OA815: Trump Gagged, McCarthy Bagged, & GOP Dragged
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🗓️ 4 October 2023
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
Today, Liz and Andrew tackle the two biggest stories: Matt Gaetz having ousted Kevin McCarthy as Speaker of the House, and Donald Trump’s civil trial in New York. All that AND an Andrew Was Wrong featuring more on the 14th Amendment.
In the Patreon bonus, the two tackle a Liz Was Not Wrong about why Trump doesn’t have a jury trial in New York. Hint: yes you can still make fun of Alina Habba!
Notes
Justice Engoron Order
https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=op8OyfqVHpc6eGTx9LOw3Q==
OAG v. Trump appellate decision
https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=ReQsiVyUL/PE7F5_PLUS_RuqoMw==
CBS News story on Trump conceding to $27 million valuation for Mar-a-Lago
https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/trump-mar-a-lago-1-8-billion-own-company-said-it-was-too-high/?espv=1
SCOTUS orders 10/2
https://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/100223zor_5368.pdf
Eastman petition for cert
https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/22/22-1138/267263/20230519131455424_230516%20PWC%20corrected.pdf
Trump Fulton County docket
https://www.fultonclerk.org/DocumentCenter/Index/142
FC indictment
https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/23909542/23sc188947-criminal-indictment.pdf
Seth Barrett Tillman, ‘Governor Newsom, Laphonza Butler, and the Constitution’s Plain Text,’ New Reform Club (Oct. 2, 2023, 3:54 PM), <https://reformclub.blogspot.com/2023/10/governor-newsom-laphonza-butler-and.html>;
Josh Blackman & Seth Barrett Tillman, ‘Sweeping and Forcing the President into Section 3: A Response to William Baude and Michael Stokes Paulsen,’ 28(2) Tex. Rev. L. & Pol. (forth. circa Mar. 2024) (posted on: Sept. 12, 2023), <https://ssrn.com/abstract=4568771>.
Is There A Constitutional Right to a Jury Trial of Equitable Defenses in New York?, 74 St. Johns L. Rev. 1 (2000)
https://scholarship.law.stjohns.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1421&context=lawreview
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| 0:00.0 | So would you say you got a better shot at them going in and not so much coming out? |
| 0:09.0 | You could say that. |
| 0:10.0 | I did say that. |
| 0:11.0 | Would you say that? |
| 0:14.0 | Jester and I paid for his lawyers conduit and Aspen and my lawyers conduit Maui. |
| 0:19.0 | They're very happy. |
| 0:20.0 | They're going to train once a year. |
| 0:23.0 | Love to sue them. |
| 0:24.0 | Only would mean hiring another lawyer. |
| 0:30.0 | Meanwhile at the Home of Justice, the super brand was called. |
| 0:33.0 | Welcome to opening arguments. |
| 0:35.0 | The podcast that breaks down the law behind all the news stories you care about. |
| 0:40.0 | This podcast is sponsored by the Law Offices of P. Andrew Torres, LLC, for entertainment purposes, |
| 0:46.0 | is not intended as legal advice and does not form an attorney-client relationship. |
| 0:52.0 | Don't take legal advice from a podcast. |
| 0:58.0 | Hey guys, I'm Liz Dye with me as Andrew Torres and this is opening arguments episode 815. |
| 1:03.0 | Hey Liz, how you doing? |
| 1:05.0 | Wilde. |
| 1:06.0 | He's a wild times. |
| 1:07.0 | They are indeed and we have a huge show. |
| 1:10.0 | We will, of course, be talking about the historic result of the House of Representatives motion to vacate, |
| 1:16.0 | which I mean, you know, I don't want to, you know, strain ourselves, patting ourselves on the back, |
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