Republicans in Congress are suggesting that the FBI should LOCK HER UP Liz Cheney, and Donald Trump thinks that’s a great idea. But can he do that? We’ll discuss. Plus, a Georgia appeals court has disqualified Fulton County DA Fani Willis and her entire office from prosecuting Donald Trump, likely dooming the entire case. And for subscribers, we’ve got a fun tour of defamation trollsuits from one of our favorite Kraken lawyers.

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GA Court of Appeals Willis Order

https://efast.gaappeals.us/download?filingId=cdec1774-027f-4de6-aaf5-fb6c9bb99270

Loudermilk Report

https://cha.house.gov/_cache/files/6/d/6dae7b82-7683-4f56-a177-ba98695e600d/145DD5A70E967DEEC1F511764D3E6FA1.final-interim-report.pdf

Loudermilk Committee Report (October 15, 2024)

https://cha.house.gov/2024/10/new-texts-reveal-liz-cheney-communicated-with-cassidy-hutchinson-about-her-select-committee-testimony-without-hutchinson-s-attorney-s-knowledge-despite-cheney-knowing-it-was-unethical

GA Ct Appeals Decision Re Willis

https://efast.gaappeals.us/download?filingId=cdec1774-027f-4de6-aaf5-fb6c9bb99270

Robinson v. CNN Federal Docket via Court Listener

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nced.214292

Mike Flynn Florida Appeal Dismissed

https://2dca.flcourts.gov/content/download/2444599/opinion/Opinion_2024-0278.pdf

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We talk with TechDirt’s Cathy Gellis, who is going to walk us through the DC Circuit’s opinion banning TikTok. And in the subscriber bonus, we’ll bring you up to speed on Rudy Giuliani’s continuing efforts to dodge justice in multiple courts.

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TikTok v. Garland (DC Cir.)

https://media.cadc.uscourts.gov/opinions/docs/2024/12/24-1113-2088317.pdf

Petition for injunction staying order

https://sf16-va.tiktokcdn.com/obj/eden-va2/hkluhazhjeh7jr/2024.12.09%20-%20TTI%20v.%20Garland%20-%20Petitioners'%20Emergency%20Motion%20for%20Injunction(1).pdf

Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act (PAFACA)

15 U.S. Code § 9901

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/15/9901

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Last night US Bankruptcy Judge Christopher Lopez voided the sale of Infowars to The Onion as part of the Alex Jones Bankruptcy. It sucks a lot. And speaking of sucking, let’s talk about the Impoundment Control Act and How Trump plans to violate it.

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ALEX JONES BANKRUPTCY DOCKET

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/66583024/alexander-e-jones/

Revised Infowars proposed sale order (REDLINE)

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.txsb.459750/gov.uscourts.txsb.459750.975.1.pdf

Trump on impoundment

https://www.donaldjtrump.com/agenda47/agenda47-using-impoundment-to-cut-waste-stop-inflation-and-crush-the-deep-state

Train v. City of New York

https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/420/35/#42

House Dems Impoundment Explainer

https://democrats-budget.house.gov/resources/fact-sheetss/impoundment-explainer

GAO Report on Ukraine Impoundment Violation

https://www.gao.gov/products/b-331564

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Trump has nominated Brendan Carr to chair the FCC, calling him a “warrior for Free Speech” who “will end the regulatory onslaught that has been crippling America's Job Creators and Innovators, ​​and ensure that the FCC delivers for rural America." But as tech journalist Karl Bode explains, Carr has threatened to go after media outlets that criticize Trump, and his plans for rural broadband are even worse. And Liz and Andrew break down the issue “scrutiny” in Skrmetti, the SCOTUS case on healthcare for trans kids. Plus, we check in with Rudy Giuliani’s shenanigans in the subscriber bonus.

