Bench Press @benchpresspod
A podcast discussing the intersection of law and politics and the impact of courts on our democracy. Hosted by @robertjdenault and @jesskcoleman. benchpresspod.com Manhattan, NY Joined August 2020-
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I wrote up a prediction of how the Court may come out on the Trump immunity case. I don’t typically do this but cases like these come along once a century (except like four to five times in the Trump era). Could be right, could be wrong — we will see!
Just listened to the oral argument on the presidential immunity question. Some Sunday thoughts: 1. the ruling is going to be narrower than everyone suggests. Everyone agreed private actions aren’t covered; everyone agreed some small set of core functions cannot be prosecuted.
Brief update on SCOTUS hearing re: obstruction statute and January 6 conduct. Thomas, Sotomayor, Kagan, Barrett, Jackson skeptical that “otherwise impedes an official proceeding” doesn’t cover January 6 . Alito is literally trying to help the attorney remember his arguments.
NEW BENCH PRESS: 🔘 MAGA takes Arizona women back to 1864 🔘 Trump’s first trial begins in NYC 🔘 Problems with Trump’s $175 million bond? 🔘 Judge Cannon is practically becoming Trump’s defense lawyer in Florida case podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mag…
Cannon partially overrules herself in docs case on some disclosure of witness info. Not sure there is a judge in history who has ever written so scathingly of prosecutors who haven’t been found to have engaged in misconduct—or when granting their motions. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…
JUDICIAL NEWS: The Arizona Supreme Court has ruled that a law from the 1800s which completely bans all abortions in the State with few exceptions is now enforceable. The relevant law is below.
BREAKING: Florida Supreme Court holds that a State Constitutional Amendment establishing a right to abortion will be on the ballot in Florida in November 2024.
Rachel Maddow is joining others in very publicly criticizing NBC News’s hiring of Ronna McDaniel; just spent 10 minutes pointing to historical crazies who tried to be American dictators, and highlighting the only reason Trump is different is because the RNC—and McDaniel—help him.
NEW: Judge Cannon grants most Special Counsel requests to keep classified material from Trump’s team, but *once again* orders more hearings on 1 category of material. Cannon continues her pattern of leaving motions not totally resolved—leading to delay. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…
NEW: Is the TikTok ban legal under the First Amendment? And is this really the smartest thing for Congress to be addressing right now? podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/is-…
Listen to me and @robertjdenault shock ourselves live on the air as we realize all the legal coverage of the TikTok ban may be wrong, and the First Amendment analysis is way more complex than you might think. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the…
Most of the coverage out there assumes a TikTok ban is a content-based restriction that must meet strict scrutiny. But why is it not more like a viewpoint neutral, time, place and manner restriction? First Amendment nerds, feel free to chime in! @benchpresspod
Have all House Democrats signed into discharge petitions for Ukraine aid yet? If not, why?
“Seizing assets is foreign language to Americans” uh what? Americans seize assets all the time. As a real estate businessman Donald Trump himself has almost certainly sued to seize an asset before.
“Seizing assets is foreign language to Americans” uh what? Americans seize assets all the time. As a real estate businessman Donald Trump himself has almost certainly sued to seize an asset before.
The police regularly seize people’s cars, money, and other possessions with little or no due process. Trump was found liable after an extensive trial and has the opportunity to appeal. Kevin O’Leary doesn’t object to seizing assets. He objects to seizing rich people’s assets.
The police regularly seize people’s cars, money, and other possessions with little or no due process. Trump was found liable after an extensive trial and has the opportunity to appeal. Kevin O’Leary doesn’t object to seizing assets. He objects to seizing rich people’s assets.
For everybody out there saying Congress should be banned from owning stocks, worth noting Biden apparently adhered to a self-imposed ban on owning stocks his entire career so that he wouldn’t have a conflict.
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1.4M Followers 730 Following “We are living through a revolt against the future. The future will prevail.” — Anand GiridharadasHere's a prediction: Congestion pricing will go down as one of the more popular, successful policies in any city worldwide. The benefits will be immediate and broadly enjoyed (even by drivers), and the objections we hear today will look laughable in retrospect.
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A lot of these headlines are a bit misleading. It is not illegal under U.S. law to achieve or maintain a monopoly. What's illegal is anti-competitive, exclusionary conduct, which is what the DOJ accuses Apple of here.
BREAKING: The Justice Department sues Apple, accusing the tech giant of having an illegal monopoly on smartphones in the U.S. apnews.com/article/apple-…
@jesskcoleman @benchpresspod Personally, I think Tik Tok is being treated much harsher compared to even Facebook's 2016 political election fraud case (The Great Hack, 2019).
