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Law and Legitimacy

Law, politics, crime, and culture—in a word, "conflict". If you have trouble telling the good guys from the bad guys, Law and Legitimacy is your podcast. Norm Pattis is a trial and appellate lawyer focused on criminal defense and constitutional rights. Norm is also a long-time newspaper columnist and the owner of one of New England's oldest bookstores. A contrarian by nature, he believes that no group is quite so frightening as a self-righteous mob. His objective? To make you think. Welcome to Law and Legitimacy.

LAL — Politics of Trump Indictment, SEC Charges Coinbase, A.I. to End Law School? (June 12, 2023)

34 mins; June 12, 2023

LAL — Sunday Special: United States vs. Donald J. Trump (23 CR 80101) (June 11, 2023)

59 mins; June 11, 2023

LAL — The American Star Chamber: Trump Indictment No. 0002 (June 9, 2023)

59 mins; June 09, 2023

LAL — Fox Tucker'd Out, NC to Ban ESG/ETI Factors, Math to Teach Reparations (June 8, 2023)

40 mins; June 08, 2023

LAL — PGA-LIV Merger, Teachers Union's Race-Based Dues, NYC & 3rd Amendment (June 7, 2023)

31 mins; June 07, 2023

LAL — Will Congress Hold FBI Director Wray in Contempt? + #AMA with Norm & Mike (June 6, 2023)

53 mins; June 06, 2023

LAL — Appeal Filed in Alex Jones, Post-Trial Motions in Biggs, CT Bans Open Carry (June 5, 2023)

34 mins; June 05, 2023

LAL — #FreeSpeechFriday: A.I. Drone Problem, Paying Athletes, Another Cosby Lawsuit, 'What is a Woman?' (June 2, 2023)

54 mins; June 02, 2023

LAL — Nick Saban, NIL & Parity in Sports, CUNY Law's Valedictorian + NC Speech Law (June 1, 2023)

37 mins; June 01, 2023

LAL — A.I. Existential Risk, Saban on NIL & Parity, Religious Schools Post Nashville (May 31, 2023)

34 mins; May 31, 2023

LAL — Heat to Meet Nuggets, Boston U's "Captive Audience," & EPA Reigned In (May 30, 2023)

36 mins; May 30, 2023

LAL — LinkedIn Censors Vivek, Rhodes Sentenced, SCOTUS Slaps EPA (May 26, 2023)

37 mins; May 29, 2023

LAL — Happy Memorial Day! — Celtics in 7?, ChatGPT Fakes Caselaw, A.I. & Price Theory (May 29, 2023)

32 mins; May 29, 2023

LAL — ESG as a Luxury Tax, DeSantis Declares, and Ohio Northern Thwarts Due Process (May 25, 2023)

36 mins; May 25, 2023

LAL — US Debt Ceiling, Bud Light and ESG, Twitter as Presidential Platform (May 24, 2023)

33 mins; May 24, 2023

LAL — Focused Look on Durham Report, NC Gov's 'State of Emergency', U of Minnesota (May 23, 2023)

37 mins; May 23, 2023

LAL — DeSantis and Florida, ADIDAS Reverses, CT Supreme Court (May 22)

33 mins; May 22, 2023

LAL — Compression Sleeves, Solemn-nem-nity & Confidential Human Sources (May 19, 2023)

41 mins; May 19, 2023

LAL — Tar Heel Nation: North Carolina as an Emerging Legitimacy Battleground (May 18, 2023)

34 mins; May 18, 2023

LAL — Ron Coleman Joins the Stream! Durham Report + Legitimacy of American Governance (May 17, 2023)

36 mins; May 17, 2023

LAL — Durham Report on Trump Probe, DOJ Removes IRS Criminal Investigative Team (May 16, 2023)

33 mins; May 16, 2023

LAL — Penny Charged in Neely Death, Elon Names X's New CEO, Biden at Howard (May 15, 2023)

