The Arena with America First Legal

00:00 - Intro00:28 - Advice for Law Students00:49 - Meet the Panel01:43 - What Do You Wish You Knew Before Law School?02:26 - Figure Out the System Earlier03:25 - Underestimating the Competition04:32 - When Did You Decide on Law School?05:58 - No Jobs in 198207:05 - Look to Your Left, Look to Your Right08:11 - Your Biggest Misconception About Law School09:47 - Law School Is Like Pro Sports10:52 - We Weren't on Equal Footing12:44 - A Different Animal14:07 - What Helped You Succeed in 1L?14:58 - Mine Your Professors for the Exam15:43 - Treat It Like a Job16:59 - The Judge Who Destroyed Me Over Typos17:49 – “How Can I Take You Seriously?”19:39 - I Was the First in My Family21:13 - Everyone Learns Differently22:38 - Outlining My Outlines24:39 - Emily's Color-Coded Briefing26:05 - Reed: Read, Listen, Synthesize28:19 - How Do You Prepare for Exams?28:57 - Structure Outlines Around the Syllabus31:48 - Over-Preparing with Every Used Book33:31 - 1L Is About Issue Spotting34:54 - Teaching You a Method of Thinking37:17 - Your First Job Isn't Determinative37:49 - Networking and Opening Doors41:06 - Learn the Craft First42:08 - I Worked Two Jobs for Free46:22 - Connections Don't Equal Capabilities49:13 - However Hard You Work, Double It50:23 - Meals with Clients52:33 - You Know Nothing, So Ask Questions54:24 - Shut Up and Learn56:00 - Know What You Don't Know57:42 - Humility Is Everything59:27 - Outro

00:00 - Intro00:21 - A Different Format Today01:33 - The Media's Immigration Disinformation02:30 - My Background in Immigration Enforcement03:29 - Topic 1: Third-Country Deportations04:58 - The Journey Through Many Countries06:40 - Getting a Removal Order07:44 - When a Country Won't Take Them Back09:13 - Zadvydas: Why We Released Them12:36 - What the INA Actually Allows13:40 - A Powerful Foreign Policy Tool14:31 - The D.V.D. Case and the Courts16:24 - Judge-Made Law vs. Congress18:37 - The Criminals Judges Are Protecting21:21 - Third-Country Deportation Is Lawful21:48 - Topic 2: Civil Fines on Aliens22:36 - A Legal Obligation to Leave24:13 - A Million Final Removal Orders25:17 - $1,000 a Day for Staying26:28 - Nobody Used It Until Trump26:59 - Judge O'Toole Blocks the Fines29:23 - The APA: The Advocates' Favorite Tool30:03 - Judges as Uber-Legislators30:30 - It'll Be Flipped on Appeal31:38 - Topic 3: Immigration and Elections32:00 - The SAVE Program Explained32:46 - Read the Statute Yourself33:50 - States' Right to Citizenship Info34:14 - AFL's Roadmap to the States35:25 - Trump's Executive Order on SAVE36:12 - Noncitizens Charged for Voting36:40 - The Program Vacated, Then Restored38:05 - The Common Thread: Congress Wrote These Laws41:19 - Imagine Being a Member of Congress43:29 - Look Behind Every Headline44:26 - Outro

00:00 - Intro01:07 - Nothing But Bad Legal Takes Today!01:30 - Meet the Panel03:53 - Bad Take #1: Kamala's 13 Courts06:10 - She Was a Senator Confirming Judges07:07 - A PSA on the Federal Courts07:54 - Bad Take #2: McIver on Oversight08:38 - Assault Isn't Oversight10:39 - Claiming the Immunity Democrats Call Evil12:31 - The Speech and Debate Clause13:46 - What If the Executive Demanded Entry?16:18 - Oversight as Social Media Clickbait17:13 - Bad Takes #3 & #4: AOC and Raskin on Immunity19:40 - Reading Isn't AOC’s Strong Suit20:17 - Immunity Is a Firewall21:23 - What the Court Actually Held23:27 - Raskin Knows Better24:43 - Bad Take #5: Wiener and the New Kings Act26:48 - Federal Officers and the Supremacy Clause27:17 - Passing a Law Everyone Knows Is Unconstitutional27:52 - An Intimidation Tactic Against ICE29:20 - Echoes of Jim Crow29:57 - Immigration and Federal Authority31:47 - Super Bad Takes: Newsom on the Press32:57 - Would an Authoritarian Leave CNN On?36:58 - Press Access Is a Privilege, Not a Right39:53 - The Most Accessible President in History40:46 - Newsom's Hypocrisy: The Nick Shirley Act42:35 - Do Institutions Have to Build Media Arenas?42:56 - Biden and Obama Excluded Reporters Too43:23 - Schumer vs. Fox News44:45 - The Left's First Amendment Hypocrisy46:55 - For Thee, Not Me47:57 - Outro

