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Trump Pick INSTANTLY BACKFIRES Under SCRUTINY

2026-04-18 Entertainment
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Court Accountability Action’s Alex Aronson talks to Alliance for Justice’s President, Rachel Rossi about the Trump administration’s nominee for the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals, Justin Smith. Rachel and Alex talk about who Smith is, why his nomination is troubling, and what to look out for in his nomination hearing. Court Accountability Linktree: https://linktr.ee/courtaccountability?utm_source=linktree_profile_share&ltsid=7ae0bc6b-8e69-4493-8e32-bb07b97600c3 AFJ’s profile of Justin Smith: https://afj.org/nominee/justin-smith/  AFJ website: https://afj.org/  AFJ on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/afj.org We NEED your help! Legal AF and The Intersection podcasts are both FINAL 5 Finalists for the Webby Awards Best Podcasts! Voting is open for only the next 2 weeks. Show your support for our shows by voting for free for the Webby Awards, and gets friends and family to do the same! Vote for Legal AF (Podcasts – News & Politics) https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2026/podcasts/shows/news-politics Vote for The Intersection (Best New Podcast) https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2026/podcasts/features/best-new-podcast-news-business-society Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@LegalAFMTN?sub_confirmation=1 Become a member of Legal AF YouTube community: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJgZJZZbnLFPr5GJdCuIwpA/join Become a member of the Legal AF Substack: https://michaelpopok.substack.com/20off Follow Legal AF on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/legalafmtn.bsky.social Follow Michael Popok on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/mspopok.bsky.social Subscribe to the Legal AF podcast feed here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/legal-af-by-meidastouch/id1580828595 Subscribe to the Intersection with Michael Popok podcast feed here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-intersection-with-michael-popok/id1818863274 Subscribe to Unprecedented with Michael Popok and Dina Doll podcast feed here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/unprecedented-by-legal-af/id1867023089 Subscribe to Court of History with Sidney Blumenthal and Sean Wilentz podcast feed here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-court-of-history/id1867022920

Top Comments (10)

@Ginny-js3ql 2026-04-18

That serpent should NOT be confirmed. 👹

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@grant72 2026-04-18

Alex they're definitely screwing with The Presidential Records Act while diverting everyone with War, Epstein.

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@janusatthegate6201 2026-04-18

No monarchy, yet the highest judges have no boundaries nor term limits.

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@kathymartin3527 2026-04-18

Any defeat ill take .God please stop this madness

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@TheHeartofthespirit 2026-04-18

Thank you both for your time. It’s important.

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@tinam2761 2026-04-18

How horrible. Would be horrifying

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@nomoredonnie 2026-04-18

It seems that several people in the trump regime, are suffering from 2nd hand stupidity!💥👎

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@janeenscott9799 2026-04-18

Thank you both for all your hard work

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@nancycarter1617 2026-04-18

Thank You Alex and Rachel Rossi!

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@teaspirits 2026-04-18

Thank you for covering this! 🇺🇸💙🇺🇸

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