Ben Meiselas & Michael Popok head the top rated Legal AF podcast and tonight address Trump's declaration of war against the 5th Amendment Due Process Rights and Writs of Habeas Corpus rights of all, and just how close are we to Trump declaring martial law; the outsized role of Trump's senior advisor Stephen Miller who is not a lawyer, but plays one in the White House, federal courts latest moves to protect democracy in a series of losses for Trump this week, the United States Supreme Court acting out against Trump, and an overview of the upcoming oral argument, the last of the term, on birthright citizenship and nationwide injunctions, and so much more at the intersection of law and politics.
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1:18:13
Trump Touts Major Win… It Instantly Backfires
Trump and his Sec of State Marco Rubio crowing about a “hostage rescue” operation in Venezuela to bring opposition party leaders opposed to the brutal Maduro Regime, only proves the point that Venezuela is a dangerous country that 100s of thousands of Venezuelans in the US given Temporary Protective Status by the Biden Administration should not be returned to. Michael Popok explores the revelations in the last 24 hours in the form of an unclassified memo and Rubio’s bragging about how dangerous Venezuela is, that will blow the doors off of the Administration’s attempt to defend their decision to end TPS for Venezuela because everything is really fine there.
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15:24
Trump Crushed by Three Straight Losses in Federal Court
In the last 72 hours, the Trump Administration has lost in 3 separate federal court rooms, with each declaring Trump’s phony use of the Alien Enemies Act to be unlawful, all because Trump misread and misinterpreted a major Supreme Court decision last month that was a ticking time bomb against him, which is now being used by federal courts to slam the Administration. Michael Popok pieces all of the recent bad decisions for Trump together and explains why 3 major Supreme Court rulings against Trump in the last 45 days will be his undoing regarding his immigration and deportation policies.
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19:38
Legal AF Full Episode - 5/7/2025
Michael Popok & Karen Friedman Agnifilo are back on the top rated Legal AF x Meidas Touch podcast debating: the greatest scandal to hit a US president in history; the new anti transgender soldier decision by the Supreme Court; federal judges including Trump’s own ruling against him this week in a series of cases involving Trump’s phony use of the Alien Enemies Act and so much more at the intersection of law and politics.
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1:29:20
War Crimes Prosecutor Makes His Move Against Trump
A US war crimes prosecutor and US Army veteran Eric Iverson has no choice but to file a new federal lawsuit against Trump and his Administration because Trump’s putting his employer, the International Criminal Court and its Chief Prosecutor on a blacklist to block its assets, and ban people from providing services to it is so over broad, that Iverson can’t do his job to go after bad guys in Darfur of all places. Michael Popok looks carefully at Trump’s Executive Order and explains why this suit should be yet another loss for the Trump Administration.
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Hosted by MeidasTouch founder and civil rights lawyer, Ben Meiselas, national trial lawyer strategist, Michael Popok, and former Chief Assistant District Attorney of the Manhattan District Attorney's Office, Karen Friedman Agnifilo, Legal AF (Legal Analysis Friends) is a hard-hitting, thought-provoking look at this week’s most compelling developments at the intersection of law and politics.
Executive Produced by Meidas Media Network. Enjoy new full-length episodes every Wednesday and Sunday and occasional shorter breaking legal news hits throughout the week.