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The Trump Administration has rescued over 145,000 migrant children lost by the Biden Administration. “Too many were in sex trafficking or forced labor. So how do you not get up every morning to do this job?” Thomas D. Homan on what motivates him

The Trump Administration has rescued over 145,000 migrant children lost by the Biden Administration. “Too many were in sex trafficking or forced labor. So how do you not get up every morning to do this job?” Thomas D. Homan on what motivates him

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"It needs to be easy to vote and hard to cheat." Mike Lee discusses the SAVE Act on The Arena

"It needs to be easy to vote and hard to cheat." Mike Lee discusses the SAVE Act on The Arena

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This week, Brett Shumate joins us on The Arena. We discuss fighting fraud, suing hospitals over “gender-affirming care,” judicial overreach, and more. Don’t miss it! 00:00 - Intro 00:17 - AAG Brett Shumate Joins the Show 00:56 - Running the DOJ Civil Division 02:39 - Main Justice vs. the U.S. Attorney's Offices 04:36 - DOJ: The Law Firm for America 06:15 - The False Claims Act and Fraud Enforcement 10:23 - How Whistleblowers Can Fight Fraud 13:37 - Using the False Claims Act Against Corporate DEI 14:34 - Suing Hospitals Over “Gender-Affirming Care'” 19:31 - What's Changed Since the First Trump Term 22:40 - Managing a Hostile Bureaucracy 24:25 - Reviving Denaturalization Cases 27:41 - The Marriage Analogy for Citizenship Fraud 29:30 - Judges and the “Presumption of Regularity” 33:24 - When Judges Overreach 36:19 - Zealous Advocacy: DOJ's Duty to Defend 40:07 - Career Advice: Don't Be Afraid to Take Risks 44:02 - Why Join the DOJ Civil Division 47:23 - Bad Legal Takes! 47:32 - Matthew Colangelo and the Trump Prosecutions 52:49 - Outro
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This week, Brett Shumate joins us on The Arena. We discuss fighting fraud, suing hospitals over “gender-affirming care,” judicial overreach, and more. Don’t miss it! 00:00 - Intro 00:17 - AAG Brett Shumate Joins the Show 00:56 - Running the DOJ Civil Division 02:39 - Main Justice vs. the U.S. Attorney's Offices 04:36 - DOJ: The Law Firm for America 06:15 - The False Claims Act and Fraud Enforcement 10:23 - How Whistleblowers Can Fight Fraud 13:37 - Using the False Claims Act Against Corporate DEI 14:34 - Suing Hospitals Over “Gender-Affirming Care'” 19:31 - What's Changed Since the First Trump Term 22:40 - Managing a Hostile Bureaucracy 24:25 - Reviving Denaturalization Cases 27:41 - The Marriage Analogy for Citizenship Fraud 29:30 - Judges and the “Presumption of Regularity” 33:24 - When Judges Overreach 36:19 - Zealous Advocacy: DOJ's Duty to Defend 40:07 - Career Advice: Don't Be Afraid to Take Risks 44:02 - Why Join the DOJ Civil Division 47:23 - Bad Legal Takes! 47:32 - Matthew Colangelo and the Trump Prosecutions 52:49 - Outro

