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Legal AF by MeidasTouch

MeidasTouch Network

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

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14:56

Supreme Court Walks Right Into Instant Checkmate

Legal AF by MeidasTouch ·

2025/06/28

Moving at almost the speed of light and following Justice Sotomayor’s “direction”, public interest groups litigating to protect Birthright Citizenship have just hours after the Supreme Court ruled against them, filed a new motion for class action certification and for temporary injunction with a Maryland federal judge. Michael Popok explains how this is exactly what Justice Sotomayor called for in her dissent on Friday, and sets up a battle over the summer in the Supreme Court over whether

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13:11

Trump Braces to Lose Millions After Fatal Court Ruling

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2025/06/28

E Jean Carroll is about to beat Trump for the third time in front of the Second Circuit Appeal, having lost last week on his bid to have the “United States of America” substitute in to avoid paying her the $83.5 million jury verdict judgement for sexually abusing and defaming her, and now about to lose in front of of the same judges on his argument that he has “presidential immunity” to defame her. Michael Popok puts it all together and what happens next at the Supreme Court on his latest hot

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19:30

Supreme Court Makes Biggest Ruling of Term

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2025/06/28

In breaking news, the MAGA majority of the Supreme Court led by Amy Coney Barrett in the Birthright Citizenship/14th Amendment case, just destroyed 100 years of precedent that allowed Federal trial court judges to issue nationwide injunctions to address the nationwide harm caused by a President’s abuse of power, declaring that only the Supreme Court can fashion nationwide relief. Michael Popok explains that to protect 14th Amendment birthright citizenship, lawyers in 3 states will have to move

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13:12

Desperate Trump Sues Every Judge After Big Losses

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2025/06/27

The Trump Administration, continuing its assault on the Rule of Law, has just sued each and every of the 16 judges in the Maryland federal court system along with the Clerk, because the Chief Judge there has issued an administrate order providing that for 48 hours, Trump cannot send people outside of the country to avoid federal jurisdiction, until a federal judge has reviewed the habeas corpus petition. Michael Popok takes a deep look at the suit and discusses which judge will be assigned to the

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17:11

SCOTUS Sends Secret Message to Stop Trump Order

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2025/06/27

Did Justice Sotomayor just outfox the Trump DOJ by sending out an “invitation” to a Massachusetts federal judge to find a way to circumvent a recent Supreme Court ruling to make sure that deportees obtain due process before being sent to countries like South Sudan or Libya? Michael Popok takes a close look at Sotomayor’s dissent, the next steps taken by Judge Murphy to tell the Trump Administration that the Court’s ruling doesn’t stop his other “remedial” orders, and Trump’s DOJ rushing to the

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84:14

Legal AF Full Episode - 6/25/2025

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2025/06/26

Michael Popok is back with Karen Friedman Agnifilo with the Legal AF podcast, the #1 law and politics podcast on this week's YouTube rankings, and they take on: 1) a judge finding that the Trump Administration's "evidence" did not support holding Kilmar Abrego in jail nor prove that he was in the MS13 gang; 2) Trump suing all the federal district judges in Maryland in a blatant example of forum shopping; 3) the ultimate DOJ insider blowing the whistle on the DOJ and its assault on federal judges and

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15:28

Whistleblower Reveals Major Crimes at Trump DOJ!!!!

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2025/06/25

According to shocking new details from the ultimate DOJ insider, Trump’s candidate for a lifetime federal appeals judge position —Emil Bove— instructed senior DOJ lawyers to lie to federal judges, not comply with their orders and tell them to “F Off”. michael popok reports on the new whistleblower letter sent to the Senate Judiciary Committee by Erez Reuveni who was fired by Trump’s DOJ for telling the truth to a federal judge. Qualia: Go to https://Qualialife.com/legalaf for up to 50% off and

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54:03

The Intersection with Michael Popok Full Episode -...

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2025/06/25

On the latest episode of The Intersection podcast join Michael Popok as he provides urgent analysis at the intersection of law and politics and, on this special "lying" and "f-bomb" edition, takes on: 1) a new bombshell DOJ insider who just ratted out senior leadership at the DOJ, including someone up for a lifetime federal judge position, for instruction DOJ lawyers to not only not comply with federal court orders, but to lie about it, and tell courts to "F' off," 2) the MAGA majority of the

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14:44

Whoa! SCOTUS Makes Major Ruling with Instant Impact

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2025/06/24

In a 6-3 decision that Justice Sotomayor calls an “abuse of power” by the Supreme Court which turns the nature of Due Process on its head, and rewards the Trump Administration’s flagrant violation of federal court orders, the Supreme Court just ruled that human beings without due process or even limited notice can be deported to dangerous countries they are not even from, like South Sudan and Libya. Michael Popok explains how the MAGA majority of the Court just rewarded Trump’s bad

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16:30

Lunatic Trump Freaks Out as He Gets Ignored to His Face

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2025/06/23

The Federal Reserve and its Chairman Jay Powell, the only thing standing between the American People and economic ruin under the disastrous Trump presidency, has refused to obey Trump and ignore Trump’s policies, which have sent the economy into a tailspin marked by high inflation, low job creation, and almost non-existent economic growth. The Fed just decided to ignore Trump and not cut interest rates, as it observes the suffering of American consumers under Trump. Michael Popok puts on his Wall

