Opening Arguments Podcast
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Explaining law in the news to non-lawyers every Mon/Fri and responding to the right's worst legal takes on video every Weds. Join the community at patreon.com/law!
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Aaaaaand here it is, the patent for the Skeleton Confessor!
The men have tiny feet.
The men have tiny feet.
November 1, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Aaaaaand here it is, the patent for the Skeleton Confessor!
The men have tiny feet.
The men have tiny feet.
Ty to everyone who has told us about the ICE recruitment ads which have been running on the only general-interest US legal podcast co-hosted by a practicing deportation defense attorney.
We trust that these ads are wasted on our listeners in a way that they would be wasted on few other audiences
We trust that these ads are wasted on our listeners in a way that they would be wasted on few other audiences
October 31, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Ty to everyone who has told us about the ICE recruitment ads which have been running on the only general-interest US legal podcast co-hosted by a practicing deportation defense attorney.
We trust that these ads are wasted on our listeners in a way that they would be wasted on few other audiences
We trust that these ads are wasted on our listeners in a way that they would be wasted on few other audiences
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lawyers who are appointed to represent people in federal criminal cases (these are private practice lawyers who handle public defender overflow - about 40% of all cases) haven't been paid since july. we barely have a government right now.
October 29, 2025 at 7:41 PM
lawyers who are appointed to represent people in federal criminal cases (these are private practice lawyers who handle public defender overflow - about 40% of all cases) haven't been paid since july. we barely have a government right now.
Can't wait for our annual Halloween episode? Check out last year's, in which Matt and Thomas discussed the true legal horror story that was the Salem Witch Trials and what happens when a society lets paranoia drive policy
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Believe Absurdities, Commit Atrocities
Episodio de podcast · Opening Arguments · 21/10/2024 · 49 min
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October 30, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Can't wait for our annual Halloween episode? Check out last year's, in which Matt and Thomas discussed the true legal horror story that was the Salem Witch Trials and what happens when a society lets paranoia drive policy
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COMING THIS HALLOWEEN: take a break from the daily horrors of American law and enter the COURTHOUSE OF HORROR, our cabinet of macabre legal curiosities including
SO I TRADEMARKED AN AXE MURDERER
ATTACK OF THE TORTIOUS CLOWNS
CANDYMAN 5: SUMMARY JUDGMENT
And more!
SO I TRADEMARKED AN AXE MURDERER
ATTACK OF THE TORTIOUS CLOWNS
CANDYMAN 5: SUMMARY JUDGMENT
And more!
October 30, 2025 at 3:30 AM
COMING THIS HALLOWEEN: take a break from the daily horrors of American law and enter the COURTHOUSE OF HORROR, our cabinet of macabre legal curiosities including
SO I TRADEMARKED AN AXE MURDERER
ATTACK OF THE TORTIOUS CLOWNS
CANDYMAN 5: SUMMARY JUDGMENT
And more!
SO I TRADEMARKED AN AXE MURDERER
ATTACK OF THE TORTIOUS CLOWNS
CANDYMAN 5: SUMMARY JUDGMENT
And more!
What is the current state of US immigration law? Where can we still find hope? The American Immigration Council's Aaron @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social watches these issues like no one else, & joins Matt for a unique conversation between policy & practice
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Trump’s All Out Assault on Immigrants Continues in Incompetent but Horrifying Fashion
Podcast Episode · Opening Arguments · 10/27/2025 · 1h 2m
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October 28, 2025 at 12:50 PM
What is the current state of US immigration law? Where can we still find hope? The American Immigration Council's Aaron @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social watches these issues like no one else, & joins Matt for a unique conversation between policy & practice
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"Nine months into the 2nd Trump administration the Opening Arguments podcast* introduced a new segment called 'Can They REALLY Do That?" to which the answer was invariably: 'they ARE.'"
