E19 - In the wake of Renee Nicole Good's murder, we've seen a terrible number of bad takes: from the events of that day, the overall purpose of I.C.E., and what the law says about where we go from here. Matt, Thomas, and Lydia come together to start with perhaps the biggest douchebag in the United States as part of our amuse douche (TM), followed by a pair of articles touching on why the Left was wrong about ICE in 2018 and is apparently at fault to this day for all horrors committed by ICE (eyeroll). Finally, we finish it up with questions from our amazing patrons!

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• "Abolishing ICE is a very bad idea" (Nate Bruggeman & Ben Rohrbaugh, The Philadelphia Inquirer), 3/23/2018

• "The Problem Isn't ICE. It's ICE Watch." (Dan McLaughlin, National Review), 1/10/2026

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OA1225 - Jenessa is here to dig deeper into Van Buren v. United States as we explore the implications and meaning when legislative deliverables, legal analysis, work industry, and general common sense push and pull in different directions. We had a lot of questions and comments on the original Van Buren episode from the community, so we thought it would be fun to spend some more time and battle it out!

• Reviving Lenity - Daniel Harawa, SCOTUSBlog (Dec 26, 2025)

• US v Rodriguez, 628 F.3d 1258 (11th Cir. 2010)

• US v Nosal, 676 F.3d 754 (9th Cir. 2012)

• US v Nosal, 844 F.3d 1024 (9th Cir. 2016)

Further reading:

W. Cagney McCormick, The Computer Fraud & Abuse Act: Failing to Evolve with the Digital Age, 16 SMU SCI. & TECH. L. REV. 481 (2013).

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OA1224 - In this episode recorded only hours after an ICE officer killed U.S. citizen Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis with extreme impunity, we contrast mirror-universe opposite views of immunity and impunity: the Trump administration's response to this tragedy as opposed to everything that they have done to rewrite the history of January 6, 2021 for this week's fifth anniversary of the insurrection. And in today's footnote: will Lindsay Halligan be the first lawyer in US history to have a bar complaint filed against her for lying to a federal court about being a US Attorney?

1. "How Many People Have Been Shot in ICE Raids?" The Trace, 12/8/2025

2. Department of Justice's new J6 website

3. "At least 33 pardoned insurrectionists face other criminal charges—but many are now going free," Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (12/18/2025)

4. Order re: Lindsay Halligan in USA v. Jefferson, EDVA Judge David J. Novak (1/6/2026)

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