{"podcast":{"title":"Legal AF by MeidasTouch","slug":"legal-af-by-meidastouch-4140007","podcast_index_feed_id":4140007,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/legalaf","website_url":"https://cms.megaphone.fm/channel/legalaf","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/9c838774-fae2-11eb-b9fa-3779cf8063b2/image/bb4ea460e5c868ccd24a7a6df9f65958.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Meidas Media Network","episode_count":1849,"summary":"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.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-19T08:21:53.566819+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/legal-af-by-meidastouch-4140007"},"episode":{"title":"Trump Scolded in Open Court after SCOTUS Ruling","slug":"trump-scolded-in-open-court-after-scotus-ruling","published_at":"2026-07-10T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/legal-af-by-meidastouch-4140007/trump-scolded-in-open-court-after-scotus-ruling","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/legal-af-by-meidastouch-4140007","url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/pdst.fm/e/arttrk.com/p/MMN23/claritaspod.com/measure/mgln.ai/e/1058/traffic.megaphone.fm/MTH2541155538.mp3","audio_url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/pdst.fm/e/arttrk.com/p/MMN23/claritaspod.com/measure/mgln.ai/e/1058/traffic.megaphone.fm/MTH2541155538.mp3","summary":"Taking its signal from Justice Kagan’s dissent in a recent immigration case, an Ohio Federal Judge has used Trump and Vance’s frequent use of racial tropes and racist comments, such as calling certain countries “shit holes” (spelled out in the judge’s order) and falsely claiming Haitians were eating our pets, to block an order that denied federal benefits like green cards and work permits to people from underprivileged countries. Popok examines Judge Marbley’s decision and how SCOTUS dissents end up being powerfully used by other district court judges to prove their point. Quo: Try QUO for free PLUS get 20% off your first 6 months when you go to https://Quo.com/LEGALAF Subscribe:  @LegalAFMTN  Visit https://meidasplus.com for more! Remember to subscribe to ALL the MeidasTouch Network Podcasts: MeidasTouch: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/meidastouch-podcast Legal AF: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/legal-af MissTrial: https://meidasnews.com/tag/miss-trial The PoliticsGirl Podcast: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-politicsgirl-podcast Cult Conversations: The Influence Continuum with Dr. Steve Hassan: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-influence-continuum-with-dr-steven-hassan The Weekend Show: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-weekend-show The Ken Harbaugh Show: https://meidasnews.com/tag/the-ken-harbaugh-show Majority 54: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/majority-54 On Democracy with FP Wellman: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/on-democracy-with-fpwellman Uncovered: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/maga-uncovered Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"Taking its signal from Justice Kagan’s dissent in a recent immigration case, an Ohio Federal Judge has used Trump and Vance’s frequent use of racial trope…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1076,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/legal-af-by-meidastouch-4140007/episodes/trump-scolded-in-open-court-after-scotus-ruling/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/legal-af-by-meidastouch-4140007/trump-scolded-in-open-court-after-scotus-ruling.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}