Opening Arguments

OA855: Trump Fraud Trial Ends, Not With A Bang But With a Tantrum

Liz and Andrew describe the truly audacious plan cooked up by Trump and his counsel to disrupt his fraud trial's closing arguments. Then, the two break down a recent TRO entered prohibiting Ohio's social media ("anti-TikTok") law from going into effect. Notes Pew Media Poll <a href="https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/10/31/81-of-us-adults-versus-46-of-teens-favor-parental-consent-for-minors-to-use-social-media/"> https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/10/31/81-of-us-adults-versus-46-of-teens-favor-parental-consent-for-minors-to-use-social-media/</a> NetChoice, LLC  v. Yost, 1/5 Complaint <a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ohsd.287455/gov.uscourts.ohsd.287455.1.0.pdf"> https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ohsd.287455/gov.uscourts.ohsd.287455.1.0.pdf</a> NetChoice, LLC v. Yost, 1/9 Order <a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ohsd.287455/gov.uscourts.ohsd.287455.27.0_1.pdf"> https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ohsd.287455/gov.uscourts.ohsd.287455.27.0_1.pdf</a> Ohio Rev. Code 1349.09 <a href="https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-1349.09">https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-1349.09</a> OA 767 <a href="https://openargs.com/oa767-porn-wont-someone-please-think-of-the-children-feat-ari-cohn/"> https://openargs.com/oa767-porn-wont-someone-please-think-of-the-children-feat-ari-cohn/</a>

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