Law and Legitimacy

Good Morning, #LALiens! Thank you to all of you who joined the Sunday Special stream yesterday. We had a blast and a wonderful turnout. Today, Norm and Mike recap the Sunday Special and discuss: › The Politics of the Trump Indictment › The Securities and Exchange Commission has Charged Coinbase US, a crypto asset trading platform, with violations of federal securities laws › What is the propositio...

Welcome to a Sunday Special of Law and Legitimacy! Norm and Mike will deliver an in-depth analysis of the indictment of former President and current leading candidate for President of the United States, Donald J. Trump in connection with allegations of improper conduct and obstruction related to classified documents held at the Mar-a-Lago estate. . There are many more counts included in the Southe...

It is difficult to know exactly where to start when analyzing something that appears on its face to be of real historical consequence. First reported directly by former President Donald J. Trump late yesterday afternoon via his Truth Social account, the Department of Justice has communicated to President Trump's legal team that it has brought an indictment against their client in connection with t...

Good morning, LALiens! Thank you for being here. We recognize what a blessing it is to earn a half-hour or so of your time every weekday. Mike was a night-owl last night, streaming with a couple of friends from a fantasy football league. And guess what? The Denver Nuggets smacked the Miami Heat in Miami to go up 2-1 in the NBA Finals series. Jokic is channeling the ghost of Russell Westbrook, beco...

Yesterday's #AMA was very fun. We find ourselves humbled by the interest in this thing of ours each and every day. Thank you for your presence and thank you for trusting us with your time. We vow to always treat it with the respect and dignity it is owed, for as the topwater of American culture remains almost frivolously divisive we recognize that the fleetness of time is the tie that binds us all...

Good morning, #LALiens! We're glad to be here and grateful you could be here with us. Norm has been a busy, busy man. Not that Mike hasn't, but let's face it: Mike isn't on TV and stuff. Today, the duo limit the scope of LAL's daily stream to one (1) topic: › All major media outlets are reporting that Congress by way of James R. Comer, republican representative and chair of the House Oversight Com...

Norm and Mike are hot off the weekend with a few key updates in Norm's world. You may have seen that Game 2 of the NBA Finals did not go to the Nuggets. Don't panic. With time, Mike provides some context for why Elon has made waves over the weekend. With time, though. Today: › Norm Pattis has filed the Appeal in the Alex Jones defamation lawsuit — The Courant reports. › Norm Pattis provides an upd...

Good Morning and Happy Friday, you filthy, filthy animals. We're alive and live at 8:00 am eastern to solve all of the worlds ailments—Law and Legitimacy is the antidote. The question is: did you tell a friend? Should you tell another? What's the first thing you're going to tell that person when you recommend the #BestLawPodcast on the internet? We have some ideas . . . . In #NBAFinals news, the D...

Good Morning, LALiens! Yesterday's stream was invigorating. It was the type of stream that embodies the essence of Norm and Mike's shared interest and spiritual connection. If you have not already, go back and watch and/or listen. And share with one friend. Today, expect more of the same energy: › Sports Illustrated reports: Nick Saban supports the unionization of college athletes behind the proli...

The cycle of frenzy is odd. America right now is tense. Even its fried chicken is political. It is worth wondering what life would be like if the urgency of our times weren't so amplified, if our shared history was not so kicked like a sheet to the bottom of the bed? Unrecognizable perhaps. Norm and Mike stream with the theme of guarding one's morale. We all should. Today: › The New York Times rep...

This morning: . › The Miami Heat traveled to Boston and took care of business in the Garden—NBA Finals start Thursday › Professor Jonathan Turley writes: Boston University to require all first-year writing students to take social justice writing courses—school refers to students as "captive audience" › Sackett v. EPA was on the docket for LAL last week, but we ran out of time. Norm and Mike talk S...

It seems like this happens every week; Friday, that is. Regardless, welcome to another streamed installment of the best law podcast anywhere, Law and Legitimacy. We thank all our loyal #LALiens new and veteran alike. We're having a lot of fun. Speaking of fun, the Celtics seem to be having some of that. The C's defended the Garden last night to bring the NBA Eastern Conference Finals series with t...

Good Morning and Happy Memorial Day! On this last Monday in May, we give our endless thanks to those members of the United States Armed Forces who gave their life in defense of our system of law and liberty—in defense of our individual freedoms. Thank you and may God rest your souls. Today feels like one of those streams where Norm and Mike will not make it all the way through the list, but here i...

