Month: March 2020

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The Gist - Chris Matthews Knew How to Hit Hard

On the Gist, don’t touch your face.

In the interview, Mike talks with legal analyst Jill Wine-Banks about her book, The Watergate Girl: My Fight for Truth and Justice Against a Criminal President. They discuss her role on the prosecutorial team during the Watergate scandal, the memorable Rose Mary Woods stretch, and how the American public kept Nixon accountable.

In the spiel, Chris Matthews retired.

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SCOTUScast - U.S. v. Sineneng-Smith – Post-Argument SCOTUScast

On February 25, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the case of United States v. Sineneng-Smith. At issue is "whether the federal criminal prohibition against encouraging or inducing illegal immigration for commercial advantage or private financial gain, in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1324(a)(1)(A)(iv) and (B)(i), is facially unconstitutional."
To discuss the cases, we have Brian M. Fish, Special Assistant, United States Attorney, Baltimore, Maryland.
As always, the Federalist Society takes no particular legal or public policy positions. All opinions expressed are those of the speakers.
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Short Wave - When The Tides Keep Getting Higher

As sea levels rise from climate change, coastal communities face a greater risk of chronic flooding. Climate scientist Astrid Caldas and her colleagues have looked at where it's happening now and where it could happen in the future as the tides keep getting higher. Follow host Maddie Sofia on Twitter @maddie_sofia. Email the show at shortwave@npr.org.

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The NewsWorthy - Super Tuesday, Apple Pays Customers & Judge Judy’s New Job – Tuesday, March 3rd, 2020

The news to know for Tuesday, March 3rd, 2020!

What to know today about Super Tuesday: who's in, who's out, and why today is crucial for candidates, and we're talking about new efforts to stop the coronavirus disease in the U.S...

Plus: new support for self-driving cars, Apple owes iPhone users money, and TV's favorite judge is calling it quits (and what's next for her).

Those stories and more in less than 10 minutes!

Head to www.TheNewsWorthy.com under the section titled 'Episodes' to read more about any of the stories mentioned or see sources below...

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Sources:

Super Tuesday: WaPo, CNN, The Hill, CBS News, WSJ

Coronavirus Latest: Washington Post, AP, Politico, NYT, ABC News, USA Today

Stocks Rally: CNBC, WSJ, Fox Business

Israeli’s Third Election: BBC, Washington Post, NYT 

RIP Jack Welch: WSJ, NPR, AP -- 

RIP James Lipton: Variety

Waymo Investment: VentureBeat, TechCrunch

Apple Lawsuit Settlement: The Verge, Reuters

AT&T TV: Engadget, The Verge, CNBC

‘FX on Hulu’ Launch: The Verge, TechCrunch

Netflix Comedy Fest: Deadline, LA Times

 “Judge Judy” Ends: The Hollywood Reporter, Variety

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The Daily Signal - ‘They Want to Go Deeper and Hear Something Beyond These Hack Talking Points,’ Michael Knowles Says of Americans About New Podcast with Ted Cruz

 Texas Senator Ted Cruz recently launched a wildly popular podcast called the Verdict with Michael Knowles, host of The Michael Knowles Show on The Daily Wire. Michael joins me on today’s podcast to give some behind-the-scenes perspective on the podcast, which originally started as a conversation about President Donald Trump’s Senate impeachment trial. We also discusses why socialism is antithetical to the American dream. Plus, we share a conversation our colleague Virginia Allen had with James O'Keefe, founder of Project Veritas, on ABC News and media bias.


We also cover these stories:

  • A federal judge has ruled that Ken Cuccinelli, the acting U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services director appointed by President Trump who was the former Attorney General of Virginia, was not legally appointed to his position. 
  • The United States and the Taliban signed a deal on Saturday that would initiate a reduction in U.S. forces in Afghanistan.
  • Coronavirus has killed 6 people in the United States and over 3,000 people have died from the disease worldwide. 

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Opening Arguments - OA365: Every Melody Ever, Part 1

Today's episode brings you our first look at the efforts by Damien Riehl and Noah Rubin to copyright "every melody ever" as part of a way of reconceptualizing copyright law as it applies to music. SPOILER: We're going to have Riehl and Rubin on the show to discuss their work in more depth. We also discuss Chevron deference and a recent dissent by Clarence Thomas that's No Laughing Matter.

We begin with a deep dive into the Riehl and Rubin "Every Melody Ever" effort, which builds upon the music copyright episodes we've previously discussed in Episode 236 ("Stairway to the Supreme Court") and Episode 288 ("More on Led Zeppelin"). What exactly are Riehl and Rubin doing, and will it put an end to copyright lawsuits against musicians? Listen and find out!

After that, we check out a case (Baldwin v. U.S.) in which the Supreme Court refused to grant certiorari -- and the dissent filed by Clarence Thomas. That prompted a headline that got some chuckles last week -- "Clarence Thomas cites Thomas in overruling Thomas" -- and we learn that (of course) this turns out to be no laughing matter, but part of a concerted effort to roll back not only a 2005 Clarence Thomas opinion, National Cable & Telecommunications Ass'n v. Brand X Internet Svcs., 545 U.S. 967 (2005), but Chevron deference itself. Find out why even the howler monkey contingent wanted to take a pass on this case -- but not Clarence Thomas!

After all that, it's time for the answer to perhaps the easiest #T3BE ever -- or is it? (It is.) And remember, you can always play along with #T3BE by sharing out the show on social media!

Appearances

None! If you’d like to have either of us as a guest on your show, drop us an email at openarguments@gmail.com.

Show Notes & Links

  1. Our basics on music and copyright were covered in Episode 236 and then with a follow-up in Episode 288.
  2. For (some of) the details on Riehl and Rubin's project, you can read the write-up in Vice.
  3. Finally, you can check out Thomas's cert dissent in Baldwin v. U.S. here.

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Read Me a Poem - “Diving into the Wreck” by Adrienne Rich

Amanda Holmes reads Adrienne Rich’s poem, “Diving into the Wreck.” Have a suggestion for a poem by a (dead) writer? Email us: podcast@theamericanscholar.org. If we select your entry, you’ll win a copy of a poetry collection edited by David Lehman. Explore more poetry at our website, https://theamericanscholar.org/


This episode was produced by Stephanie Bastek and features the song “Canvasback” by Chad Crouch.


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