Google has a date with destiny soon – or at least, a court date before the Supreme Court – on the question of whether it promoted radicalizing messages, leading to the murder of a woman killed in an Isis attack. 

The fellow Dick Cheney shot during a quail hunt just died, at 95 – 16 years after the incident. Will Cheney be charged with murder? Before you answer, remember when Reagan’s press secretary James Brady died 34 years after being shot by John Hinckley, prosecutors considered charging him.

Yes, there are doctor “vaccine deniers.” California and other states want to yank medical licenses from physicians who ignore the scientific consensus about COVID. And, could Alec Baldwin have avoided prosecution by simply taking the Fifth, instead of performing the role of “Chatty Kathy”?

For months the DA who charged Alec Baldwin with manslaughter talked about nobody being above the law – she even mentioned him by name as a possible defendant. But since his duties as producer apparently had nothing to do with gun safety, and he was told the gun was cold – should he really have been charged?

Nineteen states are on board with red flag laws, that let citizens -- worried about somebody misusing guns – seek a court hearing that could result in confiscation of weapons. Have the laws curbed mass shootings?

We take on a couple of villains to sort out whether bad stuff is also illegal stuff. George Santos won a seat in Congress by lying to voters. But is that a crime? And, Kanye West made it clear he hates Jews. In England he’d go to jail for that. Here in America, did he commit a hate crime?

We celebrate year-end with a special edition of the podcast -- a half-hour of Connor guessing the outcome of the most bizarre lawsuits to ever clutter America’s legal system – like the DUI defense lawyer who, instead of viewing the video of his client’s arrest by popping it into a VCR, popped it into a microwave oven in the jury room, and incinerated the evidence.

The Weinstein jury threw everybody a curve. Hey he’s a pig and a monster, right? So take ten minutes and fill out the jury form “guilty”? Not so fast – after 10 days of deliberation, it was three counts guilty, three counts hung, and one count NOT guilty. So, he’s off to the appellate court – and maybe a second trial on the hung counts.

OK the Supreme Court has spoken – you have a right to carry guns in public. But the justices agree there are exceptions to the rule. So where is it OK to pack heat? Schools? Hospitals? Parks? At the office? Lawmakers are drafting rules, and tossing in a few extras – like forcing gun owners to buy liability insurance.