Episodes

This past week we hit 50,000 downloads! *THANK YOU* for helping us grow! This week we talk about Bonespur Brezhnev abandoning his base, a Michigan student physically assaulted by a teacher over the Pledge of Allegience, yet another white cop going unpunished for killing an unarmed black man in Missouri, and a uniquely Texan dispute between a criminal wanting to run for judge and a criminal running the District Attorney’s Office. Make sure to check out our page on Patreon for exclusive patron-o...

We turn the show over to you! Join us as we answer your questions about the podcast, how I ended up becoming a lawyer, the differences between qualified immunity and authorized agent immunity, how the incorporation doctrine began, and the other podcasts in my queue. Make sure to check out our page on Patreon for exclusive patron-only content! Join the conversation by following @fsckemall on Twitter, and tweet us your comments and questions using the hashtag #fsck! Show Notes: 1st Question (r...

We’ve had so much criminal justice news in just a week that we’re skipping the politics entirely Tune in for the Georgia cop admitting they only kill black people, the 15-year-old boy Detroit police killed via taser, the Oregon deputy pulling his gun during a routine traffic stop, and the nurse arrested for protecting an unconscious police officer from the Salt Lake City PD. Then in our #Law140 segment we talk about the scope of the First Amendment and how it relates to incitement. *THANK YOU* ...

This week we unveil a new Rule of Fsck: there are no new stories, just new faces and jurisdictions. We also cover the Secretary of State and Secretary of Defense giving their opinions on the President, an Oklahoma police officer running a white nationalist record label, and Baltimore police caught planting evidence yet again. Then in our #Law140 segment we review the President’s pardon powers, and how they will impact Sheriff Joe Arpaio. Make sure to check out our page on Patreon for exclusive ...

When it comes to Nazis, President Trump has more flip-flops than a hipster-infested beach on Independence Day. Durham’s Confederate participation trophy is removed by protestors, Maryland can’t find prison guards who aren’t criminals, and Tennessee runs an entire criminal justice system without judges or defense attorneys. And in this week’s #Law140 segment, we take a look at the mechanics of felony charges against those #DefendDurm protestors. Thanks to this week’s Samson Sponsor Dr. Trey Benf...

Charlottesville deals with terrorists. Prosecutors let an 11-minute roadside rape in Texas go unpunished. New Jersey police terrorize a pizzeria. And in our #Law140 segment we give you an overview of our bail system and how it works. Thanks to this week’s Samson Sponsor Colleen Mahaney, and our #Law140 Lover Byron Mobley for our law topic! Make sure to check out our new page on Patreon! Join the conversation by following @fsckemall on Twitter, and tweet us your comments and questions using th...

As nuclear war with North Korea looms, we bring some mid-week levity with this bonus episode featuring the next iteration of our #AlliterativeTrumpNicknames list! Thanks to your help there are now -33- entries to help you better identify our beloved Papaya POTUS, the Cheeto-in-Chief himself Donald J. Trump. Please feel free to use and share as your heart sees fit Make sure to check out our fan page on Patreon! Join the conversation by following @fsckemall on Twitter, and tweet us your comments ...

The game of musical chairs in the White House continues, while the Attorney General wastes DOJ time (and your money) trying to get back into the Papaya POTUS’s good graces. Plus a truly bizarre story out of Onslow County NC, state-sanctioned puppycide in Michigan, and Baltimore Police again striving to prove that The Wire was a documentary. Then in our #Law140 segment we talk about the role of grand juries and what that may mean for Bob Mueller’s probe of the Parody President and his campaign’s ...

This week we look at our abnormal political system, where the Communications Director goes on a profanity-laced tirade, the Chief-of-Staff is ousted, and the Papaya POTUS encourages police brutality. We also cover problems in our law enforcement across the country, and our #Law140 segment features a special guest to talk about the mechanics of juries. Make sure to check out our new page on Patreon! Join the conversation by following @fsckemall on Twitter, and tweet us your comments and questio...

Join us this week as we cover the Attorney General resurrecting civil asset forfeiture, a big win for a pro se litigant down in Florida, the latest in misbehavior by law enforcement around the country, and then spend our #Law140 segment talking about ways to get involved with reforming our justice system. Make sure to check out our new page on Patreon! Join the conversation by following @fsckemall on Twitter, and tweet us your comments and questions using the hashtag #fsck! Show Notes: Sean ...

It’s been a busy week for police K-9 units snacking on civilians! We also talk about the Papaya POTUS’s border fence, a bona fide heart-warming story out of Connecticut, and in our #Law140 section we cover defamation of public figures. Join the conversation by following @fsckemall on Twitter, and tweet us your comments and questions using the hashtag #fsck! [EDIT (07/17/17 @ 7:21pm): The original version of this episode had an error in describing the lawsuit between Florida Governor Rick Scott...

We turn the show over to you! Join us in this special subscriber-only bonus episode as we answer your questions on how and when to hire a lawyer, the scope of Congressional legislative power, the weapon I carry with me daily, and the role that precedent plays in the everyday lives of people and lawyers alike. Join the conversation by following @fsckemall on Twitter, and tweet us your comments and questions using the hashtag #fsck! Show Notes: 1st question: how and when to hire a lawyer? (Twit...

