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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!

News Politics Law
Update frequency
every 2 days
Average duration
65 minutes
Episodes
1133
Years Active
2016 - 2025
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OA594: Impeach Clarence Thomas

OA594: Impeach Clarence Thomas

It's a breakdown I've been begging Andrew to do for months and it's finally here! The case for why the House should start impeachment proceedings for Clarence Thomas.

Links: Ginni's texts, Trump …

01:08:29  |   Tue 10 May 2022
OA593: Roe Was Never About a 'Right to Abortion'

OA593: Roe Was Never About a 'Right to Abortion'

It is absurd to say "point to where in the Constitution it says you have a right to an abortion." Legally speaking, there's something a lot deeper and more basic going on. As we all already know, th…

01:03:37  |   Fri 06 May 2022
Emergency Episode - Roe to be Overturned

Emergency Episode - Roe to be Overturned

Just stunning. Despite OA warning you about this for years, it still is, and should be, utterly shocking to see in print. Andrew has somehow already read the opinion and has a preliminary breakdown.…

01:12:46  |   Tue 03 May 2022
OA592: NYT's 'The Daily' Botches SCOTUS Case Coverage

OA592: NYT's 'The Daily' Botches SCOTUS Case Coverage

Andrew Seidel joins us to commiserate over both how much the Supreme Court is butchering State-Church Separation, and also how irresponsibly The Daily podcast covered the case involved. The NYT dec…

01:17:15  |   Tue 03 May 2022
OA591: Musk Buys Twitter, Part 2!

OA591: Musk Buys Twitter, Part 2!

We continue the fascinating deep-dive into the NOT FINAL deal for Musk to buy Twitter. This part goes more into the financing and highlights even more ways the deal might not go through. Then, we've…

01:04:03  |   Fri 29 Apr 2022
OA590: Musk Buys Twitter. The Deal Is Done. Or Is It?

OA590: Musk Buys Twitter. The Deal Is Done. Or Is It?

The answer may surprise you! When it was announced that Elon Musk bought Twitter, I had a billion and one questions for Andrew about it. Andrew being Andrew, he commenced deep-diving and turned up a…

00:58:14  |   Fri 29 Apr 2022
OA589: The FL House is a Dumpster Fire. Sarah Henry Hopes to Change That!

OA589: The FL House is a Dumpster Fire. Sarah Henry Hopes to Change That!

Past OA guest Sarah Henry is running for the Florida House in the 38th district! We talk about the absolute hell that is Florida Republicans, and what she intends to do about it. Then, a breakdown o…

01:00:41  |   Tue 26 Apr 2022
OA588: Wildly Ignorant Trump Judge Upends National Mask Policy

OA588: Wildly Ignorant Trump Judge Upends National Mask Policy

As you've no doubt already heard, a totally unqualified, Trump appointed, 34 year old Florida Judge has completely destroyed the national travel mask mandate with the stroke of a pen. Andrew breaks …

01:07:06  |   Fri 22 Apr 2022
OA587: Alex Jones Continues To Be Completely Porked

OA587: Alex Jones Continues To Be Completely Porked

In these troubled times, we cling tightly to the small amounts of good news we get. One source of good news who keeps on giving is Alex Jones. He is so unambiguously screwed that it’s our pleasure t…

01:13:06  |   Tue 19 Apr 2022
OA586: CA Uses TX Abortion Ban Trick but for Gun Control

OA586: CA Uses TX Abortion Ban Trick but for Gun Control

It's a question a lot of you posed after Texas banned abortion by completely cheating the Constitution: what if a liberal state did the same thing but for gun control? Well, CA has done exactly tha…

01:05:00  |   Fri 15 Apr 2022
OA585: Is Jan 6. Justice Moving Too Slowly? with Randall Eliason

OA585: Is Jan 6. Justice Moving Too Slowly? with Randall Eliason

Frequent OA guest, Professor Randall Eliason recently wrote an article for the Washington Post called "Forget what you heard. The DOJ's Jan. 6 probe is moving at a good pace." So, we thought we'd ha…

01:01:38  |   Tue 12 Apr 2022
OA584: Amazon Workers Unionize!

OA584: Amazon Workers Unionize!

Amazon workers in Staten Island overcame extensive union busting efforts and won a vote to unionize! This is great news, and we can only hope it has a snowball effect. Listen as Andrew breaks down t…

01:06:23  |   Fri 08 Apr 2022
OA583: Republicans Creating Handmaid's Tale Hellscape

OA583: Republicans Creating Handmaid's Tale Hellscape

The devastating consequences of Texas HB 8 and the Supreme Court's cowardly shadow docket ruling on it are reverberating not just through Texas, but around the country. Not to be outdone, Republican…

01:01:09  |   Tue 05 Apr 2022
OA582: Alex Jones Is In Big Trouble

OA582: Alex Jones Is In Big Trouble

The court has nothing BUT contempt for Alex Jones. Like, half a million dollars worth of contempt. He has dodged depositions for an eternity and Thomas's new favorite judge ever has had enough of it…

01:06:05  |   Fri 01 Apr 2022
OA581: The Activision-Blizzard Settlement Is Happening and It Sucks

OA581: The Activision-Blizzard Settlement Is Happening and It Sucks

If you're a regular listener you've heard us break down the ongoing weirdness between DFEH and EEOC over the Activision-Blizzard misconduct. It's been... unprofessional, and bad for basically everyo…

01:04:25  |   Tue 29 Mar 2022
The Slap. The Actual Legal Implications. NO HOT TAKES

The Slap. The Actual Legal Implications. NO HOT TAKES

Will Smith slapped Chris Rock onstage at the Oscars. On live television. It's less than a day old and yet you've likely already been inundated with hot takes about it. BUT, we offer you zero more an…

01:07:34  |   Mon 28 Mar 2022
OA580: Google Caught Pulling Privilege Shenanigans

OA580: Google Caught Pulling Privilege Shenanigans

Our main segment today is a breakdown of Google's massive scheme to keep tons of documents privileged inappropriately. It's a fun deep-dive full of bad documents! Before that, we quickly go over the…

01:16:00  |   Fri 25 Mar 2022
OA579: The New Blueprint for Anti-Vax Lawsuits

OA579: The New Blueprint for Anti-Vax Lawsuits

After accidentally suing themselves and then re-filing, some anti-vaxers then went on to file a complaint that, I can't believe I'm saying this, is actually something we need to take seriously. It m…

01:17:13  |   Tue 22 Mar 2022
OA578: 1/6 Prosecutors Admit Violating Suspects Rights. What Happened?

OA578: 1/6 Prosecutors Admit Violating Suspects Rights. What Happened?

It's a CNN headline that the MAGA Media is jumping all over. Is this a vast conspiracy to persecute the "political prisoners" of 1/6? Or... is it a normal thing? Get the breakdown. ALSO - man buys T…

01:14:37  |   Fri 18 Mar 2022
OA577: This Week in 'Republicans Are Horrendously Evil'

OA577: This Week in 'Republicans Are Horrendously Evil'

It's time to cover these disgusting 'Don't Say Gay' Bills. There's some small good news, though. None of them are actually law YET. Find out what they are about, and which ones will and won't likely…

01:02:23  |   Tue 15 Mar 2022
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