Ep 225 — SCOTUS Breaks Democracy

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Summary <p>Elon Musk <a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/917225/sam-altman-elon-musk-openai-lawsuit" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">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><br></p><p>Alex Jones is back on his BS. He managed to delay a proposed deal to license InfoWars assets to the satirical news outlet <em>The Onion</em>. Again.</p><p><br></p><p>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" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">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><br></p><p>L&amp;C’s Doofus of the Day is <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mkq752rnxv2d" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Pete Hegseth</a>.</p><p><br></p><p>MAIN SHOW:</p><p><br></p><p>James Comey has been <a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nced.227449/gov.uscourts.nced.227449.1.0_10.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">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><br></p><p>As a companion to <a href="https://www.lawandchaospod.com/p/the-supreme-court-just-effectively" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">our written post</a>, we unpack Wednesday’s Supreme Court decision in <a href="https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/24-109_21o3.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Louisiana v. Callais</em></a> effectively gutting <a href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/52/10301" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">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><br></p><p>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" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">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><br></p><p><em>Louisiana v. Callais</em> [Supreme Court opinion]</p><p><a href="https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/24-109_21o3.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/24-109_21o3.pdf</a></p><p><br></p><p><em>The Supreme Court Just Effectively Repealed The Voting Rights Act</em>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="https://www.lawandchaospod.com/p/the-supreme-court-just-effectively" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.lawandchaospod.com/p/the-supreme-court-just-effectively</a></p><p><br></p><p>US v. Comey</p><p><a href="https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/73256624/united-states-v-comey" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/73256624/united-states-v-comey</a></p><p><br></p><p>Trump DOJ Pursuing Separate Comey Probe for Classified Leaks</p><p><a href="https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/trump-doj-pursuing-separate-comey-probe-for-classified-leaks" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/trump-doj-pursuing-separate-comey-probe-for-classified-leaks</a></p><p><br></p><p>Trump v. IRS</p><p><a href="https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/72207870/trump-v-internal-revenue-service" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/72207870/trump-v-internal-revenue-service</a></p><p><br></p><p>Live updates from Elon Musk and Sam Altman’s court battle over the future of OpenAI</p><p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/917225/sam-altman-elon-musk-openai-lawsuit" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.theverge.com/tech/917225/sam-altman-elon-musk-openai-lawsuit</a></p><p><br></p><p>National Trust for Historic Preservation v. National Park Service</p><p>https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/72028010/national-trust-for-historic-preservation-in-the-united-states-v-national/</p><p><br></p><p>Show Links:</p><p><a href="https://www.lawandchaospod.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.lawandchaospod.com/</a></p><p>BlueSky: @LawAndChaosPod</p><p>Threads: @LawAndChaosPod</p><p>Twitter: @LawAndChaosPod</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>See Privacy Policy at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy</a> and California Privacy Notice at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info</a>.</p>

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