42 mins; May 15, 2023

LAL — Will Elon Musk Turn Twitter Over to Tucker Carlson? (May 12, 2023)

37 mins; May 12, 2023

LAL — FBI Refuses Congress Biden File, Trump Town Hall Performance, NBA & NFL (May 11, 2023)

35 mins; May 11, 2023

LAL — Mass Shootings Hypothesis, Title 42 to Expire, Twitter Welcomes Tucker, Trump (May 10, 2023)

37 mins; May 10, 2023

LAL — Social Media & Courts: Judge 'Limits' Trump, Allen v. Nashville Shooter, More (May 9, 2023)

37 mins; May 09, 2023

LAL — Proud Boys Aftershocks, Texas Bloodshed, the J6 Case Against Trump (May 8, 2023)

34 mins; May 08, 2023

LAL — Jury Convicts Biggs, Proud Boys in J6 Seditious Conspiracy Trial, More (May 5, 2023)

35 mins; May 05, 2023

LAL — Stream of Consciousness Tucker, Hunter's Black Box, Gaetz/AOC Team Up (May 3, 2023)

33 mins; May 03, 2023

LAL — Mike's Definitive Statement on Bud, CT Prisons & Immigration, Death Penalty (May 2, 2023)

35 mins; May 02, 2023

LAL — Eric Trump Deletes Tweets, Justice Alito Knows Identity of Dobbs Leaker, More (May 1, 2023)

37 mins; May 01, 2023

LAL — Why Trump Will Be Indicted in #J6, Forestalling Cashless Commerce (April 28, 2023)

38 mins; April 28, 2023

Law and Legitimacy — Tucker Speaks with Echoes of Vivek, A.I.'s "heart on my sleeve" (April 27, 2023)

34 mins; April 27, 2023

Law and Legitimacy — April 26, 2023 — The Fight to Gag Trump, Kohberger, LGB Hoodies, Music Banned

33 mins; April 26, 2023

Law and Legitimacy — April 25, 2023 — Tucker'd Out, Lemon Zested, Fox the Behemoth, DNC Says No Primary Debates

33 mins; April 25, 2023

Law and Legitimacy — April 24, 2023 — Bragg Settles, Pomerantz to Testify; the "War on Words"

31 mins; April 24, 2023

LAL Daily — April 21, 2023 — Biden's HUD Reparations, Baldwin Skates, Priests Vow Jail Time

33 mins; April 21, 2023

LAL Daily — April 20, 2023 — Babylon Bee Sues California, North Carolina is Hot Hot Hot

33 mins; April 20, 2023

Law and Legitimacy — April 19, 2023 — Was Norm Right? Fox & Dominion Settle, Texas, Russia and Leaks

35 mins; April 19, 2023

LAL Daily — April 18, 2023 — FOX & Dominion Continued, Justice Clarence Thomas, and More

33 mins; April 18, 2023

LAL Daily — April 17, 2023 — FOX & Dominion Voting, Justice Clarence Thomas, and Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk

34 mins; April 17, 2023

LAL Daily — April 14, 2023 — #AMA with Norm and Mike!

59 mins; April 14, 2023

LAL Daily — April 13, 2023 — Religious Liberty and the Workplace; First-Grader Shoots Teacher

35 mins; April 13, 2023

LAL Daily — April 12, 2023 — Alvin Bragg Sues Jim Jordan; Daniel Perry Seeks New Trial in Texas

35 mins; April 12, 2023

LAL Daily — April 11, 2023 — Generation Zombie, White Collar Bullets, and Rep. Tricia Cotham

34 mins; April 11, 2023

LAL Daily — April 10, 2023 — "Candy Ass" Norm's on Pomerantz's Book, and A.I. as a Threat to Objective Truth

33 mins; April 10, 2023

LAL Daily — April 7, 2023 — This Bud' for They/Them, State Politics Chaos, Life Expectancy Drops

