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Opening Arguments Podcast @openargs.bsky.social · 16h

Tomorrow on OA: *Extremely Alanis Morrissette voice* YOO YOO YOO YOO OUGHTA KNOW

John Yoo, a man who gets to teach law at UC Berkely instead of living in federal prison for some reason

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Wes Mills 🥌 @oowm.org · 25/09/2026

Legit don't remember what I pay to be a Patreon subscriber to @openargs.bsky.social but whatever it is just paid off for the first half of Law'd Awful Movies about Coyote v Acme. Seriously, if you're not listening to Opening Arguments you really should it is awesome.

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Opening Arguments Podcast @openargs.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

We recently came hard for America First Legal's "Bad Legal Takes" podcast segment, which as we noted was generally not in response to things which were bad, legal, and/or takes. The feature has since disappeared from the show. not saying we did it, but we totally did it. youtu.be/C4CBkO6KdyI?...

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Stephen Miller's America First Legal Has a YouTube Show (and it sucks real bad)

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Opening Arguments Podcast @openargs.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Got a question about law in the news for Rapid Response Friday? Let us know here, or our DMs are always open. We'll credit you by name, and probably not even make fun of you at all

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Opening Arguments Podcast @openargs.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

We'd like to send a special shoutout tonight to The Federalist for just consistently continuing to crank out the worst fucking legal takes known to the Anglosphere, day after goddamn day. It takes true dedication and a deep love of the game to be this shitty!

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Opening Arguments Podcast @openargs.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

CORPORATE MEDIA: the president has promised a 5K cash bonus to voters if they give him the one branch of government it doesn't already control. Can he do that? THE ONLY PODCAST THAT EXPLAINS LAW IN THE NEWS: *takes a deep hit from a high-THC jazz cigarette, stares into the middle distance*

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jackie techila @jackietechila.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

knowing a bit about how immigration works is very helpful these days saving this one for the weekend, can't wait

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Opening Arguments Podcast @openargs.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

ICE boot enthusiast Milo Yiannopolous's account of his own immigration history makes no sense, and can't possibly be true. Matt breaks down the lie the media has totally missed at the center of the one of the most karmically appropriate deportations of all time youtu.be/vdVrnwTRuYA?...

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Milo Yiannopoulos Lied About His Immigration Status (And We Can Prove It)

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Opening Arguments Podcast @openargs.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Some classic OA in this one as we go beyond the headlines and explain the law that the media is missing in two of this week's biggest stories. And even better: it's Thomas and Matt in the same room for only the second time ever!

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Opening Arguments Podcast @openargs.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Happy 40th to OA's creator, host, and executive producer Thomas Smith! (he's the one on the left)

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Matt Cameron @mattcameron.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

As we discuss here, the rate of ASD/AuDHD/neurodiversity amongst lawyers almost certainly has to be greater than that of the general population--and yet the stigma remains bad enough in this inherently conservative profession that hardly any of us are open about it. We can all change that, together.

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Matt Cameron @mattcameron.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

This was the single most meaningful episode of OA I've been a part of yet. Peter's book helped me to better understand myself as someone with #AuDHD, and to finally feel pride rather than shame for it. I hope that this joyful meeting of autistic minds can do the same for anyone else who needs it

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Law on the Spectrum, with Peter O'Neil

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Opening Arguments Podcast @openargs.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

How much of Ben Shapiro’s deranged Daily Wire column about the Supreme Court’s birthright citizenship decision was written by AI? The answer may actually surprise you! Find out on this week's Vapid Response Wednesday

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Opening Arguments Podcast @openargs.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Are there any questions from law in the news this week on any front that you want answered on Friday's show? Please think them very hard at us! (or reply here! Also our DMs are open)

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Opening Arguments Podcast @openargs.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

THIS WEEK ON OA: The worst birthright citizenship takes we could find The Boston Globe's Jeff Jacoby makes his first Vapid Response appearance, and it is a stinkah for the frickin' ages kehd that one time William Shatner and Dan Crenshaw teamed up to try to turn Space Force into Starfleet

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Opening Arguments Podcast @openargs.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

This month's OA Book Club selection is a memoir by an attorney who only realized that he was living on the autism spectrum as he was about to retire at 65--and author Peter O'Neil will be joining to discuss it at our next meeting on July 26th! www.amazon.com/dp/B0BYCCZ53...

