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 That Bind the Executive Branch

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

45:10 - Bad Legal Takes!

45:38 - New Jersey's Voter Roll Claim

1:00:37 - Outro

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

00:00 - Intro

00:32 - Advice From Todd Blanche, Acting Attorney General of theUnited States

02:06 - Advice From Harmeet K. Dhillon, Assistant Attorney Generalfor the Civil Rights Division of the United States Department of Justice

06:24 - Advice From James H. Percival II, General Counsel of theUnited States Department of Homeland Security

09:24 – Advice From Tom Homan, White House Border Czar

13:31 – Advice From Andrea Lucas, Chair of the U.S. EqualEmployment Opportunity Commission

14:34 - Outro