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The Black Hole of Jurisprudence

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Big, big news this week! And even if we're a few days behind, fashionable lateness is sort of our style. To ensure thoughtful novelty, we're joined by legal scholar Adam White, who is able to channel his Iowa everyman to take us through intricate legalese and manages to put it in plain English. He evaluates precedents, the new political questions, and the litigation to come.

The gang (including Ricochet substitute extraordinaire Steve Hayward, filling in for hooky-playing Peter) talk JD Vance's win in Ohio and ponder the Trump endorsement test, and James stumps the guys with a Q about epoch-ending innovation. Let him know your thoughts in the comments.

*Sadly, there's no music from this week's podcast. Some legal trouble has us a bit spooked about potential violations. And with that in mind: if there's ever been a time to join and tell your friends about Ricochet, this is it! Take advantage of our bigly offer (use the promo code "future") and meet Rob and James in New York City next Saturday!

Hosts:
James LileksRob LongSteve Hayward
Guest:
Adam J. White

Discussion (32)

  • Boney Cole@BoneyCole

    What is the purpose of live-streaming when you are going to completely ignore questions that are submitted? A discussion was on going about Trump and the election steal was mentioned. I asked on the live chat about their reaction to 2000 Mules, but was ignored. The live chat, as I saw it, had no other questions. What the heck?
    Mr. Long’s discussion of Trump and the Georgia primary was interesting. 2000 Mules (the movie) had video of ballot box stuffing for the special Senate election after the November election, as well as the November election. Brian Kemp and his team did nothing to stop it. Two elections in the space of two months brazenly corrupted in Georgia. I have no doubt they are attempting it again, possibly using democratic NGOs and mules to elect a faux Republican (Kemp), in the primary. Unbelievable, if it had not been conclusively shown it in the movie.

  • Samuel Block@SamuelBlock
    ReplyingtoBoney Cole

    Boney Cole (View Comment):

    What is the purpose of live-streaming when you are going to completely ignore questions that are submitted? A discussion was on going about Trump and the election steal was mentioned. I asked on the live chat about their reaction to 2000 Mules, but was ignored. The live chat, as I saw it, had no other questions. What the heck?
    Mr. Long’s discussion of Trump and the Georgia primary was interesting. 2000 Mules (the movie) had video of ballot box stuffing for the special Senate election after the November election, as well as the November election. Brian Kemp and his team did nothing to stop it. Two elections in the space of two months brazenly corrupted in Georgia. I have no doubt they are attempting it again, possibly using democratic NGOs and mules to elect a faux Republican (Kemp), in the primary. Unbelievable, if it had not been conclusively shown it in the movie.

    Sorry, Boney. Normally the behind the scenes chatter between the hosts and producers is in one Slack channel and we're able to coordinate better. When we have special guest hosts, communication becomes a little more scattered and complicated.

    I myself hadn't heard of the movie. I don't know if the hosts had either, but we didn't mean to ignore you.

  • Boney Cole@BoneyCole
    ReplyingtoSamuel Block

    Boney Cole (View Comment):

    What is the purpose of live-streaming when you are going to completely ignore questions that are submitted? A discussion was on going about Trump and the election steal was mentioned. I asked on the live chat about their reaction to 2000 Mules, but was ignored. The live chat, as I saw it, had no other questions. What the heck?
    Mr. Long’s discussion of Trump and the Georgia primary was interesting. 2000 Mules (the movie) had video of ballot box stuffing for the special Senate election after the November election, as well as the November election. Brian Kemp and his team did nothing to stop it. Two elections in the space of two months brazenly corrupted in Georgia. I have no doubt they are attempting it again, possibly using democratic NGOs and mules to elect a faux Republican (Kemp), in the primary. Unbelievable, if it had not been conclusively shown it in the movie.

    Samuel Block (View Comment):

    Sorry, Boney. Normally the behind the scenes chatter between the hosts and producers is in one Slack channel and we’re able to coordinate better. When we have special guest hosts, communication becomes a little more scattered and complicated.

    I myself hadn’t heard of the movie. I don’t know if the hosts had either, but we didn’t mean to ignore you.

    Thanks for the acknowledgement, but a very weak explanation. Does the live chat not appear on the screens of the panelists? I have seen panelists refer to questions in real time on Three Whisky podcast.

  • Blue Yeti@BlueYeti
    ReplyingtoBoney Cole

    Boney Cole (View Comment):

    Thanks for the acknowledgement, but a very weak explanation. Does the live chat not appear on the screens of the panelists? I have seen panelists refer to questions in real time on Three Whisky podcast.

    It does, but most of the time, the audience chat is just that: a chat between audience members with nothing directed at the hosts. So we've gotten a bit complacent about monitoring it.

    Going forward, we'll try to pay more attention to what's going on in the chat as we record the show. Zoom also has a dedicated Q&A section and we can make better use of that too.

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