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Assistant Attorney General ElliotGaiser joins us on this week’s episode of The Arena. We discuss the role of the Office of Legal Counsel, a lawyer’s responsibility to their client, and the bombshell reporting that thousands of non-citizens are registered to vote in New Jersey. Tune in! 00:00 - Intro 00:26 - AAG Elliot Gaiser Joins the Show 01:15 - What Is the Office of Legal Counsel? 01:49 - Why Courts Don’t Give Legal Advice 02:49 - OLC Opinions 04:03 - Advocate vs. Counselor: A Lawyer’s Two Roles 05:58 - OLC: The Boutique Firm for Thorny Questions 07:08 - Standing on the Shoulders of Giants 07:40 - How Big Is OLC? A Typical Day 08:38 - OLC vs. the Solicitor General 10:03 - Reviewing Executive Orders: Form and Legality 11:18 - How OLC Opinions Set Precedent 13:00 - How an OLC Opinion Gets Written 14:13 - The 1996 Welfare Reform Opinion 16:58 - Overturning Chevron After Loper Bright 18:37 - When Agencies Ignore the Plain Text 22:56 - The Obama Phone Program (FCC Lifeline) 25:28 - Lawyers Who Think They’re the Decision-Maker 30:00 - DOJ’s Ultimate Client Is the American People 31:00 - Advice for Aspiring OLC Lawyers 34:24 - Finding the Path to ‘Yes’ 38:30 - Disparate Impact, Title VII, and the EEOC 42:37 - In a Different Life 43:55 - Why Gaiser Skips the Bad Legal Take 45:10 - Bad Legal Takes! 45:38 - New Jersey’s Voter Roll Claim 60:37 - Outro
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Assistant Attorney General ElliotGaiser joins us on this week’s episode of The Arena. We discuss the role of the Office of Legal Counsel, a lawyer’s responsibility to their client, and the bombshell reporting that thousands of non-citizens are registered to vote in New Jersey. Tune in! 00:00 - Intro 00:26 - AAG Elliot Gaiser Joins the Show 01:15 - What Is the Office of Legal Counsel? 01:49 - Why Courts Don’t Give Legal Advice 02:49 - OLC Opinions 04:03 - Advocate vs. Counselor: A Lawyer’s Two Roles 05:58 - OLC: The Boutique Firm for Thorny Questions 07:08 - Standing on the Shoulders of Giants 07:40 - How Big Is OLC? A Typical Day 08:38 - OLC vs. the Solicitor General 10:03 - Reviewing Executive Orders: Form and Legality 11:18 - How OLC Opinions Set Precedent 13:00 - How an OLC Opinion Gets Written 14:13 - The 1996 Welfare Reform Opinion 16:58 - Overturning Chevron After Loper Bright 18:37 - When Agencies Ignore the Plain Text 22:56 - The Obama Phone Program (FCC Lifeline) 25:28 - Lawyers Who Think They’re the Decision-Maker 30:00 - DOJ’s Ultimate Client Is the American People 31:00 - Advice for Aspiring OLC Lawyers 34:24 - Finding the Path to ‘Yes’ 38:30 - Disparate Impact, Title VII, and the EEOC 42:37 - In a Different Life 43:55 - Why Gaiser Skips the Bad Legal Take 45:10 - Bad Legal Takes! 45:38 - New Jersey’s Voter Roll Claim 60:37 - Outro

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376,811 views • 13 days ago

This week, Andrew Ferguson joins us on The Arena. We discuss the new SPLC indictment, Charlottesville’s legacy, the expanding power of federal agencies, the growth of the administrative state, and more. Don’t miss this discussion! 00:00 - Intro 00:35 - Bad Legal Takes! 00:49 - The SPLC Indictment and the Weaponization Claim 04:21 - Charlottesville: Astroturfed from the Start 08:52 - Delaney Hall and Manufactured Outrage 11:07 - The COVID Overreach We Haven't Reckoned With 16:46 - Organ Transplants and DEI Over Medical Need 21:46 - Andrew Ferguson Joins the Show 22:02 - What the FTC Is and Does 23:17 - Independent Agency or Executive Branch? 27:45 - The Progressive Dream and the Administrative State 33:43 - Civil Penalties vs. Criminal Power 37:59 - Consumer Protection as a Tool for Liberty 43:39 - Federal vs. State Enforcement 46:23 - Do Consent Decrees Deter? 49:10 - Cutting Anticompetitive Regulations 51:13 - The President’s Task Force to End Fraud 54:29 - Deterrence and Restoring Social Trust 57:08 - Outro
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This week, Andrew Ferguson joins us on The Arena. We discuss the new SPLC indictment, Charlottesville’s legacy, the expanding power of federal agencies, the growth of the administrative state, and more. Don’t miss this discussion! 00:00 - Intro 00:35 - Bad Legal Takes! 00:49 - The SPLC Indictment and the Weaponization Claim 04:21 - Charlottesville: Astroturfed from the Start 08:52 - Delaney Hall and Manufactured Outrage 11:07 - The COVID Overreach We Haven't Reckoned With 16:46 - Organ Transplants and DEI Over Medical Need 21:46 - Andrew Ferguson Joins the Show 22:02 - What the FTC Is and Does 23:17 - Independent Agency or Executive Branch? 27:45 - The Progressive Dream and the Administrative State 33:43 - Civil Penalties vs. Criminal Power 37:59 - Consumer Protection as a Tool for Liberty 43:39 - Federal vs. State Enforcement 46:23 - Do Consent Decrees Deter? 49:10 - Cutting Anticompetitive Regulations 51:13 - The President’s Task Force to End Fraud 54:29 - Deterrence and Restoring Social Trust 57:08 - Outro

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1,421,802 views • 2 months ago

