 5 Districts 38:57 - TPS and Stripping the Courts' Jurisdiction 41:57 - The So-Called “Scary Shadow Docket” 44:46 - Who Decides the Status Quo? 46:49 - Favorite Memory of this Past Court Term 48:47 - Callais and the Voting Rights Act 49:56 - When Can Race Be Considered? 50:54 - The President in the Courtroom 52:46 - Why Start Your Career in the Solicitor General's Office? 53:49 - Advice to Your 26-Year-Old Self 55:05 - Be Not Afraid 58:15 - What People Don't Understand About the Office 59:01 - Outro

  6. Aug 17

    The Fight Against America's Fraud Epidemic with Assistant Attorney General Colin McDonald

    00:00 - Intro 00:36 - Colin McDonald Joins the Show 00:59 - Who Are You and What Do You Do? 02:22 - Why Public Service? 03:25 - Why Be a Prosecutor? 05:50 - What Does a Prosecutor Actually Do? 09:21 - No Prosecution Without Law Enforcement 11:08 - Relentless: Cases That Last Years 12:02 - Turning to Fraud Enforcement 13:06 - Why No One Tackled Fraud Before 13:41 - The Binary Choice: Violent Crime vs. Fraud 15:21 - Tallying the True Cost of Fraud 17:10 - Wasteful Spending vs. Outright Theft 19:17 - The Goal Is Deterrence 21:25 - Building Roots, Not a Potted Plant 23:18 - No Fraud Too Big, No Fraud Too Small 25:28 - Fraud Wounds the Soul, Not Just the Wallet 27:36 - Quarterbacking the Fight 28:26 - One Front Door to the DOJ 29:38 - A 500-Person Division in Two Weeks 31:13 - A Career Home for Young Lawyers 33:26 - The Ripple Effects of Unchecked Crime 34:24 - Changing the Incentive Structure 35:23 - Which Statutes Do You Enforce? 36:05 - Healthcare Fraud: The Biggest Target 37:00 - The Student Athlete Who Died 38:03 - The Skin Graft Scheme 39:28 - Fraud Robs Dignity, Too 40:49 - Benefit Programs and the Public Trust Section 42:06 - Global Trade and Commerce Enforcement 43:43 - The Many Inspectors General Offices 45:05 - The Most Shocking Cases 45:56 - “Everybody's Doing This” 46:48 - The Home Care Scam 48:25 - Billing Medicaid From Egypt and Prison 50:22 - Minnesota's Looted Housing Program 51:27 - Clearing the Decks for the Truly Needy 52:44 - The DOJ Is Here to Help54:14 -Outro

  7. Aug 10

    Fighting for Parental Rights in America's Schools with Team AFL

    00:00 - Intro 00:58 - This Episode Is for Parents 02:47 - Meet the AFL Panel 03:22 - Is Any of This Shocking? 03:59 - Schools Defying the Supreme Court 04:52 - Do Parents Have a Role? 05:14 - The Woke Education Pipeline 06:35 - Invasive School Surveys 07:41 - Teachers Who Want to Be Friends 08:44 - Where Did These Policies Come From? 10:28 - The Contraception Question 13:07 - Blackstone's Three Parental Duties 14:16 - FERPA and the Two-Book System 15:25 - What Are Schools Afraid Of? 16:27 - Title IX Means Biological Sex 17:30 - Do Boys Have a Right to Girls' Bathrooms? 19:43 - The Loving v. Virginia Parallel 20:49 - Hypothetical: A Boy in Your Daughter's Bathroom 22:00 - Mahmoud v. Taylor and the Right to Opt Out 24:41 - The Privacy Excuse 25:21 - Situations Parents Are Facing 26:22 - Notice Would Break the System 29:49 - Making a Paper Trail 30:11 - Parents Aren't Afraid Anymore 31:39 - California's AB 1955 32:27 - The Spiritual Scales Are Falling 33:50 - Suing Individual Teachers 35:18 - States Can Strip Qualified Immunity 37:06 - The Future of Grimm v. Gloucester 39:30 - BPJ, Sports, and Locker Rooms 40:59 - You Are Not Alone 42:41 - Bad Legal Take: A Boy Is a Boy 46:02 - Bad Legal Take: The Privacy Argument 47:43 - Outro

  8. Aug 3

    Florida's Model for Conservative Governance with Chief Deputy Attorney General Ryan Newman

    00:00 - Intro 00:24 - Ryan Newman Joins the Show 01:57 - Who Are You and What Do You Do? 02:47 - Why Change Happens Faster in the States 04:28 - From Senate Staffer to the Trump DOJ 05:55 - Can You Be Too Conservative to Win? 06:40 - Going All In on the Culture War 07:13 - The Truth About the “Don’t Say Gay” Bill 08:29 - Winning the Lawsuit on Standing 09:16 - “Where Woke Goes to Die” 11:51 - Covid Woke Parents Up 13:02 - The Fight with Disney 14:40 - Ending Disney’s Special District 16:55 - Corporate America Backs Off Woke 17:29 - From West Point to the Law 21:46 - Clerking for Justice Alito 23:00 - Advice for Young Lawyers 28:06 - Relationships Over Ambition 30:51 - The Legal Fights That Matter Now 31:22 - Immigration Beyond the Gang of Eight 33:15 - Assimilation Takes Time and Space 34:20 - The 1965 Act and Birthright Citizenship 36:37 - The NGO Money Behind the Border 38:35 - What It Means to Be an American 40:07 - Florida’s 287(g) Model 42:36 - Alligator Alcatraz and Lottery Cops 44:21 - Outro

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