OA478: Why Biden's Judicial Picks Are Hardball
Opening Arguments
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🗓️ 2 April 2021
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Summary
If you're looking for evidence that Joe Biden is ready and willing to play hardball and not give a shirt about Republican votes, his first batch of judicial nominees are a great example. Andrew breaks down for us why they signal that he isn't messing around! Before that, we discuss the 9th circuit decision Young v. Hawaii about open carry.
Links: Memorandum on International Transgender Day of Visibility, Biden Announces Intent to Nominate 11 Judicial Candidates, Biden Won't Give ABA Advance Role in Vetting Judicial Nominees, ABA 2019 Report: Lawyer Demographics, Examining the Demographic Compositions of US Circuit and District Courts, Biden borrowed the Federalist Society's tactics
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| 0:00.0 | He's in their laugh and his ass off because he knows more about the Lord in YouTube. |
| 0:19.0 | I'm here live, it's not a cat. |
| 0:25.0 | My Lord, is thy God? |
| 0:28.0 | You're gonna die when we go. |
| 0:36.0 | Objects in your honor, strangling your witness. |
| 0:38.0 | I'm going to a lie. |
| 0:45.0 | We... |
| 0:46.0 | Disagree? |
| 0:48.0 | That's it? We disagree? |
| 0:50.0 | Well, I can't say we agree. That's how I lost my first ten cases. |
| 0:54.0 | Welcome to Opening Arguments, a podcast that pairs a comedian with a real-life lawyer. |
| 0:59.0 | This podcast is sponsored by the law offices of P. Andrew Torres, LLC for entertainment purposes, |
| 1:04.0 | 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. |
| 1:17.0 | Hello and welcome to Opening Arguments, this is episode 478. |
| 1:22.0 | I'm Thomas, that's Andrew, how are you doing, sir? |
| 1:25.0 | I am fantastic, Thomas, how are you? |
| 1:27.0 | Nice, good as you, over on the beaches of Cancun with Ted Cruz out here. |
| 1:33.0 | No, you know, more of the same, but I am very, very excited about today's show. |
| 1:38.0 | Me too, and you know what I'm also excited about? |
| 1:41.0 | Tuesday's show. |
| 1:42.0 | I've been dying for part two of the originalism breakdown, so it's all good. |
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