Meta thinks that if you steal tens of millions of books, the value of each individual theft rounds down to zero. Is that the law? (No.) Also, the Qatari Royal family wants to give Donald Trump a half-billion-dollar plane and make the US government pay to renovate it. Turns out, that hasn’t been legal for more than two hundred years, but who’s counting? Oh, and the administration arrested the Mayor of Newark. Rumeysa Ozturk is free, though, so it’s not all bad news.   Links: Ozturk v. Hyde <a href= "https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69845539/ozturk-v-hyde/">https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69845539/ozturk-v-hyde/</a>    W.M.M. v. Trump (Alien Enemies Act case in Northern District of Texas) <a href= "https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69898198/wmm-v-donald-j-trump"> https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69898198/wmm-v-donald-j-trump</a>   US v. Baraka  https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/70242142/united-states-v-baraka/   Show Links: <a href= "https://www.lawandchaospod.com/">https://www.lawandchaospod.com/</a> BlueSky: @LawAndChaosPod Threads: @LawAndChaosPod Twitter: @LawAndChaosPod

Ep 133 — The Supreme Court is LAWLESS (feat. Leah Litman)

Ignorance of the law is no excuse! That’s true for a traffic stop, and it’s true if you want to participate in whatever’s left of American democracy. If the events since the 2016 election taught us anything, it’s that tuning out is not an option. Legal journalists Liz Dye and Andrew Torrez break down the week’s most important courtroom stories, so you can keep on top of this crazy news cycle. Whether it’s Texas giving two middle fingers to the Supreme Court, or Donald Trump in all the courts at once, we’ve got you covered.