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Skrmetti: It Was THAT Bad

https://www.lawandchaospod.com/p/skrmetti-it-was-that-bad

Institute for Local Self Reliance

https://ilsr.org/

Karl Bode at Techdirt

https://www.techdirt.com/user/kbode/

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It’s a roundup of Hunter Biden, Rudy Giuliani, and Infowars news, before a preview of US v. Skrmetti, the challenge to Tennessee’s ban on gender confirming care for minors, which will be argued at the Supreme Court on Wednesday. And for subscribers, we’ll catch up with Dinesh D’Souza, who’s getting sued by a man he falsely accused of being a “ballot mule.”

Links:

Elon Musk’s X is stepping into the legal fight over Alex Jones’ Infowars. Experts say it’s unprecedented

https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/29/media/alex-jones-elon-musk-x-infowars-accounts/index.html

Freeman v. Giuliani Docket

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69116157/freeman-v-giuliani/

Hunter Biden Delaware Docket

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/67511701/united-states-v-biden/

Hunter Biden California Docket

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/68072483/united-states-v-biden/

Inside the Collapse of Hunter Biden’s Plea Deal

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/19/us/politics/inside-hunter-biden-plea-deal.html

Tennessee SB 1 - Tennessee Code, Title 68, Chapter 33

https://casetext.com/statute/tennessee-code/title-68-health-safety-and-environmental-protection/health/chapter-33-health-and-welfare-of-minors

Skrmetti reply brief (gender affirming care)

https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/23/23-477/331420/20241107183937931_23-477rbUnitedStates.pdf

Danyon Anderson et al., Gender Dysphoria and Its Non-Surgical and Surgical Treatments (2022)

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9501960/

In re Vital Pharmaceutical (2023)

https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/us-ban-crt-s-d-flo-for-lau-div/2289548.html

D’Souza Statement

https://dineshdsouza.com/statement-on-2000-mules/

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Today, we learned that Special Counsel Jack Smith has moved to dismiss both of the federal cases against Donald Trump; we tell you what that means and what happens next. On the plus side, we learned that the Onion is almost certainly going to get to buy Infowars AND the next Attorney General of the United States won’t be Matt Gaetz. Although it probably will be Pam Bondi. Oh, and the Supreme Court just took up a case on a 100-year-old doctrine as to whether the government can help rural and underserved areas get phone and internet coverage.

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Pam Bondi: Less Terrible Than Matt Gaetz

https://www.lawandchaospod.com/p/pam-bondi-is-less-terrible-than-matt

No, Elon Musk Isn’t Riding To Alex Jones’s Rescue

https://www.lawandchaospod.com/p/no-elon-musk-isnt-riding-to-alex/comments

SCOTUS Order in FCC v. Consumers Research

https://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/112224zr1_7l48.pdf

5th Circuit opinion in FCC v. Consumers Research

https://casetext.com/case/consumers-research-v-fed-commcns-commn-4

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Kel McClanahan joins us for part two of the interview, where he tells us how to keep tabs on Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy as they gear up to do for the federal government what Elon did for Twitter. Meanwhile, Donald Trump is not going to jail, Alex Jones continues to be a ghoul, and Rudy Giuliani has found another lawyer to help him humiliate himself in federal court.

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Rudy Giuliani Can't Go On Trial, He Has An Inauguration To Attend!

https://www.lawandchaospod.com/p/rudy-giuliani-cant-go-on-trial-he

Roake v. Brumley 5th Circuit denial of stay

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ca5.221848/gov.uscourts.ca5.221848.68.2.pdf

Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), 5 U.S.C. Chapter 10 et seq.

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/5/part-I/chapter-10

Kel McClanahan, President Trump’s Cronyism and Excesses Should Prompt Security Clearance Reform

https://www.justsecurity.org/63108/president-trumps-cronyism-excesses-prompt-security-clearance-reform/

Kel McClanahan, The Case for Legislative Security Clearance Reform

https://www.justsecurity.org/60440/case-legislative-security-clearance-reform/

Kel McClanahan, What Everyone Gets Wrong About Kushner’s Clearance Fiasco

https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/03/01/jared-kushner-clearance-fiasco-217210/

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