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Opening Arguments podcast

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Opening Arguments

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  Opening Arguments Media LLC  

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!

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!

 

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#1228

DOJ Asks Judge to Grant Trump an Emergency Ballroom

The United States Department of Justice  has reached a humiliating but undeniably hilariou... more

Yesterday

1 HR 08 MINS

1:08:42

Yesterday

#1227

When You Oppose War, But Not Religiously

OA1256 - Will there ever be a draft again? Who knows. But if there is, what does one have ... more

27 Apr 2026

1 HR 06 MINS

1:06:54

27 Apr 2026

#1226

SPLC Indicted for Being the SPLC; 10 Commandments in Classrooms; Trump’s Stupid Ballroom

OA1255 - Has the Southern Poverty Law Center really just been indicted for helping to prov... more

24 Apr 2026

50 MINS

50:11

24 Apr 2026

#1225

Leaked Supreme Court Memos Reveal the Shadow Docket's Extremely Stupid (and Corrupt) Origins

VR29 - Thomas, Lydia, and Matt go deep on the “Shadow Papers,” the 2016 shadow docket memo... more

22 Apr 2026

1 HR 31 MINS

1:31:03

22 Apr 2026

#1224

An Under-the-Radar Copyright Case with Huge Implications

OA1254 - An underreported on case called Cox Communications, Inc. v. Sony Music Entertainm... more

20 Apr 2026

53 MINS

53:21

20 Apr 2026

#1223

Trump Puts the “Pervert” in Perversion of Justice

OA1253 - It’s spring cleaning time in this week’s news, in which we answer patron question... more

17 Apr 2026

48 MINS

48:08

17 Apr 2026

#1222

Go to Hell, Swalwell.

VR28 - On this week’s Vapid Response, we survey the fallout from California Congressman Er... more

15 Apr 2026

1 HR 06 MINS

1:06:34

15 Apr 2026

#1221

Peaceful Protestors Are Facing Decades in Prison - Inside the Prairieland Trial

OA1252 - Just one month ago, nine people were convicted in a Texas federal court for their... more

13 Apr 2026

1 HR 01 MINS

1:01:52

13 Apr 2026

#1220

Farewell to Pam Bondi, the worst AG in US History... SO FAR!

OA1251 - We begin with a rare Friday appearance from OA democracy correspondent Jenessa Se... more

10 Apr 2026

57 MINS

57:41

10 Apr 2026

#1219

That Time Sociopaths Tried to Inception a Fake 14th Amendment History into Legal Scholarship

VR27 - This week on Vapid Response Wednesday we take a look at the liars, losers, frauds, ... more

08 Apr 2026

1 HR 11 MINS

1:11:26

08 Apr 2026

#1218

When You Fall Out of Bed and Land in the Supreme Court

OA1250 - A fall out of bed during a vacation in Delaware turned into a Supreme Court case,... more

06 Apr 2026

57 MINS

57:58

06 Apr 2026

#1217

Trump's Birthright Citizenship Arguments Were Laughed Out of Court

... and they really never should have been laughed in to court in the first place. OA1249 ... more

03 Apr 2026

1 HR 10 MINS

1:10:05

03 Apr 2026

#1216

LAM1012: The Juror - Preview

This LAM was so much fun I wanted to make sure everyone could hear it! Well, at least a go... more

01 Apr 2026

48 MINS

48:57

01 Apr 2026

#1215

Subnautica Part 2 - It Does Not Go Well for Idiot Krafton CEO

Part 2: How Subnautica 2 got its CEO back Welcome back to the strange tale of video game p... more

30 Mar 2026

1 HR 01 MINS

1:01:29

30 Mar 2026

#1214

Social Media Is a Defective Product

OA1247 - Should social media companies be held responsible for the addiction and other har... more

27 Mar 2026

43 MINS

43:49

27 Mar 2026

#1213

Pete Hegseth's books are racist trash written in crayon. We've got some highlights for you.

VR26 - Matt read not one but TWO of Pete Hegseth's "books." The awful xenophobic, genocida... more

25 Mar 2026

1 HR 30 MINS

1:30:01

25 Mar 2026

#1212

Idiot CEO Used ChatGPT to Try to Screw Over Subnautica Creators

OA1246 - Part 1: “The AI was nicer about it” and other reasons I ignored my lawyer: the Su... more

23 Mar 2026

54 MINS

54:11

23 Mar 2026

#1211

DOJ Just Convicted Several People of Imaginary Antifa Terrorism

OA1245 - Federal prosecutors have just secured the first convictions in US history in whic... more

20 Mar 2026

55 MINS

55:16

20 Mar 2026

#1210

US v Dunn 2 - "If You Spit, We Hit"

Hey folks, no video this week so instead I wanted to give you another episode of our new t... more

18 Mar 2026

52 MINS

52:53

18 Mar 2026

#1209

Ballots Seized in Georgia? Voting Chaos in Dallas? Here’s What to Make Of It.

OA1244 - More election news updates. What the heck happened in Dallas? How is hunting for ... more

16 Mar 2026

52 MINS

52:58

16 Mar 2026

#1208

Trump’s DOJ Lets Ticketmaster off the Hook for No Reason

OA1243 - The lawsuit that was supposed to break up Ticketmaster and Live Nation’s obvious ... more

13 Mar 2026

57 MINS

57:32

13 Mar 2026

#1207

Kristi Noem's career has been put out of its misery

VR25 - This episode is dedicated to the memory of Cricket, the 14-month-old wirehaired poi... more

11 Mar 2026

1 HR 24 MINS

1:24:30

11 Mar 2026

#1206

The Sketchy and Incredibly Recent Origins of the Major Questions Doctrine

OA1242 - Ever heard of the “major questions doctrine”? Most lawyers sure hadn’t until a fe... more

09 Mar 2026

1 HR 11 MINS

1:11:41

09 Mar 2026

#1205

SCOTUS Likely to Strike Down the Law Used to Convict Hunter Biden

OA1241 - This Rapid Response Friday:* everything you need to know to explain to anyone who... more

06 Mar 2026

58 MINS

58:42

06 Mar 2026

#1204

Ghislaine Maxwell's brother might be the worst person in Epstein world

E24 - Today on Vapid Response Wednesday: the story of a wealthy family that lost everythin... more

04 Mar 2026

1 HR 42 MINS

1:42:39

04 Mar 2026

#1203

At This Point, Traffic Court Would Be An Upgrade

OA1240 - Shaina Aber, Executive Director with Acacia Center for Justice, joins today to di... more

02 Mar 2026

40 MINS

40:54

02 Mar 2026

#1202

Ground Control to Major Questions Doctrine

OA1239 - Did the Supreme Court just hand Donald Trump the biggest L in US presidential his... more

27 Feb 2026

53 MINS

53:15

27 Feb 2026

#1201

The Case That Ended Forced Institutionalization (Mostly)

OA1238 - Dive in to an “old” case from the 90’s that secured a critical right for people w... more

23 Feb 2026

59 MINS

59:38

23 Feb 2026