About this episode
The episode discusses recent legal developments including a Supreme Court decision affecting the Voting Rights Act and various political controversies.
Elon Musk discovers that filing a lawsuit against Sam Altman and sh*tposting about it on social media is a lot more fun than testifying Alex Jones is back on his BS. He managed to delay a proposed deal to license InfoWars assets to the satirical news outlet The Onion . Again. The judge presiding over Trump’s shakedown case against the IRS for the wrongful disclosure of his tax returns in 2020 has appointed a whole squad of lawyers to serve as amici. They’ll brief the issue of whether the court has jurisdiction to preside over a case where the president appears to be suing himself. L&C’s Doofus of the Day is Pete Hegseth . MAIN SHOW: James Comey has been indicted again. This time his “crime” is posting a picture of seashells arranged to say “8647.” It is exceptionally stupid, but we will break it down in exceptional detail. As a companion to our written post , we unpack Wednesday’s Supreme Court decision in Louisiana v. Callais effectively gutting Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act . Subscribers will get a deep dive into what the new districts might look like with Joe Dye. Finally, we’ll cringe our way through the DOJ’s latest motion in the ballroom case — it’s the most…
People in this episode
Host: Liz Dye
Topics covered
- Supreme Court decisions
- Voting Rights Act
- legal analysis
- political commentary
- current events
Keywords
- Supreme Court
- Voting Rights Act
- James Comey
- Elon Musk
- legal analysis
- politics
- current events
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: InfoWars, The Onion, DOJ
Books & works: Louisiana v. Callais, Voting Rights Act
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