Law of Self Defense
Attorney Andrew F. Branca's weekly plain-English legal educational News and Question & Answer show on American use-of-force law--self-defense, defense of others, and defense of property, to enable law-abiding people to make better informed, more confident, more decisive, and more lawful use-of-force decisions.
Episodes
627 episodes
Court of Appeals Estrogenic Hysteria Over MS-13 Terrorist!
The 4th Circuit court of appeals yesterday issued an order on MS-13 terrorist Abrego-Garcia that is absolutely horrific. It reads like a badly written soft-cover romance novel. It is larded public policy aspirations that do not fall...
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Judge In Thelma & Louise Race Off Constitutional Crisis Cliff!
Judge Paula Xinis, presiding over the legally nonsensical case of MS-13 terrorist Kilmar Armando Abrego-Garcia in his current residence at the tropical El Salvadoran prison resort CECOT, has just ordered that Garcia is entitled to compel testim...
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Trump TAUNTS MS-13 Judge; Constitutional Crisis; Immigration Traps; Karmelo Anthony Bail
In this explosive video, we dive into the latest developments in the Abrego-Garcia deportation case, where the White House sharply rebukes Judge Paula Xinis’ absurd daily update demands for a terrorist detained in CECOT. We expose the Democrats...
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Lawyer Breaks Down Trump & Bukele in Oval Office: FIREWORKS!
Join me as I watch the entirety of the broadcast of the meeting between President Donal Trump and El Salvador President Bukele in the Oval Office, where they discuss a variety of topics, including our good friend Kilmar Armando Abrego-Garcia’s ...
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Trump Pimp Slaps Insane Judge Demanding Return of Terrorist!
President Trump’s legal team has been effectively exposing the insane ranting of Article III federal Judge Paula Xinis as she incompetently and lawlessly attempts to force the Article II Executive Branch to engage in foreign policy actions of h...
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When Federal Judges Have TDS: JUDICIAL TANTRUM!
Unelected, black-robed, tyrannical, inferior district trial Judge Paula Xinis is apparently suffering a Trump Derangement Syndrome-driven mental breakdown in the matter of the MS-13 terrorist Kilmar Armando Abrego-Garcia who has been deported t...
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LAWYER: Path for Murder to Manslaughter for Karmelo Anthony?
In this live breakdown, we dive into the fatal stabbing of Karmelo Anthony by Austin Metcalf, exploring a fascinating legal question raised by a Law of Self Defense community member. Was this a case of lawful self-defense, as Karme...
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SCOTUS Hands Trump YUGE Win, Smacks Down MS-13 Narrative!
BREAKING: Supreme Court Hands President Trump ANOTHER Major Victory! The media and Trump critics are spinning yesterday’s SCOTUS ruling as a loss for Trump and a win for an MS-13 terrorist, Kilmar Armando Abrego-Garcia. But the truth? It’...
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Trump’s Supreme Court Win: Wilcox & Harris Fired Again!
TRUMP SCORES ANOTHER SUPREME COURT VICTORY! In this explosive video, we dive into President Trump’s latest legal win involving the firing of two government officials—Gwynne Wilcox (National Labor Relations Board) and Cathy Harris ...
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Trump Stacks Court Wins; ATF Director OUT; Mahmoud Khalil Judge Overreaches
Three quick stories to cover with all of you in this show.First, Trump continues to stack wins, this time in a firing case involving 24,000 fired probationary federal employees and the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals, which ruled yesterday...
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Trump v. Obama Judge: Another Firing Case Hits Court of Appeals!
In this episode, we dive into the latest clash between the judiciary and President Donald Trump’s administration. Maryland v. Dept. of Agriculture pits an Obama-appointed federal judge, James Bredar, against Trump’s Article II executive authori...
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MS-13 Terrorist SCOTUS Fight: Stay in CECOT or Return to US?
In this explosive update, we dive back into the saga of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia—an illegal migrant from El Salvador, MS-13 terrorist, and now the center of a heated legal firestorm. After sneaking into the U.S. in 2011, dodgin...
