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Minimum Competence — 77 episodes

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1

Tupac Murder Trial Opens, AG Blanche Backs Pirro Against Trump & Judge Clears End to Somali TPS

2

Court Upholds Trump's De Minimis Tariff Repeal, SCOTUS Takes Immigrant Detention Fees Case & a Courtroom AI "Prompt Injection"

3

Motley Rice's $67M Meta Fee, Trump Media Sued Over Paid Truth Social Access & Palestinian Students Sue Columbia

4

Fifth Circuit Voids Surprise-Billing Formula, Judge Blocks USPS Mail-In Limits & White House Pushes New Reflecting Pool Charges

5

Mangione Heads to Trial, Trump Says Weaponization Fund Is "Up to Blanche" & Social Media Suits Advance

6

Senate Confirms Todd Blanche as AG in 50-49 Squeaker, Alito Stays on SCOTUS & NJ's $2.5B PFAS Settlement

7

Trump Goes 0-21 on Voter Rolls, Signs New Birthright Orders & Meta Hit With $567M in New Mexico

8

U.S. Refunds $100B in Supreme Court-Struck Tariffs, New Mexico Sues for Epstein Files & OpenAI Fights Apple

9

DOJ Fights IRS-Suit Fees, Amazon Loses Perplexity AI Ban, Final Oath Keepers Cases Dismissed & EPA Climate Grants Restored

10

Todd Blanche AG Confirmation Advances, Benefits-Data Immigration Lawsuit & Trump's 75 First Amendment Losses

11

Todd Blanche Anti-Weaponization Fund, Capital One Trump Debanking, Tom Goldstein Appeal, Reflecting Pool Case Dropped

12

DOJ Drama, Prediction Markets, and the Limits of Congressional Power

13

Trump Asks SCOTUS to Toss E. Jean Carroll's $83M Verdict, Blanche AG Vote Stalls, Bar Exam Chaos

14

Chobani Zero-Sugar Class Action, eBay $56M Stalking Settlement, Charlie Kirk Case

15

SCOTUS Mail-In Voting, J&J's $5.5B Talc Deal & Meta on Trial

16

Trump Mail-in Voting Attack Halted, Tom Goldstein Sentenced to Six Years

17

Legal News for Fri 7/24 - SCOTUS Lawyer to be Sentenced, DOJ Drops NYTimes Subpoenas, Paramount Merger Frozen

18

Legal News for Thurs 7/23 - Times Air Force One Subpoena StorY Rolls On, Teen Plaintiff Drops Mental Health Case Against Meta, Judge Doubts Science Behind Talc and Ovarian Cancer and Fund the IRS!

19

Legal News for Weds 7/22 - Meta AI Layoff Suit Chugs Along, Court Voids NLRB Union-Preserving Rule, Judge Saves Immigrant TPS Permits and CA Film Tax Credits Catching Strays

20

Legal News for Tues 7/21 - Paramount WB Merger Frozen, Anthropic $1.5b Copyright Settlement for Piracy, DOJ Launches Probe into Harvard

21

Legal News for Mon 7/20 - NJ Assault Weapons Ban Struck Down, Judge Stops Admin from Clawing Back Grants, Meta Greenlight to AI-Fire and IRS Top Attorney Out

22

Legal News for Fri 7/17 - Appeals Court Restores Journalist Escort Policy at Pentagon, Judge Scolds DOJ Over Hallucinated Case, "Public Charge" Green Card Rule and DraftKings vs. Philadelphia

23

Legal News for Thurs 7/16 - Trump's Personal Lawyer Blanche Grilled, Second Pro-Trump FL Judge Gets Appointed to Fed Bench, FTC Backs Curbing ABA Role

24

Legal News for Weds 7/15 - Blanche BS AG Hearing, Free Speech Challenge to Trump ICC Sanctions on Judges etc., and End of Fed Oversight for LA School District

25

Legal News for Tues 7/14 - Subpoenas for Times Reporters, Trump's IRS Deal Void, More Tylenol Autism Nonsense and Big Companies May Yet Miss Chevron Deference

26

Legal News for Mon 7/13 - Apple and OpenAI in Legal Fight, Disability Telework Rights, TPS Work Permits for Haiti and Others Extended and Sanctions for Hallucinated Case Cites

27

Legal News for Fri 7/10 - DOJ Sues Maryland Over Sanctuary Policies, Grand Jury Transparency, Simpson Thacher Malpractice Suit in FL and Trump Guts Election Commission