00:00 - Intro00:21 - David Warrington Joins the Show01:45 - Six Days Out of High School, Into the Marines04:18 - What the Marine Corps Teaches You06:45 - Why Law School?07:35 - The Yellow Legal Pad09:14 - Great Mentors Along the Way10:17 - Law as Public Service11:47 – “Just Be a Good Lawyer”13:35 - From Trial Work to Conservative Legal Fights14:07 - General Counsel for the Campaigns17:51 - 600 Lawyers and a Drag Race19:11 - No Magic Fairy for Your Career20:16 - Nobody Gets There Alone22:23 - What Was It Like to Advise President Trump?22:50 - A Challenging Client a Legal Nerd Loves24:10 - Promises Kept: Panama Canal to Iran25:58 - The Sides of the President People Don't See27:13 - He Signs the Notes Himself28:41 - The Lawyer Is Not the Decision-Maker31:37 - Don't Just Say No: The Richmond Analogy34:10 - Ready to Fight on Day One35:46 - Taking the First Injunction All the Way Up37:50 - Avoiding the Trains You See Coming39:13 - Getting Inside the Opponent's Decision Cycle40:37 - What the Average American Doesn't See42:34 - Meritless Lawsuits Have a Purpose44:31 - Sued at 12:01 Over DOGE46:12 - The Ballroom Standing Problem47:55 - Standing as Sword and Shield49:28 - A Thought Experiment: Historical Figures in Modern DC50:27 - Judicial Activism of the 60s and 70s51:46 - Bringing Back Judicial Modesty52:32 - What Trump Looks for in a Judge53:51 - The President Is Supremely Engaged55:13 - Climb the Mountain, Don't Skip to the Top58:25 - Giving the President Choices1:00:35 - Advice: "I Want to Be Dave Warrington"1:01:52 - Take the Opportunities That Come1:03:56 - Always Be a Good Lawyer, Work Hard1:05:21 - Outro

00:00 - Intro00:25 - Trent McCotter Joins the Show01:16 - Todd Blanche’s Promotion While Filming01:57 - Who Are You and What Do You Do?02:33 - The Cases Big Firms Wouldn't Touch04:19 - What Gets You Up Every Day?05:15 - Fighting DEI at Boyden Gray05:51 - Learning to Let Criticism Slide06:37 - Where Did Your Principles Come From?07:33 - Small-C Conservatism from North Carolina08:05 - Roles in the First Trump DOJ08:55 - Working on the Kavanaugh Confirmation10:00 - Tracing the Dominoes Back10:56 - Do the Menial Work13:00 - Life Isn't Linear13:50 - Six Months Without a Job14:20 - Taking the Risk on a Tiny Firm15:44 - Arguing Before the Supreme Court17:04 - Up Against the Acting SG and Paul Clement17:53 - Treating It Like a Conversation19:52 - Twenty More Minutes with Justice Jackson20:25 - What Surprised You Coming Back?21:49 - Everything Moves Faster Now24:00 - Unwinding TPS26:15 - Guests With the Shield of TPS27:15 - How Do You Handle the Flack?28:34 - Putting My Name on It30:37 - We Have the Judicial Momentum31:08 - Swearing In 36 Immigration Judges33:19 - Clearing the Immigration Backlog34:23 - Addition Through Subtraction35:39 - How Aliens Game the Appeals System36:56 - The Second and Ninth Circuit Stay Racket39:25 - Alien Living His Best Life on a 1996 Removal Order41:59 - Everybody Gets a Stay!44:15 - Delay Is the Whole Strategy45:02 - The 12-Hour Deadline Game46:47 - Unfair to Those Who Play by the Rules47:57 - The Minority Report Problem50:33 - Crimes That Never Should Have Happened51:57 - Honoring the 115,000 at DOJ53:41 - Outro