Month: March 2020

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CoinDesk Podcast Network - BREAKDOWN: State Power After Coronavirus, Feat. Peter McCormack

Peter McCormack is the host of What Bitcoin Did and the Defiance podcast. He recently returned from travel to a number of countries in South America including Venezuela and Colombia as well as the Turkey-Greece border. 

In this off-the-cuff and wide ranging conversation, Peter and @NLW discuss

  • Bitcoiner politics and the bitcoin community’s reaction to the potential for increased state power in the wake of Coronavirus
  • Which types of state power growth we should be most concerned with 
  • How to push governments to retract power growth on the other side of crisis 
  • How travel around the world has informed Peter’s perspective on bitcoin and politics
  • Why nuance is both disincentivized and sorely needed in times of crisis


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CBS News Roundup - WORLD NEWS ROUNDUP: 03/20

California issues a stay-at-home order. Questions about stocks trades by Senators just before the slide? Reaching out to the most vulnerable in this crisis. CBS News Correspondent Steve Kathan has today's World News Roundup.

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The Intelligence from The Economist - Lessons unplanned: school shutdowns spread

Schools are closing down as covid-19 measures take hold; we look into the social, economic and educational costs for a world thrust into distance learning and homeschooling. Wild market swings have regulators worldwide wondering whether to shut down stock exchanges altogether. And remembering the backgammon genius known only as Falafel. For full access to print, digital and audio editions of The Economist, subscribe here www.economist.com/radiooffer
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SCOTUScast - Thompson v. Hebdon – Post-Decision SCOTUScast

On Nov. 25, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a summary opinion in Thompson v. Hebdon, a case involving campaign-finance law. Specifically at issue was whether Alaska’s political contribution limits are consistent with this Court’s First Amendment precedents.
Currently, Alaska’s law imposes (among other things) a $500 annual limit on individual contributions to a political candidate and to any group other than a political party.
The 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals upheld the limits, ruling that they were drawn narrowly to prevent quid pro quo corruption or the appearance of such corruption.
The Supreme Court, in an per curiam opinion, granted the petition of cert, vacated the decision below and remanded the case back for the 9th Circuit to revisit. Justice Ginsburg filed a statement.
To discuss the case, we have Derek Muller, Professor of Law at Pepperdine University Caruso School of Law.
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SCOTUScast - Kelly v. United States – Post-Argument SCOTUScast

On Jan. 14, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court heard argument in Kelly v. United States, a case asking whether a public official “defraud[s]” the government of its property by advancing a “public policy reason” for an official decision that is not that official’s subjective “real reason” for making the decision.
In 2013, in a New Jersey scandal known as “Bridgegate,” petitioners William E. Baroni, Jr. and Bridget Anne Kelly manufactured a grid-lock traffic jam in Fort Lee, New Jersey after the mayor refused to endorse then-Governor Chris Christie’s re-election campaign. Under the guise of a “traffic study” the two limited Fort Lee motorists’ access to the George Washington Bridge--the busiest bridge in the world--over the period of four days coinciding with the local school district’s first week of school.
Baroni and Kelly were indicted in 2015 for conspiracy to obtain by fraud, knowingly convert, or intentionally misapply property of an organization receiving federal benefits, the underlying offense itself (codified at 18 U.S.C. § 666(a)(1)(A)), conspiracy to commit wire fraud, actual wire fraud, and conspiracy against civil rights. A jury convicted both defendants on all counts. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit reversed and vacated the civil rights convictions, but affirmed all other judgments of conviction. The Supreme Court subsequently granted certiorari, however, to consider whether a public official can “defraud” the government of its property by advancing a public policy reason for an official decision that was not actually the public official’s subjective reason for making the decision.
To discuss the case, we have Erin Sheley, associate professor of law at the University of Oklahoma College of Law.
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Short Wave - Keep Your Distance

It's a phrase we're hearing a lot now, social distancing. Practicing it is essential to slowing the spread of the coronavirus. But what does it really mean? NPR's Maria Godoy gives us advice on what good social distancing looks like in our daily lives - from socializing with friends to grocery shopping to travelling.

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The NewsWorthy - “Stay at Home,” Internet Overload & Movie Marathon- Friday, March 20th, 2020

The news to know for Friday, March 20th, 2020! 

We have a lot of updates about the impacts of the new coronavirus: from new orders to stay at home and worries about shortages to new treatments tested and more relief on the way...

