About this episode
The episode discusses various legal issues involving Trump, including lawsuits and rulings by the Fifth Circuit.
The Fifth Circuit is crossing out laws just for sport. This time it’s a 140-year-old ban on making homebrew hooch, because YOLO. Trump’s lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal and Rupert Murdoch over an article describing his creepy birthday card to Jeffrey Epstein was dismissed . But … that dismissal was without prejudice, so he can take another swing at it. The trollsuit against the BBC is still limping along. Deputy General Counsel at the Department of Education Josh Kleinfeld makes an interesting pitch to George Mason’s Antonin Scalia Law School, which is currently under investigation by … the Department of Education. And Trump’s ballroom blitz takes a tumble in court. MAIN SHOW: Trump discovers one weird trick to make the Presidential Records Act disappear. All he has to do is order the Office of Legal Counsel to come up with a memo saying it’s unconstitutional and — hey, presto! — he can steal or shred or delete any document he likes. SUBSCRIBER BONUS: Are we the pirates now? Trump v. Murdoch https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/70843413/trump-v-murdoch Trump v. BBC https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/72040010/trump-v-british-broadcasting-corporation Fifth Circuit…
People in this episode
Host: Liz Dye
Topics covered
- legal rulings
- Trump lawsuits
- Presidential Records Act
- homebrew laws
- Department of Education investigations
- media lawsuits
Keywords
- Trump
- lawsuit
- Fifth Circuit
- Presidential Records Act
- Department of Education
- BBC
- Rupert Murdoch
- homebrew
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Department of Education, BBC, Antonin Scalia Law School, Fifth Circuit
Books & works: Pray For the PRA
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