28

Legal News for Thurs 7/9 - SAVE Database Weaponized Against Voter Rolls, DOJ Threatens State Election Officials and ex-Olympians Bogus DC Reflecting Pool Charges

29

Legal News for Weds 7/8 - Judge Dugan Sentencing, Bayer's Roundup SCOTUS Win, CA Captive-audience Fight

30

Legal News for Tues 7/7 - Meta Faces $1.4t Demand, Forced-labor Tariffs are Pretext, USPTO Abandon "Board of Peace" Trademark and Combatting DSTs with 100% Tariffs

31

Legal News for Mon 7/6 - Detention Limits for Migrants, Final E. Jean Carroll Verdict Against DJT, and SCOTUS' Next Big Term

32

Legal News for Thurs 7/2 - SCOTUS Shadow Docket Swells, MN Shuts Down Wrongful Conviction Unit, Judge Blocks USPS Restrictions on Mail-in Voting

33

Legal News for Weds 7/1 - Birthright Citizenship Survives, Transgender Athletes Can Be Banned, and Trump's Power to Fire Independent Agency Heads

34

Legal News for Tues 6/30 - SCOTUS Calls Fed Independent, OKs Late-arriving Mail Ballots, and Coca-Cola's Post-Chevron Tax Fight Trial Balloon

35

Legal News for Mon 6/29 - Luigi Hearing, TPS Migrants Told to Prepare to Leave, and $69m Bail Bond Price Fixing Settlement

36

Legal News for Fri 6/26 - SCOTUS Immigration and Gun Rights Signals Pretty Clear, Real Estate Class Action Transparency Ruling Major Shift

37

Legal News for Thurs 6/25 - Sanctuary City Protections and Facial Recognition Transparency in NJ, and Trump Admin Must Explain Covering Civil Rights Mural with Tarps

38

Legal News for Weds 6/24 - NY Hate Speech Social Media Law, YouTube Settles Social Media Algorithmic Harm Case, Federal Judge Vacates Trump Courthouse Immigration Arrest Policy

39

Legal News for Tues 6/23 - LA "Sanctuary City" Fight with Feds, Voter Roll Database Limits, and OpenAI, Cloud Computing, and the R&D Credit

40

Legal News for Mon 6/22 - CA Parental Notification Ruling, Trump Birthright Citizenship Fight Rolls on and Cameras in Federal Courtrooms?

41

Legal News for Thurs 6/18 - Polymarket is Gambling in Michigan, Temu Wiretap Suit Survives and a Do Not Call Class Action

42

Legal News for Weds 6/17 - Judge Dugan Loses Bid to Vacate, Goldstein Loses Acquittal Motion, Guardant Patent Loss, and Problematic IRS Data Sharing with ICE

43

Legal News for Tues 6/16 - SCOTUS Denies Certs on Student Speech and Gun Industry Suits, TCS' $165m Trade-Secret Liability

44

Legal News for Mon 6/15 - Judge McConnell Scolds DOJ, Google Sues Chinese Gemini Phishing Ring, Judge Blocks Trump's Xenophobic Parks Orders

45

Legal News for Fri 6/12 - SCOTUS Saba ICA Private Suit, Judicial Estoppel in BK, and Abouammo's Twitter FBI Obstruction Conviction Tossed on Venue

46

Legal News for Thurs 6/11 - Brinkema Declines to Block Abandoned Anti-Weaponization Fund, Environmentalists Sue Over SpaceX Refuge Swap, and CA Jury Awards $198m in Ex-MLB Pitcher Case

47

Legal News for Weds 6/10 - Fed Circ Nixes Purdue Purer Crush Resistant OxyContin, Anti-Weaponization Foes Question its Death, SCOTUS Relists Rundown

48

Legal News for Tues 6/9 - SCOTUS Vacates Biden Gas-appliance Reg, Campaign to Overrule Obergefell, WH Ballroom Suit Sprints Toward SCOTUS and the Poorly Draft SALT Cap

49

Legal News for Mon 6/8 - RI Judge Undoes USCIS Travel Bans, E.D. of VA Judge Freezes Trump Slush Fund and 7th Circuit on Process Access in Indiana Executions

50

Legal News for Fri 6/5 - SCOTUS Greenlights Skinny Labels, SEC Disgorgement a go, and FCC In-house Fine Process Survives

51

Legal News for Thurs 6/4 - PACER Upgrades Coming (?), DOJ looks into George Santos on Kalshi and Income Tax != Wealth Tax