This week on The Arena, the America First Legal team breaks down the latest legal and political headlines. Gene Hamilton, Daniel Z. Epstein, J S Levin, and Alexa Vance discuss the brazen assassination attempt against President Trump, the Left’s normalization of political violence, the collapse of media trust, redistricting, and more. 00:00 - Intro 01:19 - The Assassination Attempt Against President Trump 03:50 - Normalization of Political Violence 05:35 - Free Speech vs. Legal Consequences 12:55 - Collapse of Media Trust 13:34 - Double Standards and Political Rhetoric 22:54 - Redistricting and the Voting Rights Act 28:36 - Equity vs. Equality 31:17 - Parents, Schools, and Government Influence 36:00 - When Parents Speak Out 39:55 - Bad Legal Takes 44:13 - Outro
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This week on The Arena, the America First Legal team breaks down the latest legal and political headlines. Gene Hamilton, Daniel Z. Epstein, J S Levin, and Alexa Vance discuss the brazen assassination attempt against President Trump, the Left’s normalization of political violence, the collapse of media trust, redistricting, and more. 00:00 - Intro 01:19 - The Assassination Attempt Against President Trump 03:50 - Normalization of Political Violence 05:35 - Free Speech vs. Legal Consequences 12:55 - Collapse of Media Trust 13:34 - Double Standards and Political Rhetoric 22:54 - Redistricting and the Voting Rights Act 28:36 - Equity vs. Equality 31:17 - Parents, Schools, and Government Influence 36:00 - When Parents Speak Out 39:55 - Bad Legal Takes 44:13 - Outro

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1,748,595 views • 3 months ago

What happened when parents spoke out under the Biden Admin? Just look at the Garland memo. “We uncovered that it wasn’t just Biden’s FBI being sicced on concerned parents — but that they were also working with the Biden White House to coordinate ALL OF IT behind the scenes.”
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What happened when parents spoke out under the Biden Admin? Just look at the Garland memo. “We uncovered that it wasn’t just Biden’s FBI being sicced on concerned parents — but that they were also working with the Biden White House to coordinate ALL OF IT behind the scenes.”

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893,371 views • 3 months ago

In Trump’s second term, DOJ is going on offense. Brett Shumate: “We’re way more aggressive now. We have to be, to counteract the lawfare. We can’t let the nonprofit organizations, the states, and the judges hold up the president’s agenda.”
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In Trump’s second term, DOJ is going on offense. Brett Shumate: “We’re way more aggressive now. We have to be, to counteract the lawfare. We can’t let the nonprofit organizations, the states, and the judges hold up the president’s agenda.”

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109,169 views • 17 days ago

District court judges no longer seem to care about getting reversed. "We're seeing a lot of reversals. There doesn't seem to be any disincentive to getting reversed all the time." Ian Prior on woke district court judges
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District court judges no longer seem to care about getting reversed. "We're seeing a lot of reversals. There doesn't seem to be any disincentive to getting reversed all the time." Ian Prior on woke district court judges

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168,473 views • 27 days ago

Some expected AAGHarmeetDhillon to work around the margins. But incremental change wasn’t good enough. “I accepted the challenge.”
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Some expected AAGHarmeetDhillon to work around the margins. But incremental change wasn’t good enough. “I accepted the challenge.”

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352,713 views • 2 months ago

“That’s my hypothesis: the Left knows that they are demographically doomed.” Gene Hamilton breaks down birth rates, leftist teachers, and the parent-child relationship on The Arena with America First Legal
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“That’s my hypothesis: the Left knows that they are demographically doomed.” Gene Hamilton breaks down birth rates, leftist teachers, and the parent-child relationship on The Arena with America First Legal

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334,856 views • 2 months ago

