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Opening Arguments

Opening Arguments is a law show that helps you make sense of the news! Comedian Thomas Smith brings on legal analysts to help you understand not only current events, but also deeper legal concepts and areas!
The typical schedule will be M-W-F with Monday being a deep-dive, Wednesday being Thomas Takes the Bar Exam and patron shoutouts, and Friday being a rapid response to legal issues in the news!

Politics Law News
Update frequency
every 2 days
Average duration
65 minutes
Episodes
1132
Years Active
2016 - 2025
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OA688: Oh No, the Privilege is MINE!

OA688: Oh No, the Privilege is MINE!

Today, Liz and Andrew have two stories for us, each touching on executive privilege.

We begin with a quick fun Liz story where what comes around, goes around, particularly in Georgia.

Then, for …

00:52:50  |   Thu 09 Feb 2023
Andrew Torrez - Apology

Andrew Torrez - Apology

This is my apology for recent events.

00:06:09  |   Tue 07 Feb 2023
OA687: Trump Sues Woodward, Gets Close to Making a Valid Legal Argument

OA687: Trump Sues Woodward, Gets Close to Making a Valid Legal Argument

A new record for him! Today Liz Dye has two stories for us. First, Trump has sued Bob Woodward for profiting off of his voice in his new book. Does he have a case? Well, almost assuredly not. But he…

00:50:20  |   Fri 03 Feb 2023
OA686: The Robot Lawyers Are Coming! ...Or Are They?

OA686: The Robot Lawyers Are Coming! ...Or Are They?

It's Liz ThursDYE! Lots has been made of the robots coming for the lawyer jobs... But is it all it's cracked up to be? Should a human use a lawyer to argue in front of the Supreme Court? Or is that.…

00:50:52  |   Thu 02 Feb 2023
OA685: The Alec Baldwin Charges

OA685: The Alec Baldwin Charges

It's the return of Mo's Poplaw Lawpod! Ace associate Morgan Stringer breaks down the tragic death of up-and-coming cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. Charges were filed against Alec Baldwin and armore…

00:54:35  |   Tue 31 Jan 2023
OA684: Why We Haven't Seen the Georgia Grand Jury Report Yet

OA684: Why We Haven't Seen the Georgia Grand Jury Report Yet

Some people are pissed about this, but should they be? What's happening and will Trump be charged in Georgia over his "perfect phone call?" Find out!

Click here for full links and show notes!

00:47:43  |   Mon 30 Jan 2023
OA683: Peter Navarro Pursues Executive Privilege Through the Sands of Time

OA683: Peter Navarro Pursues Executive Privilege Through the Sands of Time

Lots of news today! Secret documents found in Mike Pence's house and also in your house and your spouse is actually secret documents. Then Andrew brings us some really interesting speculation on why…

00:57:12  |   Fri 27 Jan 2023
OA682: Trump Forced to Pay SO Many Other People's Legal Fees...

OA682: Trump Forced to Pay SO Many Other People's Legal Fees...

It's Liz WednesDye! Liz brings us the delightful schadenfreude of Trump's many vexatious lawsuits blowing up in his face, resulting in paying a lot in legal fees for other people's lawyers. But is i…

00:47:45  |   Thu 26 Jan 2023
OA681: The New Republican House Rules Are... Yikes.

OA681: The New Republican House Rules Are... Yikes.

Action packed show today! The House Jan 6 Committee still has effects from beyond the grave. Fireball whiskey is making knockoffs of itself? And yeah, those new Republican House Rules are garbage an…

01:04:55  |   Tue 24 Jan 2023
OA680: The Pathetic SCOTUS Leak Investigation Fizzles

OA680: The Pathetic SCOTUS Leak Investigation Fizzles

THEY DIDN'T EVEN ASK ALITO about the allegations of him leaking a prior decision. These weren't like, tabloid Occupy Democrats allegations either. These were in the New York gdamn Times. Didn't even…

00:48:51  |   Mon 23 Jan 2023
OA679: Norm Can't Stop Effing Up at Lawyering

OA679: Norm Can't Stop Effing Up at Lawyering

Plus, commingling secret documents with personal things: bad when Trump does it, but not when Biden does it? Is the left being hypocritical on that? And, EVEN MORE lawyer sanctioning as Reynal gets …

01:02:44  |   Fri 20 Jan 2023
OA678: Dersh's Sanctions Defense Somehow Keeps Getting Worse

OA678: Dersh's Sanctions Defense Somehow Keeps Getting Worse

It's just so bad and so dumb. Somehow these people are lawyers. Their arguments make T3BE look like a legal master class. Listen in for the hilarious details!

Here are the show notes!

00:57:26  |   Thu 19 Jan 2023
OA677: Our Critical Hit (Piece) On the Gizmodo's Critical Hit (Piece) on Wizards of the Coast

OA677: Our Critical Hit (Piece) On the Gizmodo's Critical Hit (Piece) on Wizards of the Coast

Hooo boy! Lots of very energetic feedback on our DnD episode. Spoiler: many, many people think Andrew totally biffed the analysis. So, he's gone through a ton of it and has some fresh analysis for y…

01:16:15  |   Tue 17 Jan 2023
OA676: Kel McClanahan on the Biden Docs

OA676: Kel McClanahan on the Biden Docs

The story of the classified documents found in various Biden related locations is still developing, but National Security Counselors Executive Director Kel McClanahan joins us to give his expert opi…

01:01:36  |   Mon 16 Jan 2023
OA675: Gizmodo's Critical Hit (Piece) on Wizards of the Coast

OA675: Gizmodo's Critical Hit (Piece) on Wizards of the Coast

The internet is aflame over a leaked draft of Wizards of the Coast new licensing agreement for Dungeons and Dragons. But, should they be? Our resident legal expert Andrew says no and calls the Gizm…

01:10:39  |   Fri 13 Jan 2023
OA674: Norm Pattis Is Taking A Little Mandated Break From Lawyering

OA674: Norm Pattis Is Taking A Little Mandated Break From Lawyering

You know the deal, Liz Dye Wednesday! Wednesdye! Liz breaks down Norm's little mandated vacation...

00:53:56  |   Thu 12 Jan 2023
OA673:

OA673: "Don't Sanction Me, I'm Old!" – Dersh

Definitely not anyone that we know of's Ethics Professor Alan Dershowitz has responded to his sanctions motion with a bunch of feeble lies. In other words, more unethical stuff. Listen in for why hi…

00:53:46  |   Tue 10 Jan 2023
OA672: How Conservative Courts Rewrite History

OA672: How Conservative Courts Rewrite History

Andrew takes us back into Citizens United to illustrate for the umpteenth time just how glaringly dishonest originalists are, and the rabbit trail takes us all the way to 1910's Montana and election…

00:47:53  |   Mon 09 Jan 2023
OA671: Speaker McLOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL

OA671: Speaker McLOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL

Sorry this is just so funny and we all deserve to enjoy it. We recorded this early due to a cyclone that wasn't very bomb, and yet everything Andrew said and researched remains perfectly timely as o…

01:06:09  |   Fri 06 Jan 2023
OA670: Cassidy Hutchinson's Lawyer Was Working Against Her

OA670: Cassidy Hutchinson's Lawyer Was Working Against Her

Liz Dye joins us to break down the J6 bombshell news that Cassidy Hutchinson's own lawyer was apparently... not her lawyer. It's some extremely unethical stuff. Possibly criminal? Listen in!

For f…

01:06:57  |   Tue 03 Jan 2023
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