Just When We Thought Big Law Could Not Be More Pathetic

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🗓️ 19 April 2025

⏱️ 44 minutes

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OA1151 - We’re (kind of) live from New York! Thomas, Matt, and OA regular Liz Skeen meet up in person for the first time on Liz’s home turf to review the state of the law three months into the second Trump administration. We begin with a brief update on some recent developments in Trump’s war against Biglaw before turning to some encouraging developments in two of the most significant federal civil cases of our lifetimes. Finally, Matt cedes today’s footnote to a New York minute from Liz about a welcome legal setback for Andrew Cuomo’s mayoral campaign.

Letters from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission sent to major law firms demanding data on DEI hiring policies (3/17/2025)
DC District Court Judge James Boasberg’s 46-page findings of probable cause for criminal contempt against defendants in JGG v Trump (4/16/2015)
Fourth Circuit Judge J. Harvey Wilkinson’s order in JGG v. Trump (4/17/2025)

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0:00.0	You must never ever give out or give in. You must keep the faith and keep your eyes on the prize.
0:07.6	That is your calling. That is your mission. That is your moral obligation. That is your mandate.
0:13.4	Get out there and do it. Get in the way. Change happens because people care.
0:26.6	You the people have the power to make this life free and beautiful, to make this life a wonderful adventure.
0:36.6	I still believe with all my heart, America can't. free and beautiful to make this life a wonderful adventure.
0:44.1	I still believe with all my heart, America can be a place where no child is left hungry,
0:47.9	no community is left behind, and no one gets told they don't belong.
0:55.1	The fight for our country is always worth it.
1:00.2	Hello and welcome to opening arguments live.
1:01.5	Wait for the crowd reaction.
1:04.0	No, there's no crowd.
1:05.0	But it is live.
1:06.8	I'm here with some beautiful people.
1:08.8	Matt and Liz first, Matt, how you doing?
1:09.5	Live from New York. I got to say that you're all taller than I thought you'd be.
1:11.9	Really? Yeah, yeah. Especially Liz. Yeah. Liz's pretty tall. Just for context.
1:18.3	I do. I do get that a lot. You go. How's the good? I'm doing good. It's great to have
1:29.2	everyone in New York. Yeah. You all should do this more often. We move here. It would be very fun.
1:34.4	Okay, but law stuff. All right. It's hard. We're in person. What's going on? Tees the law, man. What are we talking about today? Let's get back to inscipient fascism, our favorite topic. Why are we saying insipient? That's true. No, no.
1:45.2	Yeah, I'm just so used to saying insipient.
1:46.9	Today, we are going to mostly be talking about the ongoing constitutional crisis with the
1:51.3	JG and Ibrigo Garcia cases.
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