31 mins; April 07, 2023

LAL Daily — April 6, 2023 — Prof. Jonathan Turley and #ChatGPT and More

34 mins; April 06, 2023

LAL Daily — April 5, 2023 — Trump Indictment Published, Mar-a-Lago Speech, Declining Institutional Legitimacy

37 mins; April 05, 2023

LAL Daily — April 4, 2023 — The Bill of Rights 'Trumps' the Separation of Powers

34 mins; April 04, 2023

LAL Daily — April 3, 2023 — Conspiracy Against Rights, Douglass Mackey, and Will Donald Trump be Judicially Gagged?

33 mins; April 03, 2023

Sunday Brunch Boys — April 2, 2023 — Norm & Mike

102 hours 46 mins; April 02, 2023

LAL Daily — March 31, 2023 — Manhattan Grand Jury Votes to Indict President Trump

33 mins; March 31, 2023

LAL Daily — March 30, 2023 — Elon, Future of Life Urge A.I. Dev Pause; Nashville; Connecticut

34 mins; March 30, 2023

LAL Daily — March 29, 2023 — Artificial Intelligence, Saint Augustine, and CBDCs

33 mins; March 29, 2023

LAL Daily — March 28, 2023 — Chaos in Connecticut's Public Defenders Office as 4 of 5 Oversight Commissioners Resign

33 mins; March 28, 2023

LAL Daily — March 24, 2023 — Should Parents Be Criminally Liable for Heinous Acts of Their Children?

37 mins; March 24, 2023

LAL Daily — March 23, 2023 — #AMA: Norm and Mike Answer Your Questions LIVE!

56 mins; March 23, 2023

LAL Daily — March 22, 2023 — The January 6 Prosecutions and the State of Domestic Surveillance

34 mins; March 22, 2023

LAL Daily — March 21, 2023 — DeSantis on Trump Indictment; Alex Jones and the Bankruptcy Court, More

36 mins; March 21, 2023

LAL Daily — March 20, 2023 — Trump to be Indicted: Norm and Mike Dissect and Discuss

33 mins; March 20, 2023

LAL Daily — March 17, 2023 — What Means "Woke"? San Fran Reparations; More J6 Indictments; Cartels

34 mins; March 17, 2023

LAL Live — March 16, 2023 — More Stanford; NC Supreme Court; Trump PAC Files Ethics Complaint

32 mins; March 16, 2023

LAL Daily — March 15, 2023 — Stanford Law Stool: Free Speech and the Heckler's Veto

34 mins; March 15, 2023

LAL Daily — March 14, 2023 — SVB, Signature Bank Analysis; Tiger Woods and the $30M Oral Tenancy

33 mins; March 14, 2023

LAL Daily — March 13, 2023 — More on the 'Spill'; Memphis Police Cut Training Corners; the Humanities

33 mins; March 13, 2023

LAL Daily — March 10, 2023 — Matt Taibbi and the Weaponization of Government Committee

34 mins; March 10, 2023

LAL Daily — March 9, 2023 — #AMA: Live Chat Q+A

34 mins; March 09, 2023

LAL Daily — March 8, 2023 — Tucker v. Chuck: J6, Need for Televised Federal Criminal Trials

31 mins; March 08, 2023

LAL Daily — March 7, 2023 — Norm Debriefs CPAC: "A Near Miss"

33 mins; March 07, 2023

LAL Daily — March 3, 2023 — Murdaugh Convicted; Florida Blogger Registration; Law School & Legal Ed

35 mins; March 03, 2023

LAL Daily — March 2, 2023 — US v. Biggs Update; Norm at CPAC; China, Ukraine, and Rising Global Tensions

32 mins; March 02, 2023

LAL Daily — March 1, 2023 — NCAA to Shorten Games; Student Loan Forgiveness; More Lab Leak