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My So-Called Disorder: Autism, Exploding Trucks, and the Big Daddy of Rock and Roll: O'Neil, Peter: 9798218156985: Amazon.com: Books

My So-Called Disorder: Autism, Exploding Trucks, and the Big Daddy of Rock and Roll [O'Neil, Peter] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. My So-Called Disorder: Autism, Exploding Trucks...

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Matt Cameron @mattcameron.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

It really sucked that DOJ put @katmabu.bsky.social and the other Broadview defendants through all of that, but these transcripts that no one was ever supposed to see were funnier than anything we ever could have hoped for

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Opening Arguments Podcast @openargs.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

We read a lot of transcripts around here, but reading the unredacted excerpts from the Broadview 6 grand jury proceedings that DOJ tried to cover up was about as much fun as we have ever had. Both parts out now on Gavel Gavel! open.spotify.com/episode/2ij6...

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GG73: We Have the Broadview Grand Jury Transcripts. They Are Incredible.

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Dr. Fronch, Ph.D. @drfronch.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

A great breakdown of the Prairieland sentencing by the always-excellent @openargs.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/1CSa...

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Prairieland - 30 Years for Moving Magazines. These Are Real Human Lives, Ruined.

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Matt Cameron @mattcameron.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Trump v. Barbara may go down as one of the most expected outcomes in SCOTUS history and these people are holding it until the last minute just to look as beneficent and fair-minded as possible when they side with the plain text of the 14th Amendment over a memo that Stephen Miller wrote for Trump

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Matt Cameron @mattcameron.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

the timing of this decision is the message: this is Important, and we are Making History by doing it when it is in fact much more like a shitty boyfriend making a whole thing out of actually remembering your birthday this year

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Opening Arguments Podcast @openargs.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

This Friday on OA we'll be going deep on just how poorly constructed the government's case against the Prarieland defendants was, the absurd stretch to "terrorism" charges, and what this national travesty can tell us about how Trump's DOJ will continue to criminalize and prosecute dissent

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public health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

regular reminder: most of the millions of projected USAID / DOGE deaths haven't happened yet. they are absolutely still preventable — but only if we demand that democrats prioritize it once they retake power. it's a moral imperative

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Matt Cameron @mattcameron.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Vital context for this case that every American should know something about in our interview with a @dfwsupportcommitt.bsky.social member and attorney. So many people have done so much to support these cases, an absolute model of community defense podcasts.apple.com/bn/podcast/p...

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

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Opening Arguments Podcast @openargs.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

What should we read next for Book Club? We are looking for law-related books (fiction or non)/longform journalism pieces written for a general audience. We're aiming to have each book club meeting include time both to discuss the book amongst ourselves and at least 30 minutes with the author

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Opening Arguments Podcast @openargs.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Reminder to join fellow patrons next Sunday June 28th for our inaugural Book Club discussion of Peter Canellos's excellent new first-ever biography of our least favorite sitting Supreme Court justice--featuring a visit from the author! www.simonandschuster.com/books/Reveng...

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Revenge for the Sixties

The first-ever biography of the most pivotal Justice on the Supreme Court whose decisions, like the overturning of Roe, will drive the reshaping of...

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Opening Arguments Podcast @openargs.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Excited to share that our first book club selection will be the first actual biography of Samuel Alito ever published (not to be confused with Mollie Hemingway's hagiography) and that *the author will be joining patrons* to sit in on the first 30 mins of our inaugural meetup! See you there on 6/28

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Revenge for the Sixties: Sam Alito and the Triumph of the Conservative Legal Movement

Amazon.com: Revenge for the Sixties: Sam Alito and the Triumph of the Conservative Legal Movement (Audible Audio Edition): Peter S. Canellos, Fred Sanders, Simon & Schuster Audio: Books

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Opening Arguments Podcast @openargs.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

INTRODUCING OA BOOK CLUB Our latest bonus for all patrons is a monthly meetup to discuss our monthly selections of law-related reading--from the law'd awful to the law'd awesome--for non-lawyers. Subscribe today and get ready to join our first meetup later this month! patreon.com/law

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Matt Cameron @mattcameron.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

If you're looking for a totally unscripted podcast where people who genuinely enjoy each other's company get into deeply researched analysis of the stuff that matters most right now with the perspective of a full-time immigration attorney *and* jokes you are looking for @openargs.bsky.social

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Opening Arguments Podcast @openargs.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

This Friday's footnote: did Delaware really just let corporations do this?

