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On Friday afternoon, the DC Circuit Court of Appeals handed down a decision concerning the House of Representatives' efforts to compel Don McGahn, Donald Trump's former White House counsel, to testify about his conduct with respect to the president, the Mueller investigation, presidential obstruction of justice, and other matters. At the president's direction, McGahn has refused show up, citing absolute immunity from congressional subpoenas. In a surprise ruling for a lot of people, the DC Circuit determined that it had no jurisdiction to hear the case because the House lacks standing to bring it. To discuss it all, Benjamin Wittes spoke with Jonathan David Shaub, Lawfare contributor and incoming faculty at the University of Kentucky Law School, and Lawfare senior editors Margaret Taylor and Scott R. Anderson.

On today's edition of the Midday News Wrap, a look at three stories topping the news this week. The U-S-Iran Crisis: The US and Iran have been teetering on the brink of war since a U.S. drone strike ordered last Friday by President Trump killed the influential Iranian general Qassim Soleimani and others near the Baghdad airport. After staging a massive public funeral for their assassinated general, Iran retaliated on Wednesday by launching ballistic missiles into two airbases in Iraq, causing no casualties and little damage. But four hours later, a Ukrainian airliner mysteriously crashed just minutes after leaving the Tehran airport, killing all 176 people aboard. Western leaders say an errant Iranian missile might have brought the plane down. Joining Tom on the line to sort out the complexities of the US-Iran crisis is Steven Simon. He’s an analyst at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft in Washington, a professor of international relations at Colby College, in Waterville, Maine, and a former senior director on the National Security Council for both the Clinton and Obama administrations... The Impeachment Impasse: More than three weeks after the Democrat-led House of Representatives' historic vote to approve two articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has refused to deliver the articles to the Senate until, she has said, Republican leader Mitch McConnell provides certain assurances about the "arena" in which the President will be tried. Reports Friday indicated Pelosi might be ready to deliver the articles early next week, but it remains unclear what kind of trial the Republican-led Senate is ready to conduct for Mr. Trump. Tom talks with David Drucker, senior poltical correspondent for the Washington Examiner, and a contributor to Vanity Fair, about the political and legal strategies playing out in this high-stakes constitutional drama. The Democratic 2020 Presidential Campaigns: As new polling data show surprising shifts in the standings of the 2020 Democratic presidential candidates , Tom talks with Politico reporter Zach Montellaro about how the leading contenders are jockeying for position ahead of next week's televised debate in Iowa, and next month's start of the 2020 primary election season.

Today's episode ran so long that we're going to give you a BONUS episode tomorrow. What did we get through? Well, we break down almost everything about the first day of televised public hearings in the House of Representatives' impeachment inquiry. You absolutely, positively do not want to miss this! We begin, however, with a plug for our favorite charity event of the year, Vulgarity for Charity! To participate, just donate $50 or more to Modest Needs, and then send a copy of the receipt to vulgarityforcharity@gmail.com along with your request for a roast. You can even request that Thomas & Andrew roast the victim of your choice. After that, it's time to tackle a wide variety of legal topics related to the Taylor and Kent testimony, including: (a) how their testimony fits into the elements of the crime of bribery; (b) the Republicans' evolving defenses of Donald Trump; (c) the two lawyers picked to handle the bulk of the questioning; and much, much more. Along the way, we also discuss the significance of the D.C. Circuit's en banc refusal to rehear the subpoena decision in Trump v. Mazars and what comes next, as well as the status of Mick Mulvaney's continuing efforts to defy the Congressional subpoenas. After all that, it's time for a milestone #T3BE involving hearsay and expert witness testimony. Appearances None! If you’d like to have either of us as a guest on your show, drop us an email at openarguments@gmail.com. Show Notes & Links Please do participate in our favorite charity event of the year, Vulgarity for Charity! To participate, just donate $50 or more to Modest Needs, and then send a copy of the receipt to vulgarityforcharity@gmail.com along with your request for a roast. You can even request that Thomas & Andrew roast the victim of your choice. Remember: this is about bribery, 18 U.S.C. § 201. This is the transcript of Sen. Kennedy on Face the Nation. In terms of dirty tricks, here's the link to Taylor's closed-door deposition, where Castor outed the whistleblower, and here's a link to his laughing during Fiona Hill's deposition. BONUS! Here's the Politico article we rip apart in Episode 333 ("There’s a Surprisingly Plausible Path to Removing Trump From Office") and... god help me.. the National Review article that actually gets it right. -Support us on Patreon at: patreon.com/law -Follow us on Twitter:  @Openargs -Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/openargs/, and don’t forget the OA Facebook Community! -For show-related questions, check out the Opening Arguments Wiki, which now has its own Twitter feed!  @oawiki -And finally, remember that you can email us at openarguments@gmail.com!

Suzanne DiMaggio, Senior Fellow at Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and Chair of the Board at the soon-to-be-launched Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, sits down with Joe Cirincione to discuss her view of the slow-building crisis in Iran, what Republicans and Democrats get wrong about nuclear diplomacy with North Korea, and her reasons for joining the Quincy Institute, a new think-tank that aims to move US foreign policy away from endless war and toward vigorous diplomacy in the pursuit of international peace. Ploughshares Fund Programs Director Michelle Dover hosts Early Warning with Ploughshares Fund Women's Initiative grantee Abigail Stowe-Thurston, and Ploughshares Fund Director of Policy Tom Collina. They discuss the House of Representatives' recent passage of the National Defense Authorization Act, and an event commemorating the anniversary of the partial meltdown at the Santa Susana Field Lab attended by Kim and Kourtney Kardashian. Have a question about nuclear issues? Email us at pressthebutton@ploughshares.org Learn more about the Quincy Institute: https://quincyinst.org/

John and Elizabeth talk about the House of Representatives' farm bill draft and John's grand jury duty.

Matt welcomes colleagues Ray Berti and Becky Barrett to discuss the sudden proliferation of “Fair Workweek” laws, which are designed to ensure that workers have predictable schedules and paychecks, and “comp time” -- the concept by which employees opt for paid time off in lieu of overtime wages -- as well as the United States House of Representatives' recent partisan passage of the Working Families Flexibility Act of 2017. http://www.akerman.com/podcasts/disclaimer/workedup.html