33 mins; March 01, 2023

LAL Daily — February 28, 2023 — Scott Adams in Context; YEEZY YEEZY; Pandemic Origins

32 mins; February 28, 2023

LAL Daily — February 27, 2023 — Scott Adams, ChatGPT, Equal Protection Project, and Ye

31 mins; February 27, 2023

LAL Daily — February 24, 2023 — Bill Gates, Jim Jordan, Alex Jones, and Vivek Ramaswamy

31 mins; February 24, 2023

LAL Daily — February 23, 2023 — Day 37 of J6 Trial; Trump in East Palestine, Biden in Eastern Europe

31 mins; February 23, 2023

LAL Daily — February 22, 2023 — Ramaswamy, Rittenhouse, and Rumble!

33 mins; February 22, 2023

LAL Daily — February 20, 2023 — Wolfpack Shreds Tar Heels; #AsburyRevival; John Locke, Spoilage Principle, Legitimacy

32 mins; February 20, 2023

LAL Daily — February 17, 2023 — FOX and Dominion; Trump Subpoena; JD Vance; Sazerac and More

33 mins; February 17, 2023

LAL Daily — February 16, 2023 — Hamlin Tweets! FTC to Ban Noncompetes

32 mins; February 16, 2023

LAL Daily — February 15, 2023 — Crime-Fraud Exception; Pence and the Speech and Debate Clause?; FTC Resignation

32 mins; February 15, 2023

LAL Daily — February 14, 2023 — J6 Confidential Informants; Univ. of Richmond; Damar Hamlin; Train Derailments, Michigan State Shooting

34 mins; February 14, 2023

LAL Daily — February 13, 2023 — Super Bowl, Norm's Appellate Victory, Eyes to the Sky

33 mins; February 13, 2023

LAL Daily — February 9, 2023 — James O'Keefe on Leave from Project Veritas?

33 mins; February 09, 2023

LAL Daily — February 8, 2023 — What IS the State of Our Union?

32 mins; February 08, 2023

LAL Daily — February 7, 2023 — Qualified Immunity; Mandatory Voting in Connecticut?

32 mins; February 07, 2023

LAL Daily — February 6, 2023 — Admissibility of Evidence, the Trolley Problem and ChatGPT, More Balloon

34 mins; February 06, 2023

LAL Daily — February 3, 2023 — Follow Up Friday: Nichols, Hunter Biden, WokeGPT, Project Veritas

33 mins; February 03, 2023

LAL Daily — February 2, 2023 — Groundhog Day! Nikki Haley for Prez?, Nazi Homeschoolers in Ohio?

33 mins; February 02, 2023

LAL Daily — February 1, 2023 — NFL Scripted?, WaPo Police Shooting Data, TOM BRADY RETIRES

32 mins; February 01, 2023

LAL Daily — January 31, 2023 — "Wise Blood", LAL Censored?, Trump Files 50MM Lawsuit

34 mins; January 31, 2023

LAL Daily — January 30, 2023 — Nichols Tapes, Coyote Ugly, DeSantis and CRT

32 mins; January 30, 2023

LAL #082 — Laura Loomer: The Fiery Millennial Redeemer

81 hours 48 mins; January 30, 2023

LAL Weekend Special: Memphis Police and #TyreNichols

63 hours 5 mins; January 29, 2023

LAL Daily — January 27, 2023 — Nichols, Pfizer, Elon and Germany

33 mins; January 27, 2023

LAL Daily — January 26, 2023 — Witness Examination, Pfizer and Veritas, Trump

33 mins; January 26, 2023

LAL Daily — January 25, 2023 — Bourbon NFTs and McCarthy's House Intel Cuts

31 mins; January 25, 2023

LAL Daily — January 24, 2023 — Oath Keepers, Trump, Crowder, Ukraine

32 mins; January 24, 2023

LAL Daily — January 23, 2023 — ANTIFA, Santos, Bible Museum

31 mins; January 23, 2023

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