This week, AAGHarmeetDhillon joins us on The Arena. We discuss the Trump Administration’s overhaul of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, internal resistance, consent decrees, California’s defiance of SCOTUS, and more. Tune in! 00:00 - Intro 00:26 - Harmeet Dhillon Joins the Show 03:53 - How Do You Overhaul an Entrenched Civil Rights Division? 09:12 - Staff Departures and Internal Resistance 11:29 - Attorney Ethics and Leaks to the Media 16:26 - Dismantling Consent Decrees 20:08 - Schools, Parents’ Rights, and Gender Policy 24:01 - Why Is DEI Unconstitutional? 27:20 - Is the Second Amendment a Civil Right? 36:14 - Why Young Conservative Lawyers Should Enter Civil Rights 40:42 - How Do You Make Change Last? 46:44 - Closing Remarks with Harmeet Dhillon 47:31 - Bad Legal Takes! 53:08 - California Defies the Supreme Court on Parents’ Rights 56:25 - Outro
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This week, AAGHarmeetDhillon joins us on The Arena. We discuss the Trump Administration’s overhaul of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, internal resistance, consent decrees, California’s defiance of SCOTUS, and more. Tune in! 00:00 - Intro 00:26 - Harmeet Dhillon Joins the Show 03:53 - How Do You Overhaul an Entrenched Civil Rights Division? 09:12 - Staff Departures and Internal Resistance 11:29 - Attorney Ethics and Leaks to the Media 16:26 - Dismantling Consent Decrees 20:08 - Schools, Parents’ Rights, and Gender Policy 24:01 - Why Is DEI Unconstitutional? 27:20 - Is the Second Amendment a Civil Right? 36:14 - Why Young Conservative Lawyers Should Enter Civil Rights 40:42 - How Do You Make Change Last? 46:44 - Closing Remarks with Harmeet Dhillon 47:31 - Bad Legal Takes! 53:08 - California Defies the Supreme Court on Parents’ Rights 56:25 - Outro

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266,711 views • 2 months ago

.Andrew Ferguson breaks down the government benefits fraud crisis: “We turn over trillions of our taxpayer dollars… to people we’ve never met who are in need. We set up these programs for a high-trust society. Huge swaths of the country are now taking advantage.”
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.Andrew Ferguson breaks down the government benefits fraud crisis: “We turn over trillions of our taxpayer dollars… to people we’ve never met who are in need. We set up these programs for a high-trust society. Huge swaths of the country are now taking advantage.”

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157,426 views • 1 month ago

“By the 20th century, progressives decided that government in a complex, modern society is too complicated for the masses. The masses are grubby, dirty, and uneducated. They cannot actually govern themselves, and so they should not.” Andrew Ferguson on the deep state’s origins
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“By the 20th century, progressives decided that government in a complex, modern society is too complicated for the masses. The masses are grubby, dirty, and uneducated. They cannot actually govern themselves, and so they should not.” Andrew Ferguson on the deep state’s origins

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144,762 views • 1 month ago

The Trump Administration shut down the border so effectively that nobody even talks about it anymore. "Just a year and a half ago, anybody could come in. Now, the border crossings are five or six every two weeks. As opposed to thousands every week." Acting AG Todd Blanche
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The Trump Administration shut down the border so effectively that nobody even talks about it anymore. "Just a year and a half ago, anybody could come in. Now, the border crossings are five or six every two weeks. As opposed to thousands every week." Acting AG Todd Blanche

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124,813 views • 1 month ago

Under the Biden Administration, organ transplants could be awarded based on skin color. America First Legal fought back. “We filed a petition for rulemaking. It's really good to see that as of July, that's going to go away.”
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Under the Biden Administration, organ transplants could be awarded based on skin color. America First Legal fought back. “We filed a petition for rulemaking. It's really good to see that as of July, that's going to go away.”

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123,407 views • 1 month ago

.James Percival exposes the “hockey stick” scam: “Every immigration attorney in the country has heard this story before.”
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.James Percival exposes the “hockey stick” scam: “Every immigration attorney in the country has heard this story before.”

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76,063 views • 1 month ago

“So, if we need to commit crimes to create our utopia, it’s fine. It’s absolutely fine. That’s how they think. That’s Marxism.” Daniel Z. Epstein on leftist propaganda
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“So, if we need to commit crimes to create our utopia, it’s fine. It’s absolutely fine. That’s how they think. That’s Marxism.” Daniel Z. Epstein on leftist propaganda

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88,294 views • 1 month ago

James Percival EXPOSES leftist lawfare: “The Left isn’t trying to bring good cases and win... They view the Trump Administration as a four-year hourglass. They know if they can just get enough crazy district judges to do enough crazy things, they can run out the clock.”
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James Percival EXPOSES leftist lawfare: “The Left isn’t trying to bring good cases and win... They view the Trump Administration as a four-year hourglass. They know if they can just get enough crazy district judges to do enough crazy things, they can run out the clock.”

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36,488 views • 24 days ago

A male student who “identifies as female” recorded OVER 40 OTHER STUDENTS using the bathroom over a THREE-YEAR SPAN. That’s INSANE. Ian Prior on Loudoun County Public Schools’ “super rights” for “transgender” students
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A male student who “identifies as female” recorded OVER 40 OTHER STUDENTS using the bathroom over a THREE-YEAR SPAN. That’s INSANE. Ian Prior on Loudoun County Public Schools’ “super rights” for “transgender” students

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107,073 views • 2 months ago

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