Voting, Defamation, and Absurdity

OA1168 - Did the Karen Read trial just become the most expensive drunk driving prosecution in US history? We then briefly discuss legal issues around the arrest by ICE of New York mayoral candidate Brad Landry, and Matt fills in the most important missing detail of a story which nearly the entire media got wrong this week. And in our main story: the Supreme Court has struck an expected but thoroughly disappointing blow against trans rights in one of the season's biggest cases, and we talk out our first impressions of the informed medical judgments of Drs. Roberts, Thomas, and Alito. 

Finally, in today's footnote: why America’s favorite crack-smoking pillow salesman now owes millions for repeating a second-hand rumor about an Antifa conference call.

• Footage of Brad Landry’s arrest (CNN)

• Trump’s “Further Extending the TikTok Enforcement Delay” EO (6/19/2025) 

• The Supreme Court's decision in Skrmetti v US  (6/18/2025)

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