*early 21st century audio programming favored by the liberal intelligentsia
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*early 21st century audio programming favored by the liberal intelligentsia
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Trump Says DOJ Should Pay Him $230 Million Because Why the F*** Not at This Point
Podcast Episode · Opening Arguments · 10/24/2025 · 58m
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October 24, 2025 at 10:56 PM
"Nine months into the 2nd Trump administration the Opening Arguments podcast* introduced a new segment called 'Can They REALLY Do That?" to which the answer was invariably: 'they ARE.'"
*early 21st century audio programming favored by the liberal intelligentsia
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*early 21st century audio programming favored by the liberal intelligentsia
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This is & so many other things I have been able to do in the past 18 months are exactly what I wanted OA to be when I joined, and I can't thank @seriouspod.bsky.social and @seriouslydiaonly.bsky.social enough for the vision and values which make this show something special. Pls support indie media!
COMING SOON: excited to announce that we have just scheduled interviews with two different incarcerated authors in the coming months about each of their outstanding books
October 22, 2025 at 1:48 AM
This is & so many other things I have been able to do in the past 18 months are exactly what I wanted OA to be when I joined, and I can't thank @seriouspod.bsky.social and @seriouslydiaonly.bsky.social enough for the vision and values which make this show something special. Pls support indie media!
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There are shows which break down bad movies, shows which break down classic SCOTUS cases, shows which break down terrible rightwing content, & shows which cover the rise of American fascism without breaking down. But just one which does all of that, and you can listen ad-free here
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October 22, 2025 at 1:59 AM
There are shows which break down bad movies, shows which break down classic SCOTUS cases, shows which break down terrible rightwing content, & shows which cover the rise of American fascism without breaking down. But just one which does all of that, and you can listen ad-free here
Patreon.com/law
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COMING SOON: excited to announce that we have just scheduled interviews with two different incarcerated authors in the coming months about each of their outstanding books
October 22, 2025 at 1:43 AM
COMING SOON: excited to announce that we have just scheduled interviews with two different incarcerated authors in the coming months about each of their outstanding books
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SCOOP: Suzy Weiss — Bari Weiss's sister & The Free Press co-founder — is set to appear on CBS airwaves tomorrow, to talk about her recent piece on lab-grown diamonds.
Would be the second Free Press writer to appear on CBS this week, despite CBS staff concerns the outlet doesn't meet CBS standards.
Would be the second Free Press writer to appear on CBS this week, despite CBS staff concerns the outlet doesn't meet CBS standards.
NEW: Management’s “cringe” fawning of Bari Weiss. Guards escorting her everywhere. The Drudge Report inspiring story ideas. A softball interview with an accused war criminal. Staff suspicions of how far “collaboration” between The Free Press & CBS will go.
Inside Weiss’s first 10 days leading CBS:
Inside Weiss’s first 10 days leading CBS:
Inside Bari Weiss’s First 10 Days as the Controversial Head of CBS News
After a softball Netanyahu interview, newsroom sources tell Zeteo the start of Weiss's tenure at CBS has been chaotic and has underscored her own pro-Israel biases.
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October 17, 2025 at 2:48 AM
SCOOP: Suzy Weiss — Bari Weiss's sister & The Free Press co-founder — is set to appear on CBS airwaves tomorrow, to talk about her recent piece on lab-grown diamonds.
Would be the second Free Press writer to appear on CBS this week, despite CBS staff concerns the outlet doesn't meet CBS standards.
Would be the second Free Press writer to appear on CBS this week, despite CBS staff concerns the outlet doesn't meet CBS standards.
