The Arena with America First Legal
Sep 28, 2026 · 49 min · 8 segments
00:00 - Intro 01:07 - Nothing But Bad Legal Takes Today! 01:30 - Meet the Panel 03:53 - Bad Take #1: Kamala's 13 Courts 06:10 - She Was a Senator Confirming Judges 07:07 - A PSA on the Federal…
Gene HamiltonHostReed RubensteinGuest
Julie StraussGuestEmily PercivalGuest
It's a little bit of a bad factual take too, like many of these are, but it is a bad legal take.
And it comes from the one and only former Attorney General of the state of California.
Kamala Harris, who said on July 31st at the National Urban League Conference, quote, we need to revisit the point of expanding the court to 13 justices like we have 13 district courts.
Now, Mind you, if you're just a layperson, just an average American, you know, you could be excused for making this statement.
But I am going to go first to Reid, and I'm going to ask Reid, why is that a bad legal take?
And we did not know what gene was going to bring up so Campbell Harris, as you said, was the Attorney General of the state of California and she was the Vice President of these United States and she ran for President.
Why is this a bad legal take well for starters, there are a lot more than 13 district courts.
There are circuit courts, there's the Supreme Court, and there are the district court.
Are you saying that perhaps lunch was more than just food? I'm not saying that.
You know, people have lunch and they become a little loggy and, you know, and tired and she just may have gotten confused.
It's a little bit of a bad factual take too, like many of these are, but it is a bad legal take.
And it comes from the one and only former Attorney General of the state of California.
Kamala Harris, who said on July 31st at the National Urban League Conference, quote, we need to revisit the point of expanding the court to 13 justices like we have 13 district courts.
Now, Mind you, if you're just a layperson, just an average American, you know, you could be excused for making this statement.
But I am going to go first to Reid, and I'm going to ask Reid, why is that a bad legal take?
And we did not know what gene was going to bring up so Campbell Harris, as you said, was the Attorney General of the state of California and she was the Vice President of these United States and she ran for President.
Why is this a bad legal take well for starters, there are a lot more than 13 district courts.
There are circuit courts, there's the Supreme Court, and there are the district court.
Are you saying that perhaps lunch was more than just food? I'm not saying that.
You know, people have lunch and they become a little loggy and, you know, and tired and she just may have gotten confused.
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