It has been an eventful week. This internet shingle of LAL is gaining a ton of momentum. Yesterday was an insightful stream, one in which Norm and Mike began striking a vein deep beneath the ideological surface of the modern cultural white caps—did you bring your pickaxe, LALiens? 👽 Today, LAL continues in that subterranean exploration: › More on ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) as what Mi...

Good morning and welcome to Law and Legitimacy! To the returning viewers, subscribers, and habitual LAL Sharers, we are extraordinarily grateful and humbled that you choose to spend your time with us. To the new viewers, subscribers-in-training, and future LAL evangelists, we are honored to have you. Last night, the Boston Celtics avoided the embarrassment of a sweep by the Miami Heat by pulling o...

The Denver Nuggets did it; Jamal Murray and WCF MVP Nikola Jokic swept Lebron James and the Los Angeles Lakers to earn the Nuggets first ever trip to the NBA Finals. Unless the Celtics decide they've got more fight to give, the Nuggets will meet the Miami Heat for what will be a basketball fan's pure enjoyment. . Mike joked last week that Law and Legitimacy is now a comedy podcast, but goings-on o...

Happy Monday to each and every one of you #LALiens. Norm and Mike return from the weekend hiatus and greet the week ahead of Memorial Day weekend. . Today: › Citing 'open hostility' to minority groups in the state of Florida, the NAACP has joined other NGOs in warning against travel to the state of Florida › All Day I Dream About Shareholders — ADIDAS announced over the weekend its plans for resum...

Norm appears in a sleep-deprived state, but we're not going to hold it against him. We open the stream with Norm's recap of last night's return to the stand-up stage at the Mohegan Sun. Today: › Articles of Impeachment have been introduced in the Senate against President Joe Biden. By whom, you might ask? Senator Marjorie Taylor-Greene, obviously. › The House's Select Committee on the Weaponizatio...

Tonight is the night! Norm will take the stand-up stage at the Mohegan Sun to work out new material in front of a live audience. If you're in Connecticut, be there! 10pm. Today, Norm and Mike get back to basics: › Tar Heel Nation — North Carolina is emerging as a battleground of institutional legitimacy as the veto-proof super majority overrides yet another Governor Cooper veto of Senate Bill 20 (...

It is just like old times. LAL is honored to host a titan of 21st century free speech advocacy, Mr. Ron Coleman. You may know Ron from his clever and cogent Twitter presence or from his work on behalf of The Slants in landmark litigation before the Supreme Court of the United States. You might also recognize Ron from previous Law and Legitimacy exploits, having contributed to some of LAL's most en...

It is Tuesday, May 16, 2023. Are we bearing witness to an historical struggle for power within the halls of the American federal government? . Today: › Special Counsel John Durham released his final report late yesterday after several years of investigations into the origins of the probe into President Donald Trump known as "Crossfire Hurricane." › The New York Post reports that the Department of...

We hope everyone enjoyed their weekend and had a wonderful Mother's Day. LAL extends a slightly belated Happy Mother's Day to all of our viewers, listeners, friends, and family. In the words of Cardinal Joseph Mindszenty, "What on God's good earth is more glorious than this; to be a mother?" Today on Law and Legitimacy: › The Manhattan District Attorney has charged Daniel Penny with second degree...

Look at us with the salacious headline. Before it entered its Great Slowing, there was an American sartorial phenomenon known as 'Casual Friday.' It was what made down-quilted hiking gear companies like Patagonia edgy. What Yvon Chouinard's corporate renegade exploits have to do with our provocative headline is not immediately clear. But one must consider the wisdom of leaning 140 wool in an ever...

Did anyone else know that President Donald Trump was scheduled to appear on CNN last night, before it was occurring? Just us? We're caught up, though, so no sweat. Norm is reinvigorated by the freedom to move beyond the proximate area of a D.C. AirBnB. Mike doesn't know what day it is. On the stream this morning: › The New York Post is reporting that the Federal Bureau of Investigation is now refu...

Fox gives Dominion $787.5M. Fox terminates its most productive host. That host walks into the arms of an electric car innovating, space travel pioneering, free speech absolutist billionaire. Don't worry, Fox. There is no deal (yet). Today, Norm and Mike get after it: › Norm shares his hypothesis on mass shootings; › 42 U.S.C. § 265 ("Suspension of entries and imports from designated places to prev...