The Arena with America First Legal

00:00 - Intro

00:21 - A Different Format Today

01:33 - The Media's Immigration Disinformation

02:30 - My Background in Immigration Enforcement

03:29 - Topic 1: Third-Country Deportations

04:58 - The Journey Through Many Countries

06:40 - Getting a Removal Order

07:44 - When a Country Won't Take Them Back

09:13 - Zadvydas: Why We Released Them

12:36 - What the INA Actually Allows

13:40 - A Powerful Foreign Policy Tool

14:31 - The D.V.D. Case a...

00:00 - Intro

01:07 - Nothing But Bad Legal Takes Today!

01:30 - Meet the Panel

03:53 - Bad Take #1: Kamala's 13 Courts

06:10 - She Was a Senator Confirming Judges

07:07 - A PSA on the Federal Courts

07:54 - Bad Take #2: McIver on Oversight

08:38 - Assault Isn't Oversight

10:39 - Claiming the Immunity Democrats Call Evil

12:31 - The Speech and Debate Clause

13:46 - What If the Executive Demanded Entry?

16:18 - Oversight as Social Media Clickb...

00:00 - Intro

00:21 - David Warrington Joins the Show

01:45 - Six Days Out of High School, Into the Marines

04:18 - What the Marine Corps Teaches You

06:45 - Why Law School?

07:35 - The Yellow Legal Pad

09:14 - Great Mentors Along the Way

10:17 - Law as Public Service

11:47 – “Just Be a Good Lawyer”

13:35 - From Trial Work to Conservative Legal Fights

14:07 - General Counsel for the Campaigns

17:51 - 600 Lawyers and a Drag R...

00:00 - Intro

00:25 - Trent McCotter Joins the Show

01:16 - Todd Blanche’s Promotion While Filming

01:57 - Who Are You and What Do You Do?

02:33 - The Cases Big Firms Wouldn't Touch

04:19 - What Gets You Up Every Day?

05:15 - Fighting DEI at Boyden Gray

05:51 - Learning to Let Criticism Slide

06:37 - Where Did Your Principles Come From?

07:33 - Small-C Conservatism from North Carolina

08:05 - Roles in the First Trump DOJ

08:55 - Working...

00:00 - Intro

00:57 - Meet the SG Leadership Team

04:01 - How Each of You Got Here

04:28 - "The Least Experienced SG in History"

05:41 - Sarah's Appellate Nerd Path

06:28 - Hashim's Path Back to the SG's Office

07:16 - What a Day in the Office Looks Like

08:50 - Is This a Today Problem?

10:06 - The Office's Hidden Centralizing Power

10:50 - How Much Caffeine Gets Consumed?

11:37 - Who Decides Whether to Appeal?

14:10 - Balancing an Agency's I...

00:00 - Intro

00:36 - Colin McDonald Joins the Show

00:59 - Who Are You and What Do You Do?

02:22 - Why Public Service?

03:25 - Why Be a Prosecutor?

05:50 - What Does a Prosecutor Actually Do?

09:21 - No Prosecution Without Law Enforcement

11:08 - Relentless: Cases That Last Years

12:02 - Turning to Fraud Enforcement

13:06 - Why No One Tackled Fraud Before

13:41 - The Binary Choice: Violent Crime vs. Fraud

15:21 - Tallying the True Cost of Fr...

00:00 - Intro

00:58 - This Episode Is for Parents

02:47 - Meet the AFL Panel

03:22 - Is Any of This Shocking?

03:59 - Schools Defying the Supreme Court

04:52 - Do Parents Have a Role?

05:14 - The Woke Education Pipeline

06:35 - Invasive School Surveys

07:41 - Teachers Who Want to Be Friends

08:44 - Where Did These Policies Come From?

10:28 - The Contraception Question

13:07 - Blackst...

00:00 - Intro

00:24 - Ryan Newman Joins the Show

01:57 - Who Are You and What Do You Do?

02:47 - Why Change Happens Faster in the States

04:28 - From Senate Staffer to the Trump DOJ

05:55 - Can You Be Too Conservative to Win?

06:40 - Going All In on the Culture War

07:13 - The Truth About the “Don’t Say Gay” Bill

08:29 - Winning the Lawsuit on Standing

09:16 - “Where Woke Goes to Die”

11:51 - Covid Woke Parents ...

00:00 - Intro

00:26 - AAG Elliot Gaiser Joins the Show

01:15 - What Is the Office of Legal Counsel?

01:49 - Why Courts Don't Give Legal Advice

02:49 - OLC Opinions That Bind the Executive Branch

04:03 - Advocate vs. Counselor: A Lawyer's Two Roles

05:58 - OLC: The Boutique Firm for Thorny Questions

07:08 - Standing on the Shoulders of Giants

07:40 - How Big Is OLC? A Typical Day

08:38 - OLC ...

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 Tru...

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...

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 - F...

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

19:1...

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 Giv...

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 Dre...

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 ...

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 Sta...

Chair of the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Andrea Lucas joins the show to discuss how she and her office are combating DEI discrimination.

00:00 - Opening

00:21 - EEOC Chair Andrea Lucas Joins the Show

02:56 - What Counts as Workplace Discrimination?

06:06 - How to File a Complaint

12:59 - Why Taking Action Matters

15:04 - The Truth About "Gender Identity" and Title VII

19:15 - Who Is Protected Under the Law?

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