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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 Daily — January 20, 2023 — Follow Through Friday (FTF!)

32 mins; January 20, 2023

LAL Daily — January 19, 2023 — Is Crowder Right?

33 mins; January 19, 2023

LAL Daily — January 18, 2023

33 mins; January 18, 2023

LAL Daily — January 17, 2023

33 mins; January 17, 2023

LAL Daily — January 16, 2023

31 mins; January 16, 2023

LAL Daily — January 13, 2023

32 mins; January 13, 2023

LAL Daily — January 12, 2023

32 mins; January 12, 2023

LAL Daily — January 11, 2023

32 mins; January 11, 2023

LAL #081 — Pete Atkinson: Faith, Art, and Entrepreneurship

65 hours 22 mins; January 09, 2023

LAL Special — Jimmy Vallee: FTX, Blockchain, Crypto, Ripple and XRP

74 hours 1 min; December 07, 2022

LAL Daily — November — Norm is in D.C.

31 mins; November 17, 2022

LAL Daily — Ron Coleman Joins the Stream! (November 8)

61 hours 28 mins; November 15, 2022

LAL Daily — November 8 — Online Anonymity and the Value of Speech

33 mins; November 09, 2022

LAL Daily — November 3 — Pelosi and #YayforYe

32 mins; November 06, 2022

LAL Daily — October 31 — Spooky!

35 mins; November 01, 2022

LAL Daily — October 28 — Twitter, Musk, Speech, and Ye

33 mins; October 29, 2022

LAL Daily — October 27 — Ye or Nay?

33 mins; October 28, 2022

LAL Daily — October 26

35 mins; October 27, 2022

LAL Daily — Livestream Debut (October 18)

30 mins; October 19, 2022

LAL #080 — Norm Talks the Jones Verdict, Being Cancelled from Radio

63 hours 49 mins; October 17, 2022

LAL #079 — Mike Cernovich (@Cernovich)

67 hours 2 mins; September 11, 2022

LAL Live: Local Voting, Local Zoning, and How You Should Live (NPS August 30)

92 hours 0 mins; August 31, 2022

LAL Live: Student Loan Forgiveness, Mar-a-Lago Latest with W. Michael Boyer (NPS August 29)

92 hours 18 mins; August 30, 2022

LAL Classics #039 — "A Lot of Business" with Ron Coleman (August 26)

63 hours 4 mins; August 26, 2022

LAL Classics #077 — Jimmy Vallee on Cryptocurrency + Blockchain Regulation, XRP, Ripple and the SEC

65 hours 46 mins; August 24, 2022

LAL Live: NC Supreme Court, Liz Cheney, and Dennis Rodman + W. Michael Boyer (NPS August 22)

92 hours 24 mins; August 23, 2022

LAL Classics #056: Norm Interviews Alex Jones, the Human Future Populist

53 mins; August 19, 2022

LAL Classics #048 — Marc Randazza and the First Amendment

63 hours 2 mins; August 18, 2022

LAL Live: Alex Jones to See Connecticut Jury + Rachel Maddow Anti-SLAPP-ing (NPS August 16)

90 hours 49 mins; August 17, 2022

LAL Live: Where is the Search Warrant Affidavit? + W. Michael Boyer (NPS August 15)

92 hours 14 mins; August 16, 2022

LAL Live: Search and Seizure + Is Suppression Remedy Constitutional? (NPS August 12)

45 mins; August 14, 2022

LAL Live: 87,000 New IRS Agents + Unlimited Taxation? (NPS August 11)

91 hours 22 mins; August 12, 2022

LAL Live Part 2: Greg Dillon + Former FBI Agent on Trump Warrant Execution (NPS August 9)

45 mins; August 11, 2022

LAL Live Part 1: Mar-a-Lago FBI Raid + The Mechanics of a Federal Search Warrant (NPS August 9)

46 mins; August 10, 2022

LAL Live: Alex Jones + The Faded Memory of Pleasure Beach with W. Michael Boyer (NPS August 8)

89 hours 15 mins; August 09, 2022

LAL Live: Trial Lawyer Star Jim Nugent on Alex Jones Trial (NPS August 3)

91 hours 31 mins; August 04, 2022

LAL Live: Norm and Mike's First Date + Road Rage and Bail Reform (NPS August 1)

91 hours 25 mins; August 02, 2022

LAL Live: Overton or Underton? Poll Analysis + Reparations with W. Michael Boyer (NPS July 26)

