Happy 40th to OA's creator, host, and executive producer Thomas Smith! (he's the one on the left)

As we discuss here, the rate of ASD/AuDHD/neurodiversity amongst lawyers almost certainly has to be greater than that of the general population--and yet the stigma remains bad enough in this inherently conservative profession that hardly any of us are open about it. We can all change that, together.

This was the single most meaningful episode of OA I've been a part of yet. Peter's book helped me to better understand myself as someone with #AuDHD, and to finally feel pride rather than shame for it. I hope that this joyful meeting of autistic minds can do the same for anyone else who needs it

Law on the Spectrum, with Peter O'Neil

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This was one of our favorites! (also available in podcast format as always) youtu.be/vqMXN-IgFoU?...

The Ghislaine Maxwell Interview Was Institutional Corruption Like We've Never Seen Before. Truly.

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david.@david.uncensored.zip · 3w ago

@openargs.bsky.social did a review of the conversations and they are insane. Blanche openly "corrects" her recollections over events to help paint trump better.

How much of Ben Shapiro’s deranged Daily Wire column about the Supreme Court’s birthright citizenship decision was written by AI? The answer may actually surprise you! Find out on this week's Vapid Response Wednesday

Are there any questions from law in the news this week on any front that you want answered on Friday's show? Please think them very hard at us! (or reply here! Also our DMs are open)

THIS WEEK ON OA: The worst birthright citizenship takes we could find The Boston Globe's Jeff Jacoby makes his first Vapid Response appearance, and it is a stinkah for the frickin' ages kehd that one time William Shatner and Dan Crenshaw teamed up to try to turn Space Force into Starfleet

This month's OA Book Club selection is a memoir by an attorney who only realized that he was living on the autism spectrum as he was about to retire at 65--and author Peter O'Neil will be joining to discuss it at our next meeting on July 26th! www.amazon.com/dp/B0BYCCZ53...

It really sucked that DOJ put @katmabu.bsky.social and the other Broadview defendants through all of that, but these transcripts that no one was ever supposed to see were funnier than anything we ever could have hoped for

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We read a lot of transcripts around here, but reading the unredacted excerpts from the Broadview 6 grand jury proceedings that DOJ tried to cover up was about as much fun as we have ever had. Both parts out now on Gavel Gavel! open.spotify.com/episode/2ij6...

We read a lot of transcripts around here, but reading the unredacted excerpts from the Broadview 6 grand jury proceedings that DOJ tried to cover up was about as much fun as we have ever had. Both parts out now on Gavel Gavel! open.spotify.com/episode/2ij6...

GG73: We Have the Broadview Grand Jury Transcripts. They Are Incredible.

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A great breakdown of the Prairieland sentencing by the always-excellent @openargs.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/1CSa...

Prairieland - 30 Years for Moving Magazines. These Are Real Human Lives, Ruined.

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Trump v. Barbara may go down as one of the most expected outcomes in SCOTUS history and these people are holding it until the last minute just to look as beneficent and fair-minded as possible when they side with the plain text of the 14th Amendment over a memo that Stephen Miller wrote for Trump

the timing of this decision is the message: this is Important, and we are Making History by doing it when it is in fact much more like a shitty boyfriend making a whole thing out of actually remembering your birthday this year

This Friday on OA we'll be going deep on just how poorly constructed the government's case against the Prarieland defendants was, the absurd stretch to "terrorism" charges, and what this national travesty can tell us about how Trump's DOJ will continue to criminalize and prosecute dissent

Matt Cameron@mattcameron.bsky.social · last mo.

Repost this if you "share a similar ideology" to these kind, decent, community-minded people who took a brave stand against the same American fascism which has just condemned them to spend most of the rest of their lives in federal prison for attending a peaceful protest

regular reminder: most of the millions of projected USAID / DOGE deaths haven't happened yet. they are absolutely still preventable — but only if we demand that democrats prioritize it once they retake power. it's a moral imperative

Vital context for this case that every American should know something about in our interview with a @dfwsupportcommitt.bsky.social member and attorney. So many people have done so much to support these cases, an absolute model of community defense podcasts.apple.com/bn/podcast/p...

Peaceful Protestors Are Facing Decades in Prison - Inside the Prairieland Trial

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What should we read next for Book Club? We are looking for law-related books (fiction or non)/longform journalism pieces written for a general audience. We're aiming to have each book club meeting include time both to discuss the book amongst ourselves and at least 30 minutes with the author

Reminder to join fellow patrons next Sunday June 28th for our inaugural Book Club discussion of Peter Canellos's excellent new first-ever biography of our least favorite sitting Supreme Court justice--featuring a visit from the author! www.simonandschuster.com/books/Reveng...