52

Legal News for Weds 6/3 - 2 Live Crew Sets BK and Copyright Precedent, Trump's Weak AI EO, Senate Seats a "Not Qualified" Judge in Montana

53

Legal News for Tues 6/2 - FL Sues ChatGPT, SCOTUS Lets Texas Two-Step Stand, IKEA Shoppers Sue for Tariff Refunds

54

Legal News for Mon 6/1 - Hallucinations in Uber MDL, 7th Circuit Says no Email Service to China, Roundup MDL Fight Continues and Trump's IRS Deal Scrutinized

55

Legal News for Fri 5/29 - SCOTUS Mississippi Batson Claim, Fertitta Buys Caesars, HHS NSA Arbitration Revamp and WABC Calls out FCC

56

Legal News for Thurs 5/28 - Dutch Takeover Law and AkzoNobel, Feds Threaten Sanctuary-city Airports, Immigration Judge Free Speech Fight and Standing post-hobbs

57

Legal News for Weds 5/27 - Biden Sues DOJ Over Interview Audio, Trump "Litigation Safari" Brief, Billionaire Lindberg Gets 12 Years, CO Tightens Debt-buyer Rules

58

Legal News for Tues 5/26 - Bipartisan Support for Transportation Bill, DOJ Pushes Ballroom Project for "Security" Purposes, and Taxing Cloud Dependent Software

59

Legal News for Fri 5/22 - Bad Spaniels at 9th Circuit, Meta Mental School Health Settlement, OpenAI Law Firm Associations

60

Legal News for Thurs 5/21 - MN Sued Over Prediction Market Ban, 1/6 Slush Fund Lawsuit, Peanuts Copyright Fight Over Snoopy Music

61

Legal News for Wed 5/20 - Trump IRS Slush Fund, Wells Fargo Union Retreat, Anthropic Fights Supply Chain Risk Label, Morgan and Morgan in Harvard Morgue Case

62

Legal News for Tues 5/19 - Title IX at Supreme Court, Mangione Backpack Evidence Partially Out, MAHA Vaccine BS Losses, and Gas Tax Holidays are Bad Policy

63

Legal News for Mon 5/18 - Amazon Sued for Tariff Refunds, Fed Circuit Theme Song Debuts, and Trump Drops Suit vs. IRS

64

Legal news for Fri 5/15 - Musk Case Goes to Jury, Major Crypto Bill Advances in Senate, Trump Law Firm Orders Face Skeptical Judiciary

65

Legal News for Thurs 5/14 - PayPal DOJ Settlement, Musk and SEC Strike Deal, Law Firm Revenue and Expenses Up, Trump's Global Tariff Pause Paused

66

Legal News for Weds 5/13 - TX vs. Netflix, Criminal Charges in Baltimore Bridge Crash, Refundable Adoption Tax Credit

67

Legal News for Tues 5/12 - Short Seller on Trial, Law Students Race to Beat Federal Loan Caps and Judge Scrutinizes Musk's SEC Settlement

68

Legal News for Mon 5/11 - Legal Hiring Up, VA Redistricting Battle, Canvas Suits for Breach and Trump's Latest Tariff Appeal

69

Legal News for Fri 5/8 - Trump Tariff Womp Womp, NY Proposed ICE Mask Ban, IL Push to Limit Investor Influence in Firms

70

Legal News for Thurs 5/7 - Apple AI Settlement, Bayer $2.45B eye-drug deal and "Duty to Innovate?"

71

Legal News for Weds 5/6 - Musk v. OpenAI Drama Continues to Unfold, Publishers Sue Meta over AI Training, SCOTUS Fast Tracks VRA Ruling

72

Legal News for Tues 5/5 - Abortion Pill By Mail Access, Meta Youth Harm Trial Ctd., Kalshi Sport Betting Fight in MA and Crypto Tax Privacy

73

Legal News for Mon 5/4 - NM Takes Meta to Task, Pentagon AI Deals, Court Ruling Blocking Mifepristone

74

Legal News for Fri 5/1 - Musk OpenAI Trial Whoopsie, Purdue's McKinsey Settlement, Big Law Still a Long Shot for Most

75

Legal News for Thurs 4/30 - Musk vs. OpenAI Continues, Cisco's Torture Aiding Case, Trump's Ongoing Bid to End TPS

76

Legal News for Weds 4/29 - Purdue Opioid Sentence, Comey Indicted over "86 47," Trump Fires Entire National Science Board

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Legal News for Tues 4/28 - TX Redistricting Implemented, Maduro Legal Fees Fight and IRS-Trump Tax Settlement Propriety