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Literal Ham @literalham.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

i was just listening to a recent @openargs.bsky.social about how Alito's precedent of "egregiously wrong" in Dobbs is just Kavanaugh's reheated nachos, and reading this i cannot help but think this fuckin "casus belli" shit is next into the microwave. Civil War II here we come i guess

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Opening Arguments Podcast @openargs.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Did USCIS really just end greencard applications for everyone in the US and force non-citizens back to their home countries? @mattcameron.bsky.social takes us through what social and traditional media got wrong and why it matters youtu.be/9NopOkKSOiE?...

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Did Trump’s DHS Just End Green Cards? Not Exactly.

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Opening Arguments Podcast @openargs.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

🎤𖥠 ANTE UP, FOOLS! 🎤𖥠 In the spirit of Friday's footnote on Boston attorney Joe Resnek's 🔥 Top Dog Law diss track, OA is ready to throw down with every other legal podcast that anyone actually listens to.* 10 RTs on this and @legalafmtn.bsky.social gets the business first -- *and also Law & Chaos

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Ante Up - Bert and Ernie M.O.P - Hip Hop

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Opening Arguments Podcast @openargs.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

This week on OA: Matt breaks down the biggest shock to the legal immigration system in decades--and how this will be much better for some people and much worse for others than the media coverage has conveyed so far

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Matt Cameron @mattcameron.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

This footnote was one of my favorites in a long time! Extra credit to OA researcher Olivia (@mangolover808.bsky.social) for bringing this one in, and for securing what might be the coolest thing a lawyer has ever said to the media when called for comment on something

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Opening Arguments Podcast @openargs.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

As noted in the footnote for today's episode, we did a journalism and called Boston lawyer Joe Resneck for comment on the diss track he recorded about national PI firm Top Dog Law. We print his comment in full below: "Fuck Top Dog! They ain't on the block dawg" share.google/Jcg55yCBhLeH...

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Jenessa Seymour @jenessaseymour.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Most media is not grappling w/ the full gravity of this. It’s about so much more than which party wins. A gerrymandering ban to increase white liberal representation is no answer. Callais rings the death knell for all corrective anti-discrimination policy Web: directory.libsyn.com/episode/inde...

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Callais Is Worse Than You Think. No, Even More Worse. Nope, STILL WORSE THAN THAT.

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Jenessa Seymour @jenessaseymour.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Callais broke my heart. Being able to share this with our audience over at @openargs.bsky.social, to provide education and space for collective grief, was a great comfort. Thanks for listening everyone. Knowing this rage doesn’t just go into the void gives me the energy I need to keep fighting

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

We amended the Constitution so the people instead of state legislatures elect senators because the old system resulted in corruption and dysfunction, and now we have a system where state legislatures functionally decide the composition of their House delegations before a single vote is cast.

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Jenessa Seymour @jenessaseymour.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Every headline is missing this: Callais isn’t restricted to voting. Or race. Alito says it’s always unconstitutional to use group classification. Not even Congress, empowered by the constitution to correct discrimination in this exact context, can do that. Gutted the VRA? No. Gutted Equal Protection

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Jenessa Seymour @jenessaseymour.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

I’ll cover likely impacts & broader context of the Callais decision soon on @openargs.bsky.social. Basically the worst possible outcome. Find our previous coverage of oral arguments in episode 1199 & the Texas redistricting case (will likely be affected) in 1209: directory.libsyn.com/episode/inde...

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They’re Going to End the Voting Rights Act. But at Least We Got to Hear KBJ Murder a Guy in Court

OA1199 - Voting rights expert Jenessa Seymour takes us through this week’s oral arguments in one of the most important cases before the Supreme Court this term: Louisiana v. Callais, which has the pot...

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Opening Arguments Podcast @openargs.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

The subject of this month's Law'd Awful Movies episode was a true classic: a uniquely terrible show which we all hated watching but loved talking about. Here's a visual hint! (coming soon to our coolest patrons at patreon.com/law)

Kiosk called "Dr Phil Repair Center" at Boston's Downtown Crossing

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Matt Cameron @mattcameron.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Guy who promoted fake history of birthright citizenship in bad faith to disenfranchise children of immigrants backs up guy who promoted fake history of the 2020 election in bad faith to disenfranchise Georgia in defense of guy who designed fake elector scheme in bad faith to disenfranchise America

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