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89:59

Legal AF Full Episode - 6/21/2025

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2025/06/22

Ben Meiselas and Michael Popok join forces again on the top rated Legal AF podcast, and take on: (a) Harvard winning in court but may be considering settling with Tump sending a bad message to the rest of higher education; (b) how Governor Newsom can work around a bad decision by the 9th Circuit against States Rights and the Governor's control of his own state national guard; (c) a surprising decision by the generally conservative 5th Circuit about the 10 Commandments in public school; (d) the

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17:40

ICE Insiders Blow the Whistle on Trump Disaster

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2025/06/22

Insiders at ICE are coming out against the Trump Administration, reporting low morale and that they are being diverted away from going after criminal migrants for deportation, because Trump and Steven Miller have them focused instead on making 3,000 arrests a day. Michael Popok explains how even right-wing media is calling out Trump’s deranged policies, including that ICE is already $1 billion over budget, and they are making arrests in Home Depot and 7-11 parking lots instead of going after the

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17:50

Trump Shocked as Right-Wing Judge Shreds Him

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2025/06/21

The Senior Status Federal Judges are striking back and hard against the Trump Administration, issuing some of the most scathing rebukes from the bench and in opinions from their perch as judicial historians as well. Add to this growing list, Judge Young of the Federal Court in Massachusetts, who of the 400+ cases pending against the Trump Administration, just tried the FIRST trial related to Trump’s cut of millions of dollars in grant money issued by the National Institute of Health to the Black,

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14:02

Trump Makes Intel Mistake of Nuclear Proportions

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2025/06/21

Trump and his intelligence community has lost track of the equivalent of 10 Nuclear Bombs worth of Iranian enriched uranium, as Trump’s failure to plan ahead and allow us to be backed into a Middle East war not on our timetable, reaches devastating proportions. Michael Popok reports on the inspection community just “losing track” of the entire Iran enriched uranium stockpile as Trump tries to flip the script on his legacy by dragging us into a war.Pacagen: Get 15% OFF your order plus a special

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14:17

Federal Judge Smokes Out Trump Plan to Avoid Contempt

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2025/06/21

The Trump Administration continues to poke the bear in Judge Xinis, this time filing a new motion telling her she has no jurisdiction to find them in contempt, because, wait for it, they finally brought ABREGO GARCIA back from El Salvador, not to her courtroom but to Tennessee on a manufactured indictment. Michael Popok explains how the Trump Administration is bringing ABREGO GARCIA back for their own purposes, which actually proves contempt, and explains what Judge Xinis will do next when it comes

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78:37

Legal AF Full Episode - 6/18/2025

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2025/06/19

On a special cross-over episode, Dina Doll of Unprecedented on the Legal AF Youtube channel focused on the United States Supreme Court joins Michael Popok on the Legal AF podcast, to take on: the Supreme Court's 6-3 decision against Transgender Americans; the Supreme Court's future involvement in Trump's attack on States Rights; Senior Status Federal Judges taking on Trump and holding his feet to the fire; the top remaining Supreme Court decisions yet to "drop" but we expect in the next 2 weeks,

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17:42

Trump Arrest of Dem Quickly Backfires

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2025/06/19

Trump is arresting his Democratic political rivals in a show of excessive force and repression unheard of in American history. Add NYC Mayor candidate and Comptroller Brad Lander to the list who was arrested by masked ICE agents for exercising his civic duty and rights to observe a Trump immigration court process. Michael Popok explains how Lander may have just obtained the bona fides all democratic leaders need — fierce resistance, even if it means arrest and indictment, for standing up to

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13:18

J6 Officers Fire Back at Trump with New Lawsuit

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2025/06/18

Heroes within the Capitol and Metro Police who protected Congress and the seat of our democracy from being burnt to the ground on Jan6, are tired of watching Trump disrespect them, sully their honor, pardon Jan6 criminals, pay millions to pay for an insurrectionist who tried to overthrow our democracy, all while the Trump Congress refuses to put up simple brass plaque in the halls of Congress to honor those who sacrificed so much. Michael Popok reports on a brand new suit filed to force Congress to

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51:54

The Intersection with Michael Popok Full Episode -...

Legal AF by MeidasTouch ·

2025/06/18

Join Michael Popok on the Intersection podcast, as he takes on: Trump's continued and coordinated arrest of his Democratic Political Rivals, and MAGA's smear campaign against Democrats in the aftermath of the political killings of Democrats; Trump's rejection of his own intelligence community's briefing to start a war between the US and Iran, as a bipartisan bill is proposed to stop it; whether the 9th Circuit will rule for States Rights and California or allow Trump Troops to attack a Blue State's

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13:51

Trump Meets His Fate on LA Troops in Federal Court

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2025/06/17

Will a 9th Circuit appeals court put Governor Newsom back in charge of the California National Guard and refuse to accept the ruse of a Trump-declared “rebellion,” or will they rule for Trump and keep him in charge for many more months while they ponder the appeal. Michael Popok reports on today’s oral argument and posits that they will likely find that they have jurisdiction to provide oversight over Trump’s actions, but want the lower court to develop a more fulsome record before making an

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