OA158: Cambridge Analytica

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🗓️ 23 March 2018

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

In this rapid-response episode, Thomas and Andrew discuss the scandal regarding Cambridge Analytica. Is there a legal angle? Have crimes been committed? Listen and find out! In the pre-show segment, Andrew helps out our reporters by giving theme the question they need to be asking regarding Stormy Daniels, which is: "Now that you’ve acknowledged that you’re DD, and you’ve sued Stormy Daniels for $20 million, can you tell us what claims you had against Ms. Daniels that you believe you settled in that agreement? What could you have sued her for?" You're welcome. That segues into the "A" segment, where the guys discuss the differences (and one strange overlap) between the recent lawsuit filed by Karen McDougal and the top-of-Yodel-Mountain Stormy Daniels lawsuit. After the main segment, we tackle a listener question regarding the difference between textualism and originalism, inspired by our most recent episode, Episode 157. Finally, we end with an all-new TTTBE #68 that requires some math to figure out the appropriate measure of damages for breach of contract. Remember that you can play along with #TTTBE by retweeting our episode on Twitter or sharing it on Facebook along with your guess. We'll release the answer on next Tuesday's episode along with our favorite entry! Recent Appearances None! Have us on your show! Show Notes & Links

This is the National Review article that actually gets Stormy's story right.
Here's Mike Murphy's article expressing skepticism of CA's claims.
This is the Price v. Facebook class action civil lawsuit, arising out of California's Unfair Competition Law, Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 17200 et seq. And here's the statement from NY Attorney General Eric Schneiderman.
If you wanted to set up a SuperPAC, Andrew's old pals at Covington & Burling have drafted a simple how-to guide for you.
Finally, here's a hilarious Tweet from Peter Drice Wright that highlights a key problem with textualism.

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0:00.0	Your honor, I object!
0:05.0	And why is that Mr. Reed?
0:07.0	Because it's devastating to my case!
0:19.0	I did you know, the murders, but as you're all so looking forward to this, I thought I'd be not guilty.
0:31.0	They say a man who represents himself as a fool for a client.
0:35.0	Well, with God as my witness, I am that fool!
0:45.0	Mr. Simpson, this is the most blatant case of fraudulent advertising since my suit against the film the never-ending store.
0:53.0	Welcome to Opening Arguments, the podcast that pairs an inquisitive interviewer with a real-life lawyer.
0:59.0	This podcast is sponsored by the Law Offices of P.A.
1:03.0	Torres, LLC for Entertainment purposes, is not intended as legal advice and does not form an attorney-client relationship.
1:09.0	Don't take legal advice from a podcast.
1:13.0	Hello and welcome to Opening Arguments, this is episode 158.
1:18.0	I'm your host Thomas Smith, that over there is your other host, Andrew Torres. How's your bracket?
1:23.0	Well, despite living less than a mile from the UMBC campus, I picked UVA to win the whole thing.
1:32.0	So fantastic.
1:37.0	Maryland pride, not good, not good.
1:42.0	Yeah, I proved myself right in that I know nothing about this and I don't think I have any expertise on it and neither do most of you.
1:51.0	So we all suck, but we sucked together. That's what was in there.
1:55.0	Well, but we should check it. We had 95 people play in the Opening Arguments bracket challenge, 94 real entries, one joke.
2:04.0	Was that minor? No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, one person who picked like South Dakota State to win the whole thing, right?
2:10.0	Like I like how the person who was trying to and he has they didn't have UMBC, but they didn't pick UMBC.
2:16.0	That was too ridiculous.
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