Ep 220 — Pray For the PRA

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Summary <p>The Fifth Circuit is <a href="https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/24/24-10760-CV0.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">crossing out</a> laws just for sport. This time it’s a 140-year-old ban on making homebrew hooch, because YOLO.</p><p><br></p><p>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" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">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" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">trollsuit</a> against the BBC is still limping along.</p><p><br></p><p>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/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">pitch</a> to George Mason’s Antonin Scalia Law School, which is currently under investigation by … the Department of Education.</p><p><br></p><p>And Trump’s ballroom blitz <a href="https://www.lawandchaospod.com/p/ballroom-blitz-blocked" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">takes a tumble</a> in court.</p><p><br></p><p>MAIN SHOW:</p><p><br></p><p>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! —&nbsp;he can steal or shred or delete any document he likes.</p><p><br></p><p>SUBSCRIBER BONUS:</p><p><br></p><p>Are we the pirates now?</p><p><br></p><p>Trump v. Murdoch</p><p><a href="https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/70843413/trump-v-murdoch" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/70843413/trump-v-murdoch</a></p><p><br></p><p>Trump v. BBC</p><p><a href="https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/72040010/trump-v-british-broadcasting-corporation" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/72040010/trump-v-british-broadcasting-corporation</a></p><p><br></p><p>Fifth Circuit Home Distillers Ruling</p><p><a href="https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/24/24-10760-CV0.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/24/24-10760-CV0.pdf</a></p><p><br></p><p>Trump Admin Lawyer Applies To Be Law School Dean, Suggests It Might Help Investigations Go Away</p><p><a href="https://abovethelaw.com/2026/04/trump-admin-lawyer-applies-to-be-law-school-dean-suggests-it-might-help-investigations-go-away/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://abovethelaw.com/2026/04/trump-admin-lawyer-applies-to-be-law-school-dean-suggests-it-might-help-investigations-go-away/</a></p><p><br></p><p>Ballroom Blitz Blocked</p><p><a href="https://www.lawandchaospod.com/p/ballroom-blitz-blocked" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.lawandchaospod.com/p/ballroom-blitz-blocked</a></p><p><br></p><p>National Trust for Historic Preservation v. National Park Service</p><p><a href="https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/73127510/national-trust-for-historic-preservation-v-nps/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/73127510/national-trust-for-historic-preservation-v-nps</a></p><p><br></p><p>April 1, 2026 OLC Memorandum on the Presidential Records Act</p><p><a href="https://www.justice.gov/olc/media/1434131/dl" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.justice.gov/olc/media/1434131/dl</a></p><p><br></p><p><em>Judicial Watch v. NARA</em> (“Socks Case”), 845 F.Supp.2d 288 (DC Cir. 2012)</p><p><a href="https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=15818036517066124081" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=15818036517066124081</a></p><p><br></p><p><em>Trump v. Mazars</em>, 591 US 848 (2020)</p><p><a href="https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=2096461232780826445" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=2096461232780826445</a></p><p><br></p><p><em>Nixon v. Administrator of General Svcs. et al.</em>, 433 US 425 (1977)</p><p><a href="https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=11884364268460571560" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=11884364268460571560</a></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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