Revenge for the Sixties

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Excited to share that our first book club selection will be the first actual biography of Samuel Alito ever published (not to be confused with Mollie Hemingway's hagiography) and that *the author will be joining patrons* to sit in on the first 30 mins of our inaugural meetup! See you there on 6/28

Revenge for the Sixties: Sam Alito and the Triumph of the Conservative Legal Movement

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INTRODUCING OA BOOK CLUB Our latest bonus for all patrons is a monthly meetup to discuss our monthly selections of law-related reading--from the law'd awful to the law'd awesome--for non-lawyers. Subscribe today and get ready to join our first meetup later this month! patreon.com/law

INTRODUCING OA BOOK CLUB Our latest bonus for all patrons is a monthly meetup to discuss our monthly selections of law-related reading--from the law'd awful to the law'd awesome--for non-lawyers. Subscribe today and get ready to join our first meetup later this month! patreon.com/law

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If you're looking for a totally unscripted podcast where people who genuinely enjoy each other's company get into deeply researched analysis of the stuff that matters most right now with the perspective of a full-time immigration attorney *and* jokes you are looking for @openargs.bsky.social

This Friday's footnote: did Delaware really just let corporations do this?

norseclone@norseclone.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Um, @openargs.bsky.social ? news.bloomberglaw.com/esg/corporat...

Um, @openargs.bsky.social ? news.bloomberglaw.com/esg/corporat...

Corporations Can Vote in Some Delaware Elections, Judge Says (1)

Corporations, partnerships, trusts, limited liability companies, and other “artificial entities” have the right to vote in Delaware elections under some circumstances, a judge said in a novel ruling T...

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i was just listening to a recent @openargs.bsky.social about how Alito's precedent of "egregiously wrong" in Dobbs is just Kavanaugh's reheated nachos, and reading this i cannot help but think this fuckin "casus belli" shit is next into the microwave. Civil War II here we come i guess

Jay Willis@jaywillis.net · 2mo ago

Every once in a while, a conservative justice casually says something that reveals just how steeped they are in right-wing media, and Clarence Thomas asserting that California's and Washington's policies for issuing commercial driver licenses are acts of war against Florida is way, way up there

Did USCIS really just end greencard applications for everyone in the US and force non-citizens back to their home countries? @mattcameron.bsky.social takes us through what social and traditional media got wrong and why it matters youtu.be/9NopOkKSOiE?...

Did Trump’s DHS Just End Green Cards? Not Exactly.

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Newest episode of Opening Arguments @openargs.bsky.social should be required listening for everyone currently in the US or thinking about being in the US... tr.ee/rSvbAdYqDo

🎤𖥠 ANTE UP, FOOLS! 🎤𖥠 In the spirit of Friday's footnote on Boston attorney Joe Resnek's 🔥 Top Dog Law diss track, OA is ready to throw down with every other legal podcast that anyone actually listens to.* 10 RTs on this and @legalafmtn.bsky.social gets the business first -- *and also Law & Chaos

Ante Up - Bert and Ernie M.O.P - Hip Hop

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This week on OA: Matt breaks down the biggest shock to the legal immigration system in decades--and how this will be much better for some people and much worse for others than the media coverage has conveyed so far

Matt Cameron@mattcameron.bsky.social · 2mo ago

IS USCIS REALLY GOING TO "FORCE" EVERYONE WHO COULD OTHERWISE GET A GREENCARD OUT OF THE COUNTRY? My law office is being flooded with questions about yesterday's stunning USCIS policy announcement. In Part I of the most thorough analysis yet published on it, I provide detailed answers with receipts

This footnote was one of my favorites in a long time! Extra credit to OA researcher Olivia (@mangolover808.bsky.social) for bringing this one in, and for securing what might be the coolest thing a lawyer has ever said to the media when called for comment on something

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As noted in the footnote for today's episode, we did a journalism and called Boston lawyer Joe Resneck for comment on the diss track he recorded about national PI firm Top Dog Law. We print his comment in full below: "Fuck Top Dog! They ain't on the block dawg" share.google/Jcg55yCBhLeH...

As noted in the footnote for today's episode, we did a journalism and called Boston lawyer Joe Resneck for comment on the diss track he recorded about national PI firm Top Dog Law. We print his comment in full below: "Fuck Top Dog! They ain't on the block dawg" share.google/Jcg55yCBhLeH...

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