Opening Arguments

OA1108 - A Coup in Search of a Legal Theory We commemorate the fourth anniversary of the January 6, 2021 insurrection by remembering the two elite lawyers who bear significant personal, moral, and legal responsibility for one of the single worst days in US political history. The bad-faith legal cover Kenneth Chesebro and John Eastman provided for the “Stop the Steal” movement in the months leading up to MAGA’s violent insurrection would ultimately result in nine deaths, hundreds of injuries, and the initiation of more than 1500 federal criminal cases--but Eastman and his MAGA allies are already trying to rewrite that history in front of us. We push back in this special episode, with more to come. SS chief Reinhart Heydrich’s official memo authorizing and regulating the  Kristallnacht “demonstrations” targeting the property of German Jews (11/10/1938) January 6th House Select Committee’s final report (and supporting evidence) Fake elector records submitted to the National Archives (via FOIA by American O