Opening Arguments

OA1251 - We begin with a rare Friday appearance from OA democracy correspondent Jenessa Seymour, who stops in to provide some unequivocal good news from this week’s elections.  Then: a temperature check on how mad should we be that the Supreme Court has cleared the way for Steve Bannon’s conviction to be reversed, an appropriately respectful review of former Attorney General Pam Bondi’s career, and a footnote involving an extremely litigious German tourist who made the most of his short time in New York City in the most American way possible. Lawfare’s Contempt Tracker Brief for the United States in U.S. v. Bannon (filed 2/6/2026) Amicus brief in U.S. v. Bannon filed by state of Iowa (12/10/2025) “Trump’s Justice Department Dropped 23,000 Criminal Investigations in Shift to Immigration,” ProPublica (3/31/2026) Ethics complaint against former AG Pam Bondi filed by a coalition of progressive attorneys (June 5, 2025) Manz v. Walmart Supercenter, (3rd Cir., 2/27/2026) Check out the OA Linktree for a