OA193: This Is Worse Than Watergate - PLUS Mandalay Bay Suing Victims?
Today's Rapid Response Friday breaks down the\xa0recent lawsuit filed by the Mandalay Bay casino\xa0regarding the 2017 Las Vegas shooting.\xa0 Is it true that the casino is suing the victims?\xa0 What's\xa0that all about??\xa0 Listen and find out!\xa0 Also, we check in with Yodel Mountain and figure out, once and for all, if this is really worse than Watergate.\xa0 (Hint:\xa0 yes.) We begin, however, with everybody's favorite segment, Andrew Was Wrong, in which we revisit the Supreme Court with a few corrections. The main segment tackles the Mandalay Bay lawsuit and explains the concept of a declaratory judgent as well as the 2002 SAFETY Act upon which Mandalay Bay is attempting to rely. Next, we return to Yodel Mountain to discuss the recent Mueller indictments, Donald Trump's Treason Summit with Russia, and ingenue Mariia Butina.\xa0 It's as salacious as OA ever gets! Finally, we end with an all new Thomas Takes The Bar Exam #85 involving (ugh) real property.\xa0 If you'd like to play along, just\xa0retweet our episode on Twitter or share it on Facebook along with your guess and the #TTTBE hashtag.\xa0 We'll release the answer on next Tuesday's episode along with our favorite entry! Recent Appearances If you didn't see Andrew's live appearance on Left-Right Radio with Chuck Morse, you can check out the YouTube archive of it.\xa0 And if you'd like to have either of us as a guest on your show, drop us an email at openarguments@gmail.com. Show Notes & Links
- This is the link to the 2011 Ethics Report authored by Chief Justice John Roberts.
- Here's the Above The Law article we mentioned at the start of the main segment.
- We've uploaded a copy of the\xa0MGM/Mandalay Bay lawsuit\xa0so you can read it for yourself.
- The SAFETY Act can be found at\xa06 U.S.C. \xa7 441 et seq., and the implementing regulations are at 6 CFR \xa7 25.7.
- We discussed the Senate Intelligence Committee's report in Episode 190.
- Here's the link to the\xa0Mother Jones article about Butina documenting the claims made in the C segment.