The insanity is spreading

This has been a week full of twists and turns telling us what we face ahead

Mental whiplash

If you follow politics you’d be forgiven for feeling like you woke up in the trunk of Dom’s car in ‘Fast and Furious 77: Super Fucking Ridiculously More Furious’. We went from one giant jump to a hairpin turn to a crash in the street leading to a fight on the corner. Cars are burning everywhere….and we have to do it again tomorrow.

It’s all about family.

I’ve been trying to wrap my head around how ludicrous so much of what we are seeing now truly is. From an airtight ruling by the D.C. Court of Appeals on Trump’s ridiculous immunity claim on Tuesday we then moved into the Supreme Court hearing on the Colorado ballot removal. Only to end the week with the spectacularly political and wildly stupid Special Counsel’s report on President Biden’s classified documents case that led him to an angry press conference last night.

Luckily scheduling conflicts meant my guest, Professor Austin Sarat, couldn’t make until Friday so we were able to take it all in. As always we didn’t necessarily agree on all of the perspectives on the events. He doesn’t feel that it was a mistake by Garland to appoint Republican Robert Hur as Special Counsel or that the Supreme Court Justices are acting inappropriately in the hearing. I disagree but I also haven’t been a professor of jurisprudence for decades.

Unfortunately that late taping means I am only getting it to you now on Friday night. I think you should check it out….and stay until the end.

The Show

Professor Austin Sarat

Professor Austin Sarat is a political scientist and attorney. He and Fred discuss the insane legal week, ageism, and what we as Americans must do to fight for this democracy. Austin is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science at Amherst College. He is also a Five College Fortieth Anniversary Professor. He has written, co-written, or edited more than fifty books in the fields of law and political science. Follow him on Twitter (@)ljstprof.

Update

I offered a short update on Mike Flynn’s $150 million defamation case against me. We have filed our renewed Motion to Dismiss including asserting anti-SLAPP protection in light of Rick Wilson having his similar state case dismissed. Flynn is appealing case that but we aren't waiting to move forward with our case.

I will send out more details later this weekend but for now here is the link to our Legal Defense Fund GoFundMe. I am reticent asking for help but even with pro bono legal defense we have expenses and fees to manage to fight back against this assault on my First Amendment Rights.

I would appreciate your support. I will not get a penny from the legal defense fund. It will all go to my attorneys. Your help would be huge to me. Donate here: Defend Democracy Against MAGA Litigation.

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