92 hours 8 mins; July 27, 2022

LAL Live: Where's the Beef?! + J6 Committee's Resolute Failure (NPS July 22)

92 hours 5 mins; July 23, 2022

LAL Live: R. Rex Parris + Climate Change, Gay Marriage, Privacy (NPS July 21)

91 hours 52 mins; July 22, 2022

LAL Live: The Public Health State + Steve Bannon + Republic of Virtue (NPS July 20)

91 hours 54 mins; July 21, 2022

LAL Live: Crypto Update! SEC v. Ripple Labs & Jimmy Vallee (NPS July 19)

91 hours 18 mins; July 20, 2022

LAL Live: W. Michael Boyer + Twitter Sues Elon Musk, Uvalde Update, Witchcraft (NPS July 18)

91 hours 46 mins; July 19, 2022

LAL Live: Analyzing the Age of Consent + Statutory Rape + Abortion (NPS July 15)

91 hours 5 mins; July 18, 2022

LAL Live: Should Parents of Mass Shooters Be Held Accountable? (NPS July 14)

92 hours 2 mins; July 15, 2022

LAL Live: 'We Don't Want Another Kent State' + Alex Jones, President Trump, and J6 Hearings (NPS July 13)

91 hours 41 mins; July 14, 2022

LAL Live Part 2: Masks, Proud Boys, and Listener Calls + W. Michael Boyer (NPS July 11)

45 mins; July 12, 2022

LAL Live Part 1: The Dichotomy of Liberty and Safety with W. Michael Boyer (NPS July 11)

45 mins; July 12, 2022

LAL Live Part 2: The Fourth Wave of American Constitutional Law (NPS July 8)

46 mins; July 11, 2022

LAL Live Part 1: Officer Command Presence, Randy Cox, and Ben Crump (NPS July 8)

43 mins; July 11, 2022

LAL Live: Modern Philosophy + What Do We Do About Gun Violence? (NPS July 7)

90 hours 49 mins; July 08, 2022

LAL Live: Connecticut's Libertarian Ticket with Aaron Lewis and Kevin Alan (NPS July 6)

90 hours 43 mins; July 07, 2022

LAL Live: W. Michael Boyer + George Colli — SCOTUS and the Future of News (NPS July 5)

91 hours 25 mins; July 05, 2022

LAL Live: John Deaton of Crypto-Law.us, the SEC and Agency Capture + Pizza Talk (NPS July 1)

92 hours 8 mins; July 02, 2022

LAL Live: Udo Middelmann + Ghislaine Maxwell, Jury Nullification, Equal Protection (NPS June 29)

92 hours 9 mins; June 30, 2022

LAL Live: Miranda Warnings No More? + Authoritarian Classics (NPS June 28)

92 hours 20 mins; June 29, 2022

LAL Live: More on Dobbs; Harvard on the Cusp of Reparations Payments? + W. Michael Boyer (NPS June 27)

92 hours 7 mins; June 28, 2022

LAL Live: The End of Substantive Due Process? SCOTUS + W. Michael Boyer (NPS June 24)

91 hours 46 mins; June 26, 2022

LAL Live: Candidate for Connecticut Governor Aaron Lewis + Do People Care About Facts Anymore? + (NPS June 23)

92 hours 39 mins; June 26, 2022

LAL Live: Panhandlers and the Ethics of Charity (NPS June 22)

92 hours 23 mins; June 24, 2022

LAL Live Part 2: James 'Jim' Hardy + What is the Race Discussion Missing

46 mins; June 21, 2022

LAL Live Part 1: 'They Are Rotten to Their Core' + W. Michael Boyer (NPS June 21)

47 mins; June 21, 2022

LAL #078 — Paul Bass on 'The Golden Age of Journalism'

71 hours 35 mins; June 20, 2022

LAL Live Part 2: Dr. Michael Goldstein, MD + Candidate for US Congress (NPS June 17)

47 mins; June 20, 2022

LAL Live Part 1: A Confidential Witness in J6 + Hearsay Evidence (NPS June 17)

47 mins; June 20, 2022

LAL Live Part 2: US Senatorial Candidate Peter Lumaj + Communism in America (NPS June 16)

45 mins; June 17, 2022

LAL Live Part 1: Censorship, CNN, and The Federal Reserve + Give Us a Pulitzer (NPS June 16)

