Law and Chaos

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.   Links: ALEX JONES BANKRUPTCY DOCKET https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/66583024/alexander-e-jones/ [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 [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 [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 [https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/420/35/#42]   House Dems Impoundment Explainer https://democrats-budget.house.gov/resources/fact-sheetss/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 [https://www.gao.gov/products/b-331564]    Show Links: https://www.lawandchaospod.com/ [https://www.lawandchaospod.com/] BlueSky: @LawAndChaosPod Threads: @LawAndChaosPod Twitter: @LawAndChaosPod Patreon: patreon.com/LawAndChaosPod [http://patreon.com/LawAndChaosPod]

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.   Links: Skrmetti: It Was THAT Bad https://www.lawandchaospod.com/p/skrmetti-it-was-that-bad [https://www.lawandchaospod.com/p/skrmetti-it-was-that-bad]   Institute for Local Self Reliance https://ilsr.org/ [https://ilsr.org/]   Karl Bode at Techdirt https://www.techdirt.com/user/kbode/ [https://www.techdirt.com/user/kbode/]    Show Links: https://www.lawandchaospod.com/ [https://www.lawandchaospod.com/] BlueSky: @LawAndChaosPod Threads: @LawAndChaosPod Twitter: @LawAndChaosPod Patreon: patreon.com/LawAndChaosPod

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 [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/ [https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69116157/freeman-v-giuliani/]    Hunter Biden Delaware Docket https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/67511701/united-states-v-biden/ [https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/67511701/united-states-v-biden/]   Hunter Biden California Docket https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/68072483/united-states-v-biden/ [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 [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 [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 [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/ [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 [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/ [https://dineshdsouza.com/statement-on-2000-mules/]    Show Links: https://www.lawandchaospod.com/ [https://www.lawandchaospod.com/] BlueSky: @LawAndChaosPod Threads: @LawAndChaosPod Twitter: @LawAndChaosPod Patreon: patreon.com/LawAndChaosPod [http://patreon.com/LawAndChaosPod]

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.   Links:   Pam Bondi: Less Terrible Than Matt Gaetz https://www.lawandchaospod.com/p/pam-bondi-is-less-terrible-than-matt [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 [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 [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 [https://casetext.com/case/consumers-research-v-fed-commcns-commn-4] Show Links: https://www.lawandchaospod.com/ [https://www.lawandchaospod.com/] BlueSky: @LawAndChaosPod Threads: @LawAndChaosPod Twitter: @LawAndChaosPod Patreon: patreon.com/LawAndChaosPod

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. Links: 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 [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 [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 [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/ [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/ [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/ [https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/03/01/jared-kushner-clearance-fiasco-217210/]   Support and donate to: www.nationalsecuritylaw.org [http://www.nationalsecuritylaw.org] Show Links: https://www.lawandchaospod.com/ [https://www.lawandchaospod.com/] BlueSky: @LawAndChaosPod Threads: @LawAndChaosPod Twitter: @LawAndChaosPod Patreon: patreon.com/LawAndChaosPod