Opening Arguments Podcast

Tomorrow on OA: *Extremely Alanis Morrissette voice* YOO YOO YOO YOO OUGHTA KNOW

Last call for book club! Patrons at all levels are invited to join Matt, author Dave Wedge, and a veteran Massachusetts prosecutor for an open discussion of Dave's definitive account of the Karen Read trials this Sunday 9/27 at 4:30 ET www.amazon.com/Blizzard-Lie...

Legit don't remember what I pay to be a Patreon subscriber to @openargs.bsky.social but whatever it is just paid off for the first half of Law'd Awful Movies about Coyote v Acme. Seriously, if you're not listening to Opening Arguments you really should it is awesome.

We recently came hard for America First Legal's "Bad Legal Takes" podcast segment, which as we noted was generally not in response to things which were bad, legal, and/or takes. The feature has since disappeared from the show. not saying we did it, but we totally did it. youtu.be/C4CBkO6KdyI?...

Got a question about law in the news for Rapid Response Friday? Let us know here, or our DMs are always open. We'll credit you by name, and probably not even make fun of you at all

CORPORATE MEDIA: the president has promised a 5K cash bonus to voters if they give him the one branch of government it doesn't already control. Can he do that? THE ONLY PODCAST THAT EXPLAINS LAW IN THE NEWS: *takes a deep hit from a high-THC jazz cigarette, stares into the middle distance*

Some classic OA in this one as we go beyond the headlines and explain the law that the media is missing in two of this week's biggest stories. And even better: it's Thomas and Matt in the same room for only the second time ever!

This was one of our favorites! (also available in podcast format as always) youtu.be/vqMXN-IgFoU?...

How much of Ben Shapiro’s deranged Daily Wire column about the Supreme Court’s birthright citizenship decision was written by AI? The answer may actually surprise you! Find out on this week's Vapid Response Wednesday

Are there any questions from law in the news this week on any front that you want answered on Friday's show? Please think them very hard at us! (or reply here! Also our DMs are open)

THIS WEEK ON OA: The worst birthright citizenship takes we could find The Boston Globe's Jeff Jacoby makes his first Vapid Response appearance, and it is a stinkah for the frickin' ages kehd that one time William Shatner and Dan Crenshaw teamed up to try to turn Space Force into Starfleet

This month's OA Book Club selection is a memoir by an attorney who only realized that he was living on the autism spectrum as he was about to retire at 65--and author Peter O'Neil will be joining to discuss it at our next meeting on July 26th! www.amazon.com/dp/B0BYCCZ53...

A great breakdown of the Prairieland sentencing by the always-excellent @openargs.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/1CSa...

This Friday on OA we'll be going deep on just how poorly constructed the government's case against the Prarieland defendants was, the absurd stretch to "terrorism" charges, and what this national travesty can tell us about how Trump's DOJ will continue to criminalize and prosecute dissent

regular reminder: most of the millions of projected USAID / DOGE deaths haven't happened yet. they are absolutely still preventable — but only if we demand that democrats prioritize it once they retake power. it's a moral imperative

What should we read next for Book Club? We are looking for law-related books (fiction or non)/longform journalism pieces written for a general audience. We're aiming to have each book club meeting include time both to discuss the book amongst ourselves and at least 30 minutes with the author

Excited to share that our first book club selection will be the first actual biography of Samuel Alito ever published (not to be confused with Mollie Hemingway's hagiography) and that *the author will be joining patrons* to sit in on the first 30 mins of our inaugural meetup! See you there on 6/28

INTRODUCING OA BOOK CLUB Our latest bonus for all patrons is a monthly meetup to discuss our monthly selections of law-related reading--from the law'd awful to the law'd awesome--for non-lawyers. Subscribe today and get ready to join our first meetup later this month! patreon.com/law

This Friday's footnote: did Delaware really just let corporations do this?

Um, @openargs.bsky.social ? news.bloomberglaw.com/esg/corporat...

i was just listening to a recent @openargs.bsky.social about how Alito's precedent of "egregiously wrong" in Dobbs is just Kavanaugh's reheated nachos, and reading this i cannot help but think this fuckin "casus belli" shit is next into the microwave. Civil War II here we come i guess

Did USCIS really just end greencard applications for everyone in the US and force non-citizens back to their home countries? @mattcameron.bsky.social takes us through what social and traditional media got wrong and why it matters youtu.be/9NopOkKSOiE?...

Newest episode of Opening Arguments @openargs.bsky.social should be required listening for everyone currently in the US or thinking about being in the US... tr.ee/rSvbAdYqDo