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This was a fun episode, but the contempt that you will hear from me for everyone involved in this wanton butchering of *everything* that made the source material good is very real. This appalling adaptation makes a strong case for opening a special division of the Hague for crimes against literature
Law'd Awful Movies is back in classic form! Coming soon: is the USA network's loose serialization of a 30-year-old John Grisham legal thriller the densest adaptation in Hollywood history? Thomas, Lydia, and Matt make the case
October 16, 2025 at 2:50 PM
This was a fun episode, but the contempt that you will hear from me for everyone involved in this wanton butchering of *everything* that made the source material good is very real. This appalling adaptation makes a strong case for opening a special division of the Hague for crimes against literature
Law'd Awful Movies is back in classic form! Coming soon: is the USA network's loose serialization of a 30-year-old John Grisham legal thriller the densest adaptation in Hollywood history? Thomas, Lydia, and Matt make the case
October 16, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Law'd Awful Movies is back in classic form! Coming soon: is the USA network's loose serialization of a 30-year-old John Grisham legal thriller the densest adaptation in Hollywood history? Thomas, Lydia, and Matt make the case
Law'd Awful Movies is back in classic form! Coming soon: is the USA network's loose serialization of a 30-year-old John Gresham legal thriller the densest adaptation in Hollywood history? Thomas, Lydia, and Matt make the case
October 16, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Law'd Awful Movies is back in classic form! Coming soon: is the USA network's loose serialization of a 30-year-old John Gresham legal thriller the densest adaptation in Hollywood history? Thomas, Lydia, and Matt make the case
This week on Vapid Response Wednesday: Caitlin Flanagan pretends that Bari Weiss is a normal journalist, Jonathan Turley pretends that the left is in denial about "Antifa" (a thing which he has already admitted isn't real), Candace Owens pretends about just about everything
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Atlantic publishes Caitlyn Flanagan's love letter to Bari Weiss for some reason
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October 16, 2025 at 4:52 AM
This week on Vapid Response Wednesday: Caitlin Flanagan pretends that Bari Weiss is a normal journalist, Jonathan Turley pretends that the left is in denial about "Antifa" (a thing which he has already admitted isn't real), Candace Owens pretends about just about everything
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Good news, Bluesky: we had @jaketapper.bsky.social on to answer for his deeply divisive reporting on the mysterious drama and questions of competency which have surrounded a famous American family beset by tragedy. (We also have a few questions about that Biden book.)
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Jake Tapper on his new book, and the controversy surrounding his last one
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October 9, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Good news, Bluesky: we had @jaketapper.bsky.social on to answer for his deeply divisive reporting on the mysterious drama and questions of competency which have surrounded a famous American family beset by tragedy. (We also have a few questions about that Biden book.)
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Listen to Opening Arguments, the legal podcast that doesn't need 36 minutes to tell you that "killing Venezuelans in boats" is extremely fucking illegal
September 25, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Listen to Opening Arguments, the legal podcast that doesn't need 36 minutes to tell you that "killing Venezuelans in boats" is extremely fucking illegal
Coming soon to OA:
THE CASE AGAINST "THE CASE AGAINST ADNAN SYED"
are the "Serial" liars behind this HBO series really so desperate that they are trying to pin the murder of Hae Min Lee on a Black man who was already cleared as a suspect? Did this show get *anything* about this case right?
THE CASE AGAINST "THE CASE AGAINST ADNAN SYED"
are the "Serial" liars behind this HBO series really so desperate that they are trying to pin the murder of Hae Min Lee on a Black man who was already cleared as a suspect? Did this show get *anything* about this case right?
September 23, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Coming soon to OA:
THE CASE AGAINST "THE CASE AGAINST ADNAN SYED"
are the "Serial" liars behind this HBO series really so desperate that they are trying to pin the murder of Hae Min Lee on a Black man who was already cleared as a suspect? Did this show get *anything* about this case right?
THE CASE AGAINST "THE CASE AGAINST ADNAN SYED"
are the "Serial" liars behind this HBO series really so desperate that they are trying to pin the murder of Hae Min Lee on a Black man who was already cleared as a suspect? Did this show get *anything* about this case right?
