The coronavirus is changing everything in society, including your legal rights. Working remotely? Business trips? Taking your temperature at the office? Are these decisions up to you, or the boss? And, there’s legal news beyond the virus – the president is firing off libel lawsuits against the Washington Post, the New York Times and others – is he weaponizing litigation, trying to deter the press from publishing opinions that are critical of the administration? Or is he standing up to media bias?

As popular vote losers rack up electoral college wins, the drumbeat gets louder for abolishing the institution. Some states have a plan for that: A compact where states commit their electors to the popular vote winner. But, the Supreme Court may strike it down, because the constitution says the winner is the candidate with a majority of the electoral votes. And believe it or not, “The Small Penis Rule” is a defamation law concept.

There was outrage when Bill Clinton pardoned big Democrat donor and fugitive financier Marc Rich. Now, Trump doubles down by gifting his supporters with pardons and commutations. The tradition of dispensing mercy is being replaced by what looks like a Celebrity Apprentice reunion show. And, Bernie Sanders doubles down – after coming out for letting all incarcerated felons vote, he looks on the bright side of communist Cuba’s totalitarianism.

People like to joke about Alexa or their smart TV listening in on their conversations. But is it a joke? Location tracking can tell “big data” where just about everybody on the planet is at every moment. There’s a push to make DNA swabs as universal as fingerprints. And with facial recognition, anonymity is officially dead. Time for a eulogy for privacy?

Let me get this straight. Ninety women accuse Weinstein of rape or assault or harassment. So the geniuses in the DA’s office decide to start with two women who were super-friendly with Weinstein for years after their assaults, seeking his Hollywood help. The judge allowed some additional victims to testify, a ruling that survived appellate review in the Bill Cosby case, but could be an Achilles heel in the Weinstein matter. And, should Weinstein have rolled the dice and maneuvered his walker to the witness stand?

So if you’re pairing wines, what goes with . . . heroin? Presidential aspirant Pete Buttigieg shook up the race by announcing he’s for legalization of every single drug – if you use heroin, meth, coke or the ganja, he says you shouldn’t spend a day in jail. When it comes to the drug war, Pete’s got a plan for that. We talk about whether the national “Just Say No” approach is too expensive, too ineffective, and too totalitarian to continue. Do the state laboratories of legalization help point us in the right direction. Check out the debate on “Two Many Lawyers.”

Bolton’s blockbuster book wasn’t enough to extend the Trump impeachment trial, so Democrats offered impassioned argument to support the doomed mission of convincing twenty GOP senators to say “You’re Fired!” The trial had high drama, from Chuck Schumer trying to convince the Chief Justice to break a tie, to Jerry Nadler beating Adam Schiff in a footrace to the podium for the Democrats’ last word. Now the waiting game: Will Democrats pay the price for insisting on a trial, in the form of an energized GOP base storming into November? Or, will trial-induced doubts about Trump combine with his historically low ratings – he’s the only president in the history of the Gallup Poll to fail to reach 50% approval -- lead to an election win for the Dems?

Charles Dickens started out "A Tale of Two Cities" with "It was the worst of times, it was the best of times." Well we now have "A Tale of Two Trials," starring Donald Trump and Harvey Weinstein. Let's just call it the worst of times.

Trump’s “trial” is bizarre. The judge really isn’t a judge, he can be overruled by the senators on any ruling. How about witnesses, the stars of any other proceeding? That’s up in the air. As for the jurors, they aren’t expected to be unbiased, they’re free to preach and prejudge. By contrast, the Harvey Weinstein trial jurors get threatened with jail time for tweeting about the experience. This week's episode of "Two Many Lawyers" tackles the nuts and bolts of both trials. You may think you know how they’ll turn out -- but you could be in for some big surprises.

“Two Many Lawyers” breaks down legal developments, with two legal analysts who couldn’t be more different: A libertarian baby boomer, and a millennial progressive. They not only know each other, they’re father and son. Whether they tackle Trump’s impeachment, Buttigieg’s call to legalize every drug, or the NRA’s demand that teachers pack heat, attorneys Royal Oakes and Connor Oakes lay out the issues in an entertaining, attention-grabbing way.