The Arena with America First Legal

Fighting Fraud And Restoring Accountability With Assistant Attorney General Brett Shumate

00:00 - Intro 00:17 - AAG Brett Shumate Joins the Show 00:56 - Running the DOJ Civil Division 02:39 - Main Justice vs. the U.S. Attorney's Offices 04:36 - DOJ: The Law Firm for America 06:15 - The False Claims Act and Fraud Enforcement 10:23 - How Whistleblowers Can Fight Fraud 13:37 - Using the False Claims Act Against Corporate DEI 14:34 - Suing Hospitals Over “Gender-Affirming Care'” 19:31 - What's Changed Since the First Trump Term 22:40 - Managing a Hostile Bureaucracy 24:25 - Reviving Denaturalization Cases 27:41 - The Marriage Analogy for Citizenship Fraud 29:30 - Judges and the “Presumption of Regularity” 33:24 - When Judges Overreach 36:19 - Zealous Advocacy: DOJ's Duty to Defend 40:07 - Career Advice: Don't Be Afraid to Take Risks 44:02 - Why Join the DOJ Civil Division 47:23 - Bad Legal Takes! 47:32 - Matthew Colangelo and the Trump Prosecutions 52:49 - Outro

Advice From Our Guests on The Arena with America First Legal

00:00 - Intro 00:32 - Advice From Todd Blanche, Acting Attorney General of theUnited States 02:06 - Advice From Harmeet K. Dhillon, Assistant Attorney Generalfor the Civil Rights Division of the United States Department of Justice 06:24 - Advice From James H. Percival II, General Counsel of theUnited States Department of Homeland Security 09:24 – Advice From Tom Homan, White House Border Czar 13:31 – Advice From Andrea Lucas, Chair of the U.S. EqualEmployment Opportunity Commission 14:34 - Outro

Shocking Judicial Behavior and the Return of the Garland Memo with Team AFL

00:00 - Intro 00:45 - The Garland Memo: Weaponizing DOJ Against Parents 02:35 - Inside Ian's DOJ Roundtable 05:01 - A Panic Move to Save Virginia 05:31 - Internal Pushback at DOJ and the FBI 06:03 - A Local Issue the Feds Had No Business In 07:53 - Gender Ideology and the WPATH Scandal 09:01 - FTC Action and the FDA Cover-Up 10:04 - The Founders, Federalism, and Your Rights 11:26 - Who Decides Your Rights — Washington or You? 13:05 - Federalist Warnings and the Slow Federal Creep 15:26 - The Constitution and the Proper Role of Government 17:11 - Bad Legal Takes! 17:29 - Idaho's Bathroom Law Struck Down for “Vagueness” 19:16 - How Did Idaho Get a Biden Judge? 23:00 - “Can You Define a Woman?” 24:04 - Judge Ross: Misconduct in Chambers 25:58 - Good Behavior and the Impeachment Power 28:04 - Clerks Deciding Cases: An Abdication of Duty 30:17 - Restoring Confidence in Article 3 33:28 - Judges Who Don't Fear Reversal 35:39 - The Case for Impeaching Bad Judges 37:47 - Outro

Homeland Security with DHS General Counsel James Percival

00:00 - Intro 00:35 - DHS General Counsel James Percival Joins the Show 01:55 - What Does a DHS General Counsel Do? 04:00 - Cracking Down on Immigration Attorney Fraud 08:26 - Frivolous vs. Fraudulent: The “Hockey Stick” Story 09:47 - Fraud in the Special Immigrant Juvenile Program 12:29 - How Cartels Exploit Unaccompanied Minors 15:00 - The Border Is Closed: The Humane Truth 16:30 - Using the Tools Congress Already Gave Us 19:18 - Third-Country Removals Explained 21:52 - “The Kidnappers Who Drive You Home” 23:18 - Lawfare and Running Out the Clock 28:40 - Why Civil Enforcement Still Matters 30:38 - Why Young Lawyers Should Join DHS 33:20 - Enforcing the Laws of 42 Agencies 33:55 - What's Surprised James Most on the Job 36:20 - What Gets You Up in the Morning? 38:00 - The DVD Case: A Judge Reroutes a Deportation Flight 40:34 - Jurisdiction Stripping vs. Channeling 43:38 - Bad Legal Takes! 43:55 - Judge Pitts: “No Arrests at Immigration Courthouses” 52:18 - Outro

National Sovereignty with Senator Eric Schmitt

00:00 - Intro 00:28 - Senator Eric Schmitt Joins the Show 00:36 - The Congressional Baseball Game Catch 03:18 - Justin Smith and Missouri's Legal Renaissance 06:53 - What Makes a Good Judge: Courage 07:49 - Funding ICE to Deport Criminal Aliens 09:59 - What Sanctuary Cities Really Mean 11:58 - The “Minority Report” Fallacy 15:47 - The Department of Education Whistleblower 17:22 - Cultural Marxism in the Classroom 19:15 - What Gives You Hope for the Future? 20:17 - Bad Legal Takes! 20:40 - Mamdani: “ICE Is a Rogue Agency” 26:15 - Open Borders and the Anti-Civilizational Left 30:41 - How Social Media Empowers the Fringe 36:38 - Citizens First: Who a Country Is For 38:49 - Outro