Minor correction: On today's show Matt stated that the 1933 Reichstag Fire was not the act of a lone arsonist & that the Nazis assisted. This is not a fully established historical fact, although many historians have made the case for it. Sources in the next post
September 19, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Minor correction: On today's show Matt stated that the 1933 Reichstag Fire was not the act of a lone arsonist & that the Nazis assisted. This is not a fully established historical fact, although many historians have made the case for it. Sources in the next post
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This Week's Onion Magazine:
September 18, 2025 at 9:00 PM
This Week's Onion Magazine:
As anyone who has been online in the past week already knows the death of Charlie Kirk generated enough to fuel several years of Vapid Response Wednesdays, but we got it down to 2 hrs.
Part I: the man in his own words, & the (very bad) case for Kirk as the "American Socrates"
Part I: the man in his own words, & the (very bad) case for Kirk as the "American Socrates"
Charlie Kirk sucked and we won't be pretending otherwise
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September 18, 2025 at 6:20 PM
As anyone who has been online in the past week already knows the death of Charlie Kirk generated enough to fuel several years of Vapid Response Wednesdays, but we got it down to 2 hrs.
Part I: the man in his own words, & the (very bad) case for Kirk as the "American Socrates"
Part I: the man in his own words, & the (very bad) case for Kirk as the "American Socrates"
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"complete gibberish, nonsense, and balderdash"
--Charlie Kirk on the idea that climate change is an existential threat to humanity (2024)
"not incredibly important"
--Charlie Kirk on global warming (August 2025)
of course Trump's EPA loves him
--Charlie Kirk on the idea that climate change is an existential threat to humanity (2024)
"not incredibly important"
--Charlie Kirk on global warming (August 2025)
of course Trump's EPA loves him
@seriouspod.bsky.social @mattcameron.bsky.social listening to yr pod today and thought I'd share this lil nugget that was blasted through an official fed agency's channel.
September 18, 2025 at 6:11 PM
"complete gibberish, nonsense, and balderdash"
--Charlie Kirk on the idea that climate change is an existential threat to humanity (2024)
"not incredibly important"
--Charlie Kirk on global warming (August 2025)
of course Trump's EPA loves him
--Charlie Kirk on the idea that climate change is an existential threat to humanity (2024)
"not incredibly important"
--Charlie Kirk on global warming (August 2025)
of course Trump's EPA loves him
OA is now three shows in one!
STILL GOOD LAW MONDAYS: Matt & Jenessa break down classic Warren Court-era SCOTUS cases
VAPID RESPONSE WEDNESDAY: Matt & our producers give their unedited review of the worst opeds we can find
RAPID RESPONSE FRIDAY: Matt & Jenessa explain law in the news (classic OA)
STILL GOOD LAW MONDAYS: Matt & Jenessa break down classic Warren Court-era SCOTUS cases
VAPID RESPONSE WEDNESDAY: Matt & our producers give their unedited review of the worst opeds we can find
RAPID RESPONSE FRIDAY: Matt & Jenessa explain law in the news (classic OA)
September 18, 2025 at 3:44 PM
OA is now three shows in one!
STILL GOOD LAW MONDAYS: Matt & Jenessa break down classic Warren Court-era SCOTUS cases
VAPID RESPONSE WEDNESDAY: Matt & our producers give their unedited review of the worst opeds we can find
RAPID RESPONSE FRIDAY: Matt & Jenessa explain law in the news (classic OA)
STILL GOOD LAW MONDAYS: Matt & Jenessa break down classic Warren Court-era SCOTUS cases
VAPID RESPONSE WEDNESDAY: Matt & our producers give their unedited review of the worst opeds we can find
RAPID RESPONSE FRIDAY: Matt & Jenessa explain law in the news (classic OA)
Next week in our Still Good Law series; Katz v US (1967), the Warren Court's landmark holding that the Fourth Amendment is for people, not places.
Working title:
KATZ RULES EVERYTHING AROUND ME
Working title:
KATZ RULES EVERYTHING AROUND ME
September 16, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Next week in our Still Good Law series; Katz v US (1967), the Warren Court's landmark holding that the Fourth Amendment is for people, not places.
Working title:
KATZ RULES EVERYTHING AROUND ME
Working title:
KATZ RULES EVERYTHING AROUND ME