46 mins; June 17, 2022

LAL Live Part 2: From Happy the Elephant to Artificial Intelligence (NPS June 15)

46 mins; June 16, 2022

LAL Live Part 1: Property, People, and the Intermediate (NPS June 15)

47 mins; June 16, 2022

LAL Live Rewind — Who Are The Proud Boys? + Dan Hull, Esq. (NPS May 4)

47 mins; June 15, 2022

LAL Live Part 2: Why the January 6 Committee Will Get It Wrong (NPS June 13)

46 mins; June 13, 2022

LAL Live Part 1: W. Michael Boyer + LIV Golf v. PGA, NBA Finals, and Del Rio's $100K Fine (NPS June 13)

46 mins; June 13, 2022

LAL #077 — Ripple, XRP, and SEC Regulation with Jimmy Vallee

65 hours 46 mins; June 12, 2022

LAL Live Part 2: Mark Meckler + Fidelity of Constitutional Principles

46 mins; June 11, 2022

LAL Live Part 1: What Makes the Lie Appealing? + J6 Committee Hearings Open (NPS June 10)

46 mins; June 11, 2022

LAL Live Part 2: Ray Lopez Returns! + Role of Religion in Public Life (NPS June 9)

46 mins; June 10, 2022

LAL Live Part 1: Jimmy Vallee Returns + Cryptocurrency and Blockchain (NPS June 9)

46 mins; June 10, 2022

LAL Live Part 2: Guns, California, and J6 Hearings (NPS June 8)

46 mins; June 09, 2022

LAL Live Part 1: The Relationship Between Ideology and Economics (NPS June 8)

46 mins; June 09, 2022

LAL Live Part 2: Jacqueline Polverari + Reentry Advocacy (NPS June 7)

46 mins; June 08, 2022

LAL Live Part 1: Kevin Allen + What the J6 Committee SHOULD Tell Us (NPS June 7)

46 mins; June 08, 2022

LAL Live Part 2: Right to Bear Arms vs. Right to Abortion (NPS June 6)

46 mins; June 07, 2022

LAL Live Part 1: W. Michael Boyer + Spam, Bots, and Will Elon Get It Done? (NPS June 6)

46 mins; June 07, 2022

LAL Live Part 2: Steve Farley and Kevin Blacker + New London Wind Turbine Project (NPS June 3)

46 mins; June 06, 2022

LAL Live Part 1: In Praise of Nerds + Shelton Tucker (NPS June 3)

47 mins; June 06, 2022

LAL Live Part 2: Ray Lopez + Federal Probation and Sentence Mitigation (NPS June 2)

46 mins; June 03, 2022

LAL Live Part 1: Judge Robert Holzberg + Judicial Selection (NPS June 2)

45 mins; June 03, 2022

LAL Live Part 2: Tyler Dupuis + Real Estate Trends in the Northeast Kingdom (NPS June 1)

47 mins; June 02, 2022

LAL Live Part 1: Welcome Back to the Cold War + Frederico Reynal (NPS June 1)

47 mins; June 02, 2022

LAL Live Part 2: David Weiss + Cross Examining Flat Earth Theory (NPS May 31)

47 mins; June 01, 2022

LAL Live Part 1: W. Michael Boyer + Affirmative Action (NPS May 31)

47 mins; June 01, 2022

LAL #076 — Maneuvering in the Law's Shadow with Mike and Norm

57 mins; May 28, 2022

LAL Live Part 2: Mario Cerame + The State of Free Speech (NPS May 27)

47 mins; May 27, 2022

LAL Live Part I: John Maxwell + Translating Wall Street and the Fed (NPS May 27)

47 mins; May 27, 2022

LAL Live Part 2: Ira Judelson + Bail Reform, Subway Violence, Executive Protection (NPS May 26)

46 mins; May 26, 2022

LAL Live Part 1: John R. Williams + 1983 Litigation Pioneer (NPS May 26)

47 mins; May 26, 2022

LAL Live Part 2: David X. Sullivan + Shame on Us (NPS May 25)

47 mins; May 26, 2022

LAL Live Part 1: Something Is Broken in American Culture (NPS May 25)

46 mins; May 26, 2022

LAL Live Part 2: Kathy Maher + The Barnum Museum (NPS May 24)

46 mins; May 26, 2022

LAL Live Part 1: More SCOTUS Disappointment + Meg Turner (NPS May 24)

47 mins; May 26, 2022

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