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

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

00:00 - Introductions

00:55 - Who Is Stanley Woodward?

04:12 - The Role of the Associate Attorney General

05:45 - What Motivates Him in Public Service

08:57 - Civil Division Priorities and Affirmative Litigation

09:58 - Challenges in the DOJ

12:35 - Blue States Suing Companies for Climate Change

12:49 - Environmental Law, Civil Rights, and Antitrust Enforcement

15:00 - Federal Grants and the Trustee System

15:51 - Defending the United States in 802 Lawsuits

18:54 - Congressional Oversight and the Purpose of Article 1

22:18 - Texas Children’s Hospital Settlement and “Gender-Affirming Care”

26:15 - Government Weaponization and the Need for Transparency

27:32 - The Courts, Congress, and Separation of Powers

29:51 - What People Misunderstand About the DOJ

32:09 - Bad Legal Take: The Reflecting Pool Lawsuit

35:45 - The Media Is Actually Taking This Seriously?!

38:50 - Closing