Ep 216 — Zuck and Musk Get Pantsed In Court … Twice — Law and Chaos

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Anthropic got its <a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cand.465515/gov.uscourts.cand.465515.134.0.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">injunction</a> against the Department of Defense and Pete Hegseth’s designation of the company as a supply chain risk. Elon Musk lost a shareholder class action suit in California over sh*tposts he made when he was trying to get out of buying Twitter. He <a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cand.401655/gov.uscourts.cand.401655.547.0.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">demands</a> a new trial because the jury made a 420 joke, and everyone knows that only he is allowed to do that. Meanwhile in Texas, X Corp <a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.txnd.393003/gov.uscourts.txnd.393003.255.0.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">lost</a> a lawsuit against a bunch of Fortune 500 companies for daring to take their business elsewhere Trump housing goon Bill Pulte is back on his BS, <a href="https://www.ms.now/news/trump-housing-chief-doj-new-york-letitia-james-pulte" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">trying again</a> to get someone to indict New York Attorney General Letitia James, this time for insurance fraud. Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier is threatening NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell that there will be <a href="https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2026/03/26/florida-ag-uthmeier-tells-nfl-to-end-diversity-promoting-rooney-rule/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">hell to pay</a> if he doesn’t ditch the Rooney Rule. And Minnesota law enforcement and prosecutors <a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.290713/gov.uscourts.dcd.290713.1.0_3.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">sued</a> the Departments of Justice and Homeland Security for blockading the evidence in the shootings of Renee Good, Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis, and Alex Pretti. MAIN SHOW: The Eighth Circuit joins the Fifth in <a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ca8.113186/gov.uscourts.ca8.113186.00805482414.3.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">endorsing</a> ICE’s fakakta interpretation of the mandatory detention statute.  Facebook/Meta/Zuckerberg loses in two courts — just like Elon/Twitter! In New Mexico, a jury <a href="https://nmag.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/2023-12-05-NM-v.-Meta-et-al.-COMPLAINT-REDACTED.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">ordered</a> the company to pay $375 million in lawsuit brought by the state over unfair trade practices. And a jury in California <a href="https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/social-media-lawsuits-kgm-motion-denied.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">awarded</a> $6 million to a woman who became addicted to social media as a little girl and suffered serious emotional consequences. SUBSCRIBERS: For seven months, the DOJ told a court that ICE had revised its policy on arrests inside courthouses, including immigration courts. Only … <a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.646893/gov.uscourts.nysd.646893.77.0.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">they hadn’t</a>. Now a federal judge in New York is <a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.646893/gov.uscourts.nysd.646893.80.0_1.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">on the warpath</a>, and DOJ is trying to make sure that DHS takes the fall. Trump housing chief seeks new DOJ probe of New York AG Letitia James<a href="https://www.ms.now/news/trump-housing-chief-doj-new-york-letitia-james-pulte" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.ms.now/news/trump-housing-chief-doj-new-york-letitia-james-pulte</a> Anthropic Injunctionhttps://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cand.465515/gov.uscourts.cand.465515.134.0.pdf X Corp v. World Federation of Advertisers<a href="https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69017972/x-corp-v-world-federation-of-advertisers/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69017972/x-corp-v-world-federation-of-advertisers/</a>  Pampena v Musk<a href="https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/65412803/giuseppe-pampena-v-elon-rmusk" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/65412803/giuseppe-pampena-v-elon-rmusk</a> Florida AG Uthmeier tells NFL to end diversity-promoting ‘Rooney Rule’https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2026/03/26/florida-ag-uthmeier-tells-nfl-to-end-diversity-promoting-rooney-rule/ Minnesota v. DOJ<a href="https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/72590076/state-of-minnesota-v-us-department-of-justice/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/72590076/state-of-minnesota-v-us-department-of-justice/</a> African Communities Together v. Lyonshttps://www.courtlistener.com/docket/70993525/african-communities-together-v-lyons Avila v. ICE (8th Cir. mandatory detention) [docket via CourtListener]<a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ca8.113186/gov.uscourts.ca8.113186.00805482414.3.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ca8.113186/gov.uscourts.ca8.113186.00805482414.3.pdf</a> State of New Mexico v. Meta (NM state investigation of Facebook)<a href="https://nmag.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/2023-12-05-NM-v.-Meta-et-al.-COMPLAINT-REDACTED.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://nmag.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/2023-12-05-NM-v.-Meta-et-al.-COMPLAINT-REDACTED.pdf</a> Smith v. TikTok (CA state lawsuit against social media addiction)<a href="https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/social-media-lawsuits-kgm-motion-denied.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/social-media-lawsuits-kgm-motion-denied.pdf</a> Show Links:<a href="https://www.lawandchaospod.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.lawandchaospod.com/</a>BlueSky: @LawAndChaosPodThreads: @LawAndChaosPodTwitter: @LawAndChaosPodSee 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>.