From our new national anthem to partnering with Russia on cybersecurity at the G19+1 Summit, the political news this week continues to be grim. We also cover the Third Circuit affirming the constitutional right to record police, go through a week’s worth of criminal justice f*ckery (including the extrajudicial summary execution of Dejuan Guillory), and for our #Law140 segment we look into that car accident involving Venus Williams and what happens when you’re defamed by the Government. Join the...

We’re celebrating Independence Day 2017 by walking through the astonishing volume of police f*ckery that’s taken place since just last week! We also cover Saffron Seko’s “voter integrity” commission and his foibles on Twitter, Justice Gorsuch’s dissent in Pavan v Smith, how the Fifth Circuit continues to incentivize corruption in our courts, and new developments in police brutality across the nation – including one Detroit police officer who’s summarily executed 72(!) dogs in his career. Join t...

Less than a week, three police officers acquitted for the extrajudicial summary execution of black men. Plus we talk about Melba Mao and his questionable choices in personnel, the TSA’s new policy of reading your papers, criminal justice news from all over the country, and a #Law140 segment on the common law and whether “no doesn’t mean no” in North Carolina. Join the conversation by following @fsckemall on Twitter, and tweet us your comments and questions using the hashtag #fsck! Show Notes: ...

It’s a double-length #fsck! This week we have our first-ever guest interview, plus we talk about emoluments, Papaya POTUS’s bizarre Cabinet meeting, whether or not he actually is under investigation, police and puppycide, and in the #Law140 segment we provide a primer on standing and the requirements that have to be met before someone can sue someone else in federal court. Join the conversation by following @fsckemall on Twitter, and tweet us your comments and questions using the hashtag #fsck!...

Who knew a British spy novel would have so many parallels to America 2017? Listen in to this week’s episode as we review the testimony from James Comey and the peculiar defenses by Peach Perón’s surrogates, a Republican Congresscritter calls for us to support ISIS, new mandatory minimums for sexting, police practicing their new techniques for killing unarmed Americans (choking!) and for putting out fires (kicks to the face!), and for #Law140 we consider if President Trump is violating the First ...

We know there’s a regular episode dropping on Monday, but we wanted to bring you our second subscriber-only BONUS episode! Join us for details on former FBI Director James Comey’s testimony to the Senate, and whether Comey admitted to breaking the law when he confessed to leaking details about his conversations with our Papaya POTUS. Show Notes: Our “No Heroes in Washington” podcast on Comey’s firing (Fsck #3) Comey admits to leaking details about his meetings with Trump (Washington Post) A ...

Can the Government force you to give up your iPhone passcode? The answer might surprise you. We cover self-incrimination this week, along with the Paris Climate Agreement, Kathy Griffin, the latest London attacks, California targeting racially-biased juries, the stunning exposé on corruption in North Carolina’s prisons, and a lot more legal news from the past week! Join the conversation by following @fsckemall on Twitter, and tweet us your comments and questions using the hashtag #fsck! Show N...

If you ever want to know how much crazy sh*t can happen in a week, start a podcast! This week we cover Pumpkin Pinochet’s week-long disaster of a trip abroad, Montana’s new journalist-slamming Congresscritter, police abusing the young and the old, and for this week’s #Law140 we take a look at probation and how Ramad Chatman will be serving time for a crime he didn’t commit. Show Notes: Naranjillo Nixon arms the Saudis’ war in Yemen (CNBC) Memes of his Orb of Doom photo-op (Mashable) Upside: ...

We turn the show over to you! Join us as we answer your questions about that Harvard graduation party, the Citizens United decision, how Justice Gorsuch will affect the Supreme Court’s 4th Amendment jurisprudence, and the question I’ve gotten dozens of times in the past year — what makes me a conservative? Show Notes: Our 1st question on graduation at Harvard (Twitter) Our 2nd question on Citizens United (Twitter) Our 3rd question on Scalia vs Gorsuch (Twitter) The 4th question was anonymou...

It’s our first-ever mid-week subscriber-only BONUS episode! Tune in for updates on the news since Monday’s episode (Russian spies! Obstruction of justice! Turkish brawlers on US soil!), and a list of 23 alliterative nicknames you can use when identifying Donald Trump. Show Notes: Trump invited Russian spies into the Oval Office (New York Times) And also tried to stop the FBI from investigating him and Mike Flynn (Washington Post) Flynn was paid a half-million to be a foreign agent of Turkey ...

The show keeps getting longer! This week: DeVos gets booed, headlines deceive, police kill two more kids, Sessions relaunches the Drug War, Trump fires Comey, and for #Law140 we get into the details of precedent and how it works. Show Notes: Trump cans Comey (NBC News) Betsy DeVos booed at Bethune-Cookman (The Atlantic) Historical Illiteracy on HBCUs, Part I (Twitter) Harvard segregates graduation – but not really (Twitter) Even Snopes calls bullsh*t on the Harvard “story” (Snopes) Bad pe...

Apologies in advance: more profanity than usual this week! Join us as we talk about President Trump’s comments regarding the Ninth Circuit and his non-understanding of the law and HBCUs, a compare-and-contrast on how police in Balch Springs Texas conducted themselves in the Jordan Edwards execution compared to a detective with the Raleigh Police terrorizing a BBQ restaurant, and in the #Law140 segment we do an overview of federal sentencing and how it will play out in the Michael Slager plea for...