Ben Meiselas & Michael Popok head the top rated Legal AF podcast and tonight address many firsts from this week: the first federal judge to declare as unconstitutional Trump's relentless attack on an independent bar and lawyers in our free society; the first federal judge to declare Trump's use of the Alien Enemies Act unconstitutional and an abuse of power; the first standing ovation in the Supreme Court led by its Justices to support the Rule of Law in the time of Trump; the first standing ovation given to a sitting Supreme Court justice for her withering rebuke of Trump for attacking judges; and so much more at the intersection of law and politics.
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1:22:46
Trump’s Law Firm Deal Blows Up Instantly
Trump’s new Executive Order to “unleash” cops on Americans, defend them with the free legal work he extorted from major law firms, and then use the military against the American People, is not only a violation of the Constitution and the Posse Comitatus Act, but is one step closer to Trump declaring Martial Law. Michael Popok explains how Big Law, which gave Trump a billion dollars worth of free legal service, is complicit in Trump’s lawlessness and will end up being on the wrong side of the next case to challenge this Executive Order.
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19:44
Trump Walks Himself into Trap at SCOTUS?!?!
Trump is continuing to press his losing hand with the United States Supreme Court, and has filed his 12th phony “emergency” application to convince the Supreme Court that it when it called all Venezuelans “scum” and “dirtbags” it was only kidding before deciding to end their protective status and deport them. Michael Popok explains why filing this particular emergency application that Justice Kagan considers first may backfire for the Trump Administration and its Homeland Secretary Kristi Noem.
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21:01
Judges Make Unprecedented Move to Address DOJ Lies
Trump has so destroyed the DOJ’s reputation for candor and integrity that federal judges won’t handle their cases unless a court reporter takes down every word in a transcript to ensure that their words are not twisted out of all meaning. Michael Popok looks at new reporting that Trump’s former criminal lawyer Emil Bove is running amok at the DOJ, destroying its Public Integrity Unit and its Civil Rights Division to use the DOJ to intimidate students on college campuses and threaten them with deportation or worse to chill their First Amendment expression.
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15:33
Legal AF Full Episode - 4/30/2025
Michael Popok and Karen Friedman Agnifilo return for the top-rated Legal AF podcast to debate: 1) Trump’s disastrous first 100 days; 2) the Supreme Court potentially tearing down the final wall between church and state; 3) a judge moving closer to holding Trump and his administration in contempt; 4) a new “mother of all lawsuits” filed against the Trump administration—and much more.
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Hosted by MeidasTouch founder and civil rights lawyer, Ben Meiselas, national trial lawyer strategist, Michael Popok, and former Chief Assistant District Attorney of the Manhattan District Attorney's Office, Karen Friedman Agnifilo, Legal AF (Legal Analysis Friends) is a hard-hitting, thought-provoking look at this week’s most compelling developments at the intersection of law and politics.
Executive Produced by Meidas Media Network. Enjoy new full-length episodes every Wednesday and Sunday and occasional shorter breaking legal news hits throughout the week.