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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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OA441: Trump Still Lost

OA441: Trump Still Lost

He still lost, folks! It's over. In our main segment today, we discuss the Electoral College calendar and when things are finally set in stone. But what about faithless electors??? We've got an Andr…

01:10:36  |   Tue 24 Nov 2020
OA440: Rudy's Literal Meltdown

OA440: Rudy's Literal Meltdown

Rudy Giuliani is as bad at being a lawyer as he is at wearing a believable human suit. Both of these shortcomings were on full display this week as Trump's top lawyer continued to not only lose case…

01:12:55  |   Fri 20 Nov 2020
OA439: The End of the Lemon Test?

OA439: The End of the Lemon Test?

It's a 97% Trump-free episode! First we have to cover the bullet points Andrew foolishly thought we could get to last week, including questions like: does a 50-50 Senate mean no more Majority Leader…

01:01:51  |   Tue 17 Nov 2020
OA438: This Coup Shall Pass

OA438: This Coup Shall Pass

While it cannot be overstated how disgusting, unpatriotic, anti-American, and anti-Democratic this pathetic coup attempt by Trump and Republicans is, it also has no chance of working. At least, acco…

01:10:47  |   Fri 13 Nov 2020
OA437: How To Play Hardball If We Don't Win the Senate

OA437: How To Play Hardball If We Don't Win the Senate

As always, we can't emphasize enough how important it is to win the two Georgia runoffs, but today's show covers why we COULD still win in North Carolina. It involves court thingies. Then in the mai…

01:10:46  |   Tue 10 Nov 2020
OA436: It's A Runoff!

OA436: It's A Runoff!

Biden is all but assured victory, and despite the election not going nearly as well as we'd hoped, there's still a chance to take the Senate! However, Trump is throwing every terrible legal challeng…

01:16:38  |   Fri 06 Nov 2020
Bonus: Harris County Update, Good News!

Bonus: Harris County Update, Good News!

This is an emergency mini-episode in which Andrew breaks down all the events surrounding Hotze v. Hollins, which is the case involving Republican efforts to throw out 127,000 early votes in Harris C…

00:18:28  |   Tue 03 Nov 2020
OA435: Why Your Vote Matters In EVERY State!

OA435: Why Your Vote Matters In EVERY State!

That's right, EVERY state. So if you, or anyone you know, is doing the "eh my vote doesn't matter because I'm in x state" NO. STOP. Listen to this episode and share it with that person who needs it!…

01:12:04  |   Tue 03 Nov 2020
OA434: Kavanaugh's Crooked Concurrence

OA434: Kavanaugh's Crooked Concurrence

Kavanaugh, in a disgrace of an opinion, just signaled that he and enough of his fellow hack justices are willing and able to hand a disputed election to Trump. Andrew has the full breakdown, and wha…

01:14:25  |   Fri 30 Oct 2020
OA433: Google Antitrust and Purdue Pharma Plea

OA433: Google Antitrust and Purdue Pharma Plea

It's a Tr*** free day here at OA! Not even one mention of that entity. It's all about some major stories in the law. Google has been sued by the DoJ and a number of individual states for unlawfully …

01:18:26  |   Tue 27 Oct 2020
OA432: Trump Accidentally Declassifies Russia Docs?!

OA432: Trump Accidentally Declassifies Russia Docs?!

In a steroid-induced haze, Trump may have inadvertently declassified all Russia documents by Tweeting: “I have fully authorized the total Declassification of any & all documents pertaining to the si…

01:08:31  |   Fri 23 Oct 2020
OA431: Here's How We Can Still Save the Census

OA431: Here's How We Can Still Save the Census

The Trump administration was given a victory in the courts regarding the census. It's absolutely bad news, but Andrew has a plan for that! Ok, ok, it was Elizabeth Warren's plan, but Andrew breaks i…

01:04:38  |   Tue 20 Oct 2020
OA430: Amy Coney Barrett Is Terrible

OA430: Amy Coney Barrett Is Terrible

Andrew watched the hearings so you don't have to! What is super-precedent? And did ACB really rule that an employer using the n-word wasn't hostile or racist? We've got the full breakdown! Before th…

01:17:57  |   Fri 16 Oct 2020
OA429: This Court Will End Marriage Equality

OA429: This Court Will End Marriage Equality

As we say often... there's no sugar coating this one. Alito and Thomas shouted their pathetic homophobia from the bench in a concurrence recently. What was the ruling, you ask? No ruling. It was a c…

01:08:52  |   Tue 13 Oct 2020
OA428: Govt. Caught Lying for Flynn

OA428: Govt. Caught Lying for Flynn

The government has been caught doing some really absurd things to the benefit of Michael Flynn, including sneaking in post-it notes and lying on Brady material. Andrew's got the full breakdown for u…

01:12:39  |   Fri 09 Oct 2020
OA427: Roe is Doomed, Contraceptives Next? Your Guide to Amy Coney Barrett

OA427: Roe is Doomed, Contraceptives Next? Your Guide to Amy Coney Barrett

No matter how many Republicans get COVID, McConnell will still find a way to confirm his new justice. So, Andrew has a signature deep dive on Barrett's most significant cases. The news, as always, i…

01:11:13  |   Tue 06 Oct 2020
OA426: Breonna Updates; Trump's Outrageous Tax Returns

OA426: Breonna Updates; Trump's Outrageous Tax Returns

We're still mad about Breonna Taylor's killing, and you should be too. A juror has come forward to say that the AG misrepresented the deliberations. We're like to get the tapes soon, but as of now …

01:20:24  |   Fri 02 Oct 2020
OA425: 'The Election That Could Break America' ???

OA425: 'The Election That Could Break America' ???

Let's talk about that Atlantic article that has really been scaring people. Andrew brings us his signature deep-dive, and why he's slightly optimistic that the fears in the article won't ultimately…

01:19:32  |   Tue 29 Sep 2020
OA424: No Charges for Breonna's Killer

OA424: No Charges for Breonna's Killer

The law worked... how it's designed to work. Andrew gives us the breakdown on what happened, and what didn't happen.

After that, Andrew has the deepest of dives on Amy Coney Barrett, the odds-on f…

01:23:52  |   Fri 25 Sep 2020
OA423: White Collar Crime Explained, with Randall Eliason

OA423: White Collar Crime Explained, with Randall Eliason

*note that this episode was recorded before RBG's death and the resulting tenfold increase in existential doom feelings*

If you're a keen listener, you might remember last time we had Prof. Randal…

01:08:18  |   Tue 22 Sep 2020
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