Ep 218 — Bondi, Birthright, Baldoni, and Ballroom

DOCKET ALERTS:

Pam Bondi is GTFO! But the mess she leaves will take a generation to repair.

The Supreme Court paved the way to disappear Steve Bannon's conviction for contempt of Congress.

Trump commands the NCAA to quit being woke. He also has thoughts about the transfer portal.

MAIN SHOW:

Judge Richard Leon! Preliminarily enjoins! Trump's tackyass ballroom! Administration files ridiculous appeal!

Justin Baldoni is back to teach us CivPro. This time, he's largely prevailing on his motion for judgment on the pleadings, as Judge Liman dismisses ten of Blake Lively's 13 counts. Turns out, she never signed her contract, and the contract established that she was an employee, not an independent contractor. Since independent contractors can't sue for discrimination under Title VII, her harassment claims are out. And the contract had a choice of law provision that agreed to abide by California law. No contract … no automatic California law.

And of course we'll break down the Supreme Court's birthright decision hearing. So many clips!

SCOTUS Orders List April 6, 2026

https://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/040626zor_5iek.pdf

Trump Executive Order to De-Woke the NCAA

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/04/urgent-national-action-to-save-college-sports/

National Trust for Historic Preservation v. National Park Service [Ballroom trial docket]

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/72028010/national-trust-for-historic-preservation-in-the-united-states-v-national/

National Trust for Historic Preservation v. National Park Service [Ballroom appeal docket]

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/73127510/national-trust-for-historic-preservation-v-nps/

Lively v. Wayfarer

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69510553/lively-v-wayfarer-studios-llc/?order_by=desc

Blake Lively's (unsigned) Actor Loan-Out Agreement [Exhibit 263]

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.634304/gov.uscourts.nysd.634304.964.121.pdf

Birthright Citizenship SCOTUS Transcript

https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2025/25-365_l6gn.pdf

Birthright Citizenship SCOTUS Audio

https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/audio/2025/25-365

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Ep 242 — SCOTUS Wanders Off For Summer, But State Judges Keep Delivering

DOCKET ALERTS: House Speaker Mike Johnson sent everyone home for vacation rather than deal with a dissident faction in his own caucus that keeps demanding a vote on the vote-suppressing SAVE America...

3 Heinä 1h 7min

Ep 241 — SCOTUS Burns Down The Government For Sport

DOCKET ALERTS: From the SCOTUS orders list, petitions for certiorari denied in E. Jean Carroll's defamation suit against Trump and Alan Dershowitz's defamation suit against CNN. Pay up, a-hole! And o...

30 Kesä 56min

Ep 240 — The Only Consistent Thing About The Supreme Court

DOCKET ALERTS: The administration says it's going to prosecute anyone who touches the algae-ridden Reflecting Pool at the Lincoln Memorial. So far, that seems to be more bluster than reality. Sadly,...

26 Kesä 1h

Ep 239 — Slush Fund Funtimes

DOCKET ALERTS: Maryland became the ninth state to beat back a lawsuit from the DOJ's Civil Division seeking to seize its full, unredacted voter rolls. In Massachusetts, a judge allowed states to p...

23 Kesä 56min

Ep 238 — Speech Crimes

DOCKET ALERTS: Alabama Senator Tommy Tuberville is facing a residency challenge to his gubernatorial campaign. The Justice Department dismissed a case seeking to enforce a moratorium on offshore...

19 Kesä 51min

Ep 237 — A Slush Fund By Any Other Name Would Still Reek

DOCKET ALERTS: The Supreme Court issued orders today, opinions coming Thursday. The Wall Street Journal reports that Jeanine Pirro, the US Attorney for DC, is investigating banks for "debanking"...

16 Kesä 55min

Ep 236 — Is Trump's Newest Lawyer WORSE Than Alina Habba?

DOCKET ALERTS: Will Trump's name come off the Kennedy Center in time for the court-ordered deadline? New York congressional candidate Brad Lander was acquitted of charges related to a peaceful pro...

12 Kesä 52min

Ep 235 — The Only Thing Bigger Than The UFC Claw Is The Grift

DOCKET ALERTS: Doofus of the Day: George Santos, who is clearly trying to get himself back into jail. NPR reported that the former congressman bet against his own appearance at the State of the Uni...

9 Kesä 59min