In the criminal justice system, the people are represented by two separate yet equally important groups: the judges who rule on justice, and the clueless podcasters who interrogate them.

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Today we are honored to welcome Judge Roy K. Altman, a United States Judge for the Southern District of Florida, and author of the new book: “Israel on Trial: Examining the History, the Evidence, and the Law”, a #1 Bestseller in Foreign & International Law. We talk about what it’s like to defend Israel in the court of public opinion, the drama of federal judge email chains, how the IDF is run by a bunch of Jewish lawyers, and what happens when you call the Mahjong hotline.

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* Objection: this judge is way too young.

* An American-Israeli-Romanian-Venezuelan-Mexican-Polish judge naturalizes new citizens.

* The verdict: turns out some people are crazy.

* Wait, what is a judge and can we become one?

* The Mahjong hotline is the ultimate arbiter of justice.

* Do NOT Reply All to a federal judge email chain.

* Who needs to go to Disneyland when you can visit a civil war battlefield?

* How did we get here after 1,200 people were butchered?

* The good news: most of what the haters believe is wrong, and we have evidence.

* An army of international legal scholars are running this war in real time.

* The Jews have been asleep at the wheel.

* There’s a Jewish federal judge in Arkansas??

* Americans believe in a society that follows the rules.

* Falafel Night on campus ain’t gonna cut it.

* It’s the US, Israel and Ukraine against the world.

* What can you do? Bring people to Israel to see for themselves.

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