Make America Grift Again

About this episode

The hosts discuss corruption in the judicial and executive branches, recent court opinions, and feature an interview with Representative Jimmy Gomez.

Leah, Melissa and Kate go on Corruption Watch to catch up on all the sketchy things happening in the judicial and executive branches. Then, they cover some recent oral arguments and opinions from The Court before bringing you a conversation from last week’s live show in LA with Representative Jimmy Gomez of California’s 34th Congressional District. Favorite things: Kate : The Correspondent by Virginia Evans; Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir; Vladimir on Netflix (adaptation of the book by Julia May Jonas) Leah : Kacey Musgraves, “ Dry Spell ”; Judge Young’s opinion denying a stay of the remedies he ordered in response to the federal government’s illegal targeting of students & noncitizens based on pro-Palestinian speech; Sonja Starr & Genevieve Lakier, The War on DEI as a Project of Constitutional Subversion Melissa : The Devil is Busy on HBO Max; Good Woman: A Reckoning by Savala Nolan; Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessette on Hulu and Disney+ Preorder Melissa’s book, The U.S. Constitution: A Comprehensive and Annotated Guide for the Modern Reader Buy Leah's book, Lawless: How the Supreme Court Runs on Conservative Grievance, Fringe Theories, and Bad Vibes…

People in this episode

Hosts: Leah, Melissa, Kate

Guest: Jimmy Gomez

Topics covered

• corruption
• judicial branch
• executive branch
• oral arguments
• live show
• politics
• media

Keywords

• corruption
• judicial branch
• executive branch
• oral arguments
• politics
• interview
• live show
• media

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Court, HBO Max, Hulu, Disney+

Books & works: The Correspondent, Project Hail Mary, Vladimir, Dry Spell, The War on DEI as a Project of Constitutional Subversion, The Devil is Busy, Good Woman: A Reckoning, Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessette, Lawless: How the Supreme Court Runs on Conservative Grievance, Fringe Theories, and Bad Vibes

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