Trump Judges, Federal Courts, And the Threat to Democracy

Legal AF by MeidasTouch

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🗓️ 5 December 2021

⏱️ 88 minutes

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You know what happened; now hear what happens next. The top-rated weekly US law and politics news analysis podcast -- LegalAF -- produced by Meidas Touch and anchored by MT founder and civil rights lawyer, Ben Meiselas and national trial lawyer and strategist, Michael Popok, is back for another hard-hitting, thought-provoking look in “real time” at this week’s developments. On this episode, Ben and Popok analyze: 1. The US Supreme Court’s oral argument on whether there will continue to be a constitutionally-protected right for a woman to have an abortion in this country, or not. 2. The Jan6 Special Committee’s move toward criminal contempt against Trump insiders, Meadows, Eastman and Clark. 3. Mainstream media joining Bannon to argue under the First Amendment for the complete release of all materials related his criminal contempt prosecution, and the same for certain aspects of the Mueller Report. 4. A decision this week by a Texas Federal judge relying on the First Amendment and Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act to stop the enforcement of a new Texas law aimed at preventing large social media platforms from “deplatforming” (banning) people who have abhorrent views. 5. Trump-appointee Federal judges who have banned President Biden’s vaccine-mandate for front-line Medicare/Medicaid health care workers from going into effect 26 states. And so much more. Support the show! Aura Frames -- Aura digital photo frames offer the highest resolution display on the market. The auto‑dimming screen wakes each morning and goes to sleep at night. Your photos will always be the ideal brightness. There’s never been a better time to buy. Take advantage of Aura’s best deals of the year, with Black Friday/Cyber Monday pricing now through November 30. Visit https://auraframes.com now to get gifting. Use code LEGALAF to take $30 off Aura’s best selling digital picture frames Fiverr -- Receive 10% off your first order by using our code LEGALAF at https://Fiverr.com. Cubii -- Making Wellness Approachable for All Ages, Abilities, and Lifestyles. Click to Learn More! Stay Home & Get Fit While You Sit. Go to https://www.cubii.com/legalaf Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to Midas Touch Legal AF, if it's Saturday or Sunday, it is Legal AF Your Weekend
0:12.5	Legal Counselors Ben Micellis and Michael Popak breaking down this week's legal issues
0:20.1	in ways you can understand, we appreciate being your professors of law here on Legal AF
0:28.8	and much to discuss. Michael Popak, birthday boy, this was Michael Popak's birthday week,
0:35.5	lots of Midas Mighty reaching out to Popak earlier in the week for his birthday and Popak
0:41.4	happy be day. Thank you, a special shout out to the Midas Mighty. This was my first birthday
0:47.3	as part of that group, that family. And first one since we started Legal AF and it was
0:56.2	heartwarming to see a thousand or more people wish me a happy birthday. I don't think I've
1:02.3	been wished a happy birthday by a thousand people collectively in all of my years. So it was great,
1:08.4	all in good fun. And just shows the camaraderie of the family and community that you and your
1:15.6	brothers have created that I've joined and I appreciate it. Absolutely. We launched a special
1:23.2	edition Midas Touch Legal AF podcast this week, which you may have heard where we broke down
1:30.4	the Supreme Court's ruling in the DOBS case, the DOBS case or the oral argument was earlier
1:38.7	in the week. These stakes are significantly high and no short of overturning,
1:45.4	Roe v Wade, overturning, planned parenthood, VKC, and essentially removing the right to an abortion
1:55.6	as a fundamental right under the United States Constitution. We're going to talk a little bit more
2:01.7	about that. But for a further analysis, I would tell everybody to go back and definitely listen to
2:08.4	the 20 minute edition that we dropped middle of the week where we really broke down what each
2:13.0	of the specific justices were saying, let's just get into the law pop up for this week. Let's get
2:18.0	into the cases and what's going on. Another tough week for Biden's and really for the world,
2:26.8	for health, for vaccine mandates generally. I mean, it isn't really even a vaccine mandate that Biden
2:33.3	has. I mean, with respect to large employers, it kind of has the either or either get vaccinated
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