Ep 225 — SCOTUS Breaks Democracy

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Summary <p dir="ltr">DESCRIPTION:</p> <p> </p> <p dir="ltr">Elon Musk <a href= "https://www.theverge.com/tech/917225/sam-altman-elon-musk-openai-lawsuit"> discovers</a> that filing a lawsuit against Sam Altman and sh*tposting about it on social media is a lot more fun than testifying</p> <p> </p> <p dir="ltr">Alex Jones is back on his BS. He managed to delay a proposed deal to license InfoWars assets to the satirical news outlet The Onion. Again.</p> <p> </p> <p dir="ltr">The judge presiding over Trump's shakedown case against the IRS for the wrongful disclosure of his tax returns in 2020 has <a href= "https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flsd.706172/gov.uscourts.flsd.706172.43.0_1.pdf"> appointed</a> a whole squad of lawyers to serve as amici. They'll brief the issue of whether the court has jurisdiction to preside over a case where the president appears to be suing himself.</p> <p> </p> <p dir="ltr">L&C's Doofus of the Day is <a href= "https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mkq752rnxv2d">Pete Hegseth</a>.</p> <p> </p> <p dir="ltr">MAIN SHOW:</p> <p> </p> <p dir="ltr">James Comey has been <a href= "https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nced.227449/gov.uscourts.nced.227449.1.0_10.pdf"> indicted</a> again. This time his "crime" is posting a picture of seashells arranged to say "8647." It is exceptionally stupid, but we will break it down in exceptional detail.</p> <p> </p> <p dir="ltr">As a companion to <a href= "https://www.lawandchaospod.com/p/the-supreme-court-just-effectively"> our written post</a>, we unpack Wednesday's Supreme Court decision in <a href= "https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/24-109_21o3.pdf">Louisiana v. Callais</a> effectively gutting <a href= "https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/52/10301">Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act</a>. Subscribers will get a deep dive into what the new districts might look like with Joe Dye.</p> <p> </p> <p dir="ltr">Finally, we'll cringe our way through the DOJ's <a href= "https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.287645/gov.uscourts.dcd.287645.79.0_2.pdf"> latest motion</a> in the ballroom case — it's the most inappropriate, unprofessional thing we've ever seen, including from pro se litigants.</p> <p> </p> <p dir="ltr">Louisiana v. Callais [Supreme Court opinion]</p> <p dir="ltr"><a href= "https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/24-109_21o3.pdf">https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/24-109_21o3.pdf</a></p> <p> </p> <p dir="ltr">The Supreme Court Just Effectively Repealed The Voting Rights Act </p> <p dir="ltr"><a href= "https://www.lawandchaospod.com/p/the-supreme-court-just-effectively"> https://www.lawandchaospod.com/p/the-supreme-court-just-effectively</a></p> <p> </p> <p dir="ltr">US v. Comey</p> <p dir="ltr"><a href= "https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/73256624/united-states-v-comey"> https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/73256624/united-states-v-comey</a></p> <p> </p> <p dir="ltr">Trump DOJ Pursuing Separate Comey Probe for Classified Leaks</p> <p dir="ltr"><a href= "https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/trump-doj-pursuing-separate-comey-probe-for-classified-leaks"> https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/trump-doj-pursuing-separate-comey-probe-for-classified-leaks</a></p> <p> </p> <p dir="ltr">Trump v. IRS</p> <p dir="ltr"><a href= "https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/72207870/trump-v-internal-revenue-service"> https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/72207870/trump-v-internal-revenue-service</a></p> <p> </p> <p dir="ltr">Live updates from Elon Musk and Sam Altman's court battle over the future of OpenAI</p> <p dir="ltr"><a href= "https://www.theverge.com/tech/917225/sam-altman-elon-musk-openai-lawsuit"> https://www.theverge.com/tech/917225/sam-altman-elon-musk-openai-lawsuit</a></p> <p> </p> <p dir="ltr">National Trust for Historic Preservation v. National Park Service</p> <p dir="ltr"> https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/72028010/national-trust-for-historic-preservation-in-the-united-states-v-national/</p> <p> </p> <p dir="ltr">Show Links:</p> <p dir="ltr"><a href= "https://www.lawandchaospod.com/">https://www.lawandchaospod.com/</a></p> <p dir="ltr">BlueSky: @LawAndChaosPod</p> <p>Threads: @LawAndChaosPod Twitter: @LawAndChaosPod</p>

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