@jesskcoleman @benchpresspod Jess made a crucial point when he said that we already know that the problem with social media is that the data exists and companies will be able to manipulate public opinion. It doesn't matter whether the Chinese government does it or someone else does it.
@jesskcoleman @benchpresspod But I was hoping you guys would also respond to the backlash of Tom Cotton for repeatedly asking the TikTok CEO about his citizenship. Shaw Zi Chu, a Singaporean, was asked several times about his place of residence, nationality and relationship with the Chinese Communist Party.
Most of the coverage out there assumes a TikTok ban is a content-based restriction that must meet strict scrutiny. But why is it not more like a viewpoint neutral, time, place and manner restriction? First Amendment nerds, feel free to chime in! @benchpresspod
Goldman’s district (where I live) has one of the largest Jewish populations in the country and was the site of the largest terrorist attack in US history. That our representative is spreading this heartless warmongering is completely unacceptable, and a stain on our community.
Confronted by voters, Rep. Dan Goldman says he doesn't "trust" number of kids killed in Gaza. Asked about US aid helping Israeli forces kill Palestinian men, women, and kids, Goldman begins response with "Israel is a democracy in an area surrounded by terrorists." @NY10Neighbors
Listen to me and @robertjdenault shock ourselves live on the air as we realize all the legal coverage of the TikTok ban may be wrong, and the First Amendment analysis is way more complex than you might think. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the…
“Seizing assets is foreign language to Americans” uh what? Americans seize assets all the time. As a real estate businessman Donald Trump himself has almost certainly sued to seize an asset before.
Larry Kudlow personally asks Kevin O’Leary to loan Trump the $464 million bond he’ll need to appeal the New York civil fraud case, “in order to protect America’s name, think of it that way.” O’Leary never answers that one, instead says the Supreme Court needs to intervene.
The police regularly seize people’s cars, money, and other possessions with little or no due process. Trump was found liable after an extensive trial and has the opportunity to appeal. Kevin O’Leary doesn’t object to seizing assets. He objects to seizing rich people’s assets.
NEW: Shark Tank's Kevin O'Leary slams AG Letitia James and Judge Arthur Engoron seizing Donald Trump's assets 'like in Venezuela or Cuba' during heated CNN shouting match. "This may be great for the attorney general, but this is not good for America." "Forget about Trump. You…
It's time for our leaders in law and politics to be honest about the courts. Law is a process, not a journey in seek of truth. When judges make bad decisions, it is absolutely appropriate to criticize them. Otherwise, we're just surrendering to their rule.
It's worth asking what the ad nauseam insistences that we "respect courts" and "not give up on courts" have actually achieved. Has it created a more fair or stable judicial system? No, all it's done is reinforce the idea that progressive should always lose, and never fight back.
@newrepublic Yet still the reflex of many in law and politics is to simply sit by, to commit more to a non-existent myth about judicial neutrality than to the obvious reality that everyone can see right before their eyes.
@newrepublic It's so rich for the Supreme Court to rule that disqualifying Trump would be too "chaotic" when the same justices have spent their whole careers wreaking absolute havoc on our political and judicial systems. What more proof do we need that conservative jurisprudence is a fraud?
The only thing more frustrating than the Supreme Court shamelessly shielding Trump from accountability is the pundits and politicians who insist that we sit by and watch, that our only duty as citizens is to "respect courts." My latest in @newrepublic: newrepublic.com/article/179541…
My hot take is that Marbury v. Madison was a fine enough decision. The problem is subsequent courts who have blown it *way* out of proportion. 1/
Reverse Marbury v. Madison. That’s what I say. Judicial review? Who even needs it. Where does it say anything about judicial review in the Constitution anyway? It doesn’t.
"If we're going to beat Donald Trump ... we're going to have to do better than that." @jesskcoleman and @robertjdenault discuss Trump's attempt to derail Fani Willis' RICO case due to an alleged improper relationship. youtube.com/watch?v=d2OCWW…
Grateful for honest reporters like @mjs_DC who dispense with the nonsense and tell it like it is. Btwn SCOTUS refusing expedited review of Trump's immunity claim, while rushing to stop Colorado from disqualifying him, there's really only one conclusion... slate.com/news-and-polit…
Everything that is wrong with legal punditry in a nutshell.
There are a lot of reasons for this, but it begins w/ the conception—drilled into the heads of lawyers starting in law school—that “law” is about discovering some universal truth, rather than a series of choices made my human beings.
Honest question: why do the networks still all have legal analysts who try and analyze the Supreme Court through a legal lens, when the Court has repeatedly made clear it is a political body working to benefit Republicans?
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