The Arena with America First Legal

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

Protecting Americans from Fraud with FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson

00:00 - Intro 00:35 - Bad Legal Takes! 00:49 - The SPLC Indictment and the Weaponization Claim 04:21 - Charlottesville: Astroturfed from the Start 08:52 - Delaney Hall and Manufactured Outrage 11:07 - The COVID Overreach We Haven't Reckoned With 16:46 - Organ Transplants and DEI Over Medical Need 21:46 - Andrew Ferguson Joins the Show 22:02 - What the FTC Is and Does 23:17 - Independent Agency or Executive Branch? 27:45 - The Progressive Dream and the Administrative State 33:43 - Civil Penalties vs. Criminal Power 37:59 - Consumer Protection as a Tool for Liberty 43:39 - Federal vs. State Enforcement 46:23 - Do Consent Decrees Deter? 49:10 - Cutting Anticompetitive Regulations 51:13 - The President's Task Force to End Fraud 54:29 - Deterrence and Restoring Social Trust 57:08 - Outro

Reclaiming Civil Rights with Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon

00:00 - Intro 00:26 - Harmeet Dhillon Joins the Show 03:53 - How Do You Overhaul an Entrenched Civil Rights Division? 09:12 - Staff Departures and Internal Resistance 11:29 - Attorney Ethics and Leaks to the Media 16:26 - Dismantling Consent Decrees 20:08 - Schools, Parents’ Rights, and Gender Policy 24:01 - Why Is DEI Unconstitutional? 27:20 - Is the Second Amendment a Civil Right? 36:14 - Why Young Conservative Lawyers Should Enter Civil Rights 40:42 - How Do You Make Change Last? 46:44 - Closing Remarks with Harmeet Dhillon 47:31 - Bad Legal Takes! 53:08 - California Defies the Supreme Court on Parents’ Rights 56:25 - Outro

An Inside Look of the DOJ with Associate Attorney General Stanley Woodward

00:00 - Introductions 00:55 - Who Is Stanley Woodward? 04:12 - The Role of the Associate Attorney General 05:45 - What Motivates Him in Public Service 08:57 - Civil Division Priorities and Affirmative Litigation 09:58 - Challenges in the DOJ 12:35 - Blue States Suing Companies for Climate Change 12:49 - Environmental Law, Civil Rights, and Antitrust Enforcement 15:00 - Federal Grants and the Trustee System 15:51 - Defending the United States in 802 Lawsuits 18:54 - Congressional Oversight and the Purpose of Article 1 22:18 - Texas Children’s Hospital Settlement and “Gender-Affirming Care” 26:15 - Government Weaponization and the Need for Transparency 27:32 - The Courts, Congress, and Separation of Powers 29:51 - What People Misunderstand About the DOJ 32:09 - Bad Legal Take: The Reflecting Pool Lawsuit 35:45 - The Media Is Actually Taking This Seriously?! 38:50 - Closing