Ep 31 — The Trump Trials: What Are They Thinking? (Plus Clarence Thomas Surprises Us All)

Trump's lawyers make a bevy of unforced errors as their client continues to march ever closer to a conviction in New York for fraud in concealing the payoff payment to Stormy Daniels. Also, the Supreme Court surprises us, sort of, for now, by not sacking the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and by allowing a Louisiana congressional map to go into effect that doubles the minority representation in that state.

Links:

12 U.S.C. § 5481 et seq.

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/12/chapter-53/subchapter-V

CFPB Initial Report, July 18, 2011

https://files.consumerfinance.gov/f/2011/07/Report_BuildingTheCfpb1.pdf

2023 Pew Research on Payday Loans

https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/articles/2023/06/02/payday-loans-and-overdraft-a-short-history-and-whats-next

"How Payday Loans Work"

https://paydayloaninfo.org/how-payday-loans-work/

Bankrate's Emergency Savings Report

https://www.bankrate.com/banking/savings/emergency-savings-report/

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