Plus: we’re talking about the impact to the Internet, a weekend movie marathon, and a live-streamed talk show for charity.

Those stories and more in less than 10 minutes!

Award-winning broadcast journalist and former TV news reporter Erica Mandy breaks it all down for you. 

Head to www.theNewsWorthy.com or see sources below to read more about any of the stories mentioned today.

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Sources:

CA “Stay at Home” Order: AP, LA Times

Rise in Jobless Claims: NYT, ABC News

Markets Stabilize: NPR, CNBC

Travel Warnings, Restrictions: State Department, CNN, Politico, Reuters

Total COVID-19 Cases: Johns Hopkins

Italy’s Death Toll Surpasses China’s: NYT, Washington Post

More Makeshift Hospitals: CNN, Fox News, AP, KIRO

FDA Testing Drugs: NBC News, ABC News

NIH Wants Blood Samples from Survivors: NIH, The Verge

Connecticut Delays Primary: Axios, The Hill

Tulsi Gabbard Drops Out, Back Biden: NBC News, USA Today

Kirsten Gillibrand Backs Biden: Washington Post

Tesla Shutting Down Factories: The Verge, TechCrunch

Elon Musk, GM Offer to Make Ventilators: Engadget, ABC News

TV Shows Donate Medical Equipment: Mashable, CNN

Rosie O’Donnell Revives Talk Show: Hollywood Reporter, Variety

Slack Sees Boom: TechCrunch, Business Insider

Telehealth Services: STAT News

Netflix Switch to SD in EU: TechCrunch, Engadget, BBC

Cannes Film Festival Postponed: AP, NYT

New Minions Movie Delayed: WaPo, Variety

Hallmark Plans Christmas Movie Marathon: ABC News, Parade

Nickelodeon Launches New Content: Deadline, CNN

Feel Good Friday: Generous Tip: NBC News

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The Daily Signal - Fact or Fiction: Addressing the Talking Points of Climate Activists

Are rising sea levels a threat to our planet? Is global warming to blame for wildfires and hurricanes? Geologist Gregory Wrightstone, author of “Inconvenient Facts: The Science That Al Gore Doesn't Want You to Know," joins The Daily Signal Podcast to discuss the truth about climate change. In our conversation, Wrightstone addresses these talking points by climate activists and much more.


We also cover these stories:

  • U.S. coronavirus cases surpass 10,000, doubling in two days.
  • Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin confirms a plan for $1,000 payments to Americans.
  • The State Department advises Americans not to travel abroad, and to come home if overseas.

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Opening Arguments - OA370: Can Trump Cancel the Election? and Other COVID-19 Questions!

Today's episode begins with a discussion of the recent dismissal of charges by the Department of Justice against Concord Management & Consulting, LLC (and Concord Catering) with prejudice. Is this another example of Attorney General Bill Barr's meddling? We explain that it... probably... isn't. Probably.

After that, it's time for the first part of a double-length episode in which we tackle your questions about the coronavirus and the law. First up are all the questions involving elections, including whether and how Trump can suspend or eliminate the election, and what would happen if he did. If you've always wanted Vermont Senator Pat Leahy to be President, well, this is the episode for you!

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Show Notes & Links

  1. On Concord Management: you can check out the 2019 Motion alleging that Concord was abusing the discovery process as well as the 3/16/20 motion to dismiss.
  2. As an overview to states of emergency, we began with Ex parte Milligan (1866).
  3. On primaries: Check out the Ohio Supreme Court's denial of the writ of mandamus to hold the March 16 primary, as well as the lawsuit filed by the Ohio Democratic Party. Oh, and if you want to be depressed, read Nixon v. Herndon, 273 U.S. 536 (1927).
  4. Election statutes: 2 U.S.C. §§ 1, 7 (“Time of Election”) and 3 U.S.C. §§ 1 et seq. And of course, don't forget Bush v. Gore, 531 U.S. 98 (2000), which we broke down way back in Episodes 3, 4, and 5 of the show!
  5. Presidential succession is governed, inter alia, by the 20th Amendment and the Presidential Succession Act, 3 U.S.C. § 19, and the Speaker of the House is required by Art. I, Section 2 of the Constitution and implemented by the House Rules.
  6. Pat Leahy as President was first proposed by journalist Ian Millhiser.

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