Ep 220 — Pray For the PRA

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Summary <p dir="ltr">The Fifth Circuit is <a href= "https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/24/24-10760-CV0.pdf">crossing out</a> laws just for sport. This time it's a 140-year-old ban on making homebrew hooch, because YOLO.</p> <p> </p> <p dir="ltr">Trump's lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal and Rupert Murdoch over an article describing his creepy birthday card to Jeffrey Epstein was <a href= "https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flsd.693830/gov.uscourts.flsd.693830.59.0_3.pdf"> dismissed</a>. But … that dismissal was without prejudice, so he can take another swing at it. The <a href= "https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/72040010/trump-v-british-broadcasting-corporation/?order_by=desc"> trollsuit</a> against the BBC is still limping along.</p> <p> </p> <p dir="ltr">Deputy General Counsel at the Department of Education Josh Kleinfeld makes an interesting <a href= "https://abovethelaw.com/2026/04/trump-admin-lawyer-applies-to-be-law-school-dean-suggests-it-might-help-investigations-go-away/"> pitch</a> to George Mason's Antonin Scalia Law School, which is currently under investigation by … the Department of Education.</p> <p> </p> <p dir="ltr">And Trump's ballroom blitz <a href= "https://www.lawandchaospod.com/p/ballroom-blitz-blocked">takes a tumble</a> in court.</p> <p> </p> <p dir="ltr">MAIN SHOW:</p> <p> </p> <p dir="ltr">Trump discovers one weird trick to make the Presidential Records Act disappear. All he has to do is order the Office of Legal Counsel to come up with a memo saying it's unconstitutional and — hey, presto! — he can steal or shred or delete any document he likes.</p> <p> </p> <p dir="ltr">SUBSCRIBER BONUS:</p> <p> </p> <p dir="ltr">Are we the pirates now?</p> <p> </p> <p dir="ltr">Trump v. Murdoch</p> <p dir="ltr"><a href= "https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/70843413/trump-v-murdoch">https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/70843413/trump-v-murdoch</a></p> <p> </p> <p dir="ltr">Trump v. BBC</p> <p dir="ltr"><a href= "https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/72040010/trump-v-british-broadcasting-corporation"> https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/72040010/trump-v-british-broadcasting-corporation</a></p> <p> </p> <p dir="ltr">Fifth Circuit Home Distillers Ruling</p> <p dir="ltr"><a href= "https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/24/24-10760-CV0.pdf">https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/24/24-10760-CV0.pdf</a></p> <p> </p> <p dir="ltr">Trump Admin Lawyer Applies To Be Law School Dean, Suggests It Might Help Investigations Go Away</p> <p dir="ltr"><a href= "https://abovethelaw.com/2026/04/trump-admin-lawyer-applies-to-be-law-school-dean-suggests-it-might-help-investigations-go-away/"> https://abovethelaw.com/2026/04/trump-admin-lawyer-applies-to-be-law-school-dean-suggests-it-might-help-investigations-go-away/</a></p> <p> </p> <p dir="ltr">Ballroom Blitz Blocked</p> <p dir="ltr"><a href= "https://www.lawandchaospod.com/p/ballroom-blitz-blocked">https://www.lawandchaospod.com/p/ballroom-blitz-blocked</a></p> <p> </p> <p dir="ltr">National Trust for Historic Preservation v. National Park Service</p> <p dir="ltr"><a href= "https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/73127510/national-trust-for-historic-preservation-v-nps/"> https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/73127510/national-trust-for-historic-preservation-v-nps</a></p> <p> </p> <p dir="ltr">April 1, 2026 OLC Memorandum on the Presidential Records Act</p> <p dir="ltr"><a href= "https://www.justice.gov/olc/media/1434131/dl">https://www.justice.gov/olc/media/1434131/dl</a></p> <p> </p> <p dir="ltr">Judicial Watch v. NARA ("Socks Case"), 845 F.Supp.2d 288 (DC Cir. 2012)</p> <p dir="ltr"><a href= "https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=15818036517066124081"> https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=15818036517066124081</a></p> <p> </p> <p dir="ltr">Trump v. Mazars, 591 US 848 (2020)</p> <p dir="ltr"><a href= "https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=2096461232780826445">https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=2096461232780826445</a></p> <p> </p> <p dir="ltr">Nixon v. Administrator of General Svcs. et al., 433 US 425 (1977)</p> <p dir="ltr"><a href= "https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=11884364268460571560"> https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=11884364268460571560</a></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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