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1:42:44
ROGUE Judge Loses at SCOTUS, Issues MORE Lawless Orders!
Judge James Boasberg, who unlawfully seized control of the lawsuit against President Trump’s Alien Enemies Act proclamation and lawlessly ordered flights deporting alien Tren de Aragua terrorists in international airspace to be turned around an...
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1:52:58
LAWYER: Police Report Exposes TRUTH About Texas Stabbing!
Last week 17-year-old Kamelo Anthony fatally stabbed Austin Metcalf, also 17-years old, as both were attending a Texas high school track meet, from different schools. Anthony quickly fled the scene, discarded the knife in nearby bleachers...
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Yet ANOTHER YUGE WIN for Trump at SCOTUS! SO MUCH WINNING!
Today President Trump scored yet ANOTHER YUGE win at the US Supreme Court, with Chief Justice John Roberts announcing that SCOTUS was acting to stay, or freeze, the order of leftie Federal Judge William Alsup that the President was to be compel...
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1:07:50
Yuge SCOTUS Win for Trump As President Triumphs on Alien Enemies Act!
Just minutes ago the Supreme Court handed down a 5-4 ruling backing President Trump’s use of the Alien Enemies Act to summarily detain and deport TdA terrorists from the United States, crushing the flagrantly unconstitutional meddling of the bl...
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Trump Brings Terrorist Return Court Order to SCOTUS!
BREAKING: Supreme Court this afternoon (4/7) issued STAY of insane order of Judge Paula Xinis to return terrorist to the United States by midnight tonight. SCOTUS ORDER: https://tinyurl.com/2xdr56zdImmigration Judge finding...
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Rogue Judge Orders Trump RETURN TERRORIST to US!
BREAKING: Supreme Court this afternoon (4/7) issued STAY of insane order of Judge Paula Xinis to return terrorist to the United States by midnight tonight. SCOTUS ORDER: https://tinyurl.com/2xdr56zdImmigration Judge finding...
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1:22:35
Trump Wins YUGE in Supreme Court Against DEI Anti-White Racism!
The Supreme Court handed President a YUGE win against DEI racism, reversing lower court rulings that had ordered Trump to spend billions of tax payer dollars to perpetuate a corrupt and immoral systemic and institutionalized racist polices agai...
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1:37:57
LAWYER: Stabbing at TX Track Meet: Murder or Self-Defense?
On April 2, 2025, a stabbing at a Texas high school track meet left 17-year-old Austin Metcalf dead and 17-year-old Karmelo Anthony has been charged with murder. Anthony reportedly admits to the stabbing but claims it was self-defense.
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1:27:47
Could Victim of Captain’s Rage Have Legally Used Deadly Force?
Florida Captain Brock Horner of Tarpon Coast Fishing was guiding a group of fisherman in his boat on Tuesday, April 1, when he took offense at the driver of another vessel, 22-year-old Gage Towles. In a fit of rage, Horner boards Towles’ ...
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Trump's TERRIFIC Tariffs, Boston Trips Over Supremacy Clause
Join me as we discard the low-IQ panic over Trump's tariff moves, and apply common sense to understand exactly what's going on and why these are the right moves for America--especially as just a single facet of a much broader plan to save Ameri...
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1:21:59
Judge Fired for Bad Behavior? Right to Silence Limited!
We are finally seeing an action brought against radical federal judges that I’ve been urging for weeks—efforts to remove judges who are in violation of their Constitutional duty to serve only during good Behavior, as required by Article III Sec...
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States JOIN Trump's FIGHT to Protect US Citizenship!
Twenty states have filed an amicus brief with the US Supreme Court in support of President Trump’s executive order that the federal government is not to grant documents of citizenship to persons born on American soil to parents who are no...
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Daniel Penny Verdict Watch! Hung Jury? REAL LAWYER
A couple of hours ago the jury in the Daniel Penny NYC subway choking trial sent a note to the judge that after four days of deliberations they were unable to come to a unanimous decision on the most serious of the two charges, manslaughter.
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