The Supreme Court surprised a legal expert last week by rejecting an application from one of President Donald Trump's sordid allies.

Roy Moore, the former chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court who has faced extensive allegations of sexual misconduct, appealed to the Supreme Court to reinstate a more than $8 million judgment he was awarded from a lower court that was later vacated by the 11th Circuit in a defamation case. The judgment arose from a lawsuit against a political group that accused Moore of soliciting sex from a minor while at a shopping mall many years ago.

Trump previously endorsed Moore in the 2017 Alabama special election against Democrat Doug Jones for the seat vacated by former Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) after Sessions was nominated as Trump's first Attorney General.

Attorney Shant Karnikian was astounded by the Supreme Court's decision and reacted to it on a new episode of the podcast he co-hosts with attorney Brian Kabateck, "Civil Action."

Karnikian pointed out two ironic aspects of the case. First, the application to the Supreme Court was denied by Justice Clarence Thomas, who handles appeals from the 11th Circuit. Karnikian noted that Thomas "is not the most liberal person" and seemed to be siding with victims of sexual misconduct in the case.

Karnikian also found it ironic that Moore is appealing his case at a time when he is running a conservative organization called The Foundation for Moral Law.

"I wonder what people like this, how they feel about people like Trump and all of his many transgressions, for lack of a better term," Karnikian said.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican, got a quick history lesson on Sunday after he made what some described as an "embarrassing" claim about an old English pub.

DeSantis reshared a post on X from an account named "No Context Brits" that contained a picture of The Old Ferry Boat Inn, a pub in Hollywell that was allegedly established in the year 560. The post reads, "America is 250 years old. This pub is 1,466 years old."

DeSantis felt the need to chime in, writing, "And if it wasn’t for America, the insignia on the pub would be written in German."

The quizzical comment drew swift backlash, including from some members of DeSantis's party.

A Community Note was attached to DeSantis's post that pointed to multiple factual inaccuracies.

" Germany lost the Battle of Britain in 1940 — before the US joined the war. There was no risk of Britain being invaded after this time," the note reads in part.

"Hitler lacked the resources to establish the air superiority that was the prerequisite of a successful crossing of the English Channel," it added.

Conservative columnist David French of The New York Times also couldn't resist the opportunity to dunk on DeSantis.

"This is embarrassing from DeSantis. Britain stood alone, defending the free world, while we were on the sidelines, crippled by isolationism," French wrote on X. "And that's after Britain took the most horrific casualties confronting Imperial Germany in World War I."

President Donald Trump's top health care chief revealed during a recent Fox News interview that he apparently doesn't know how health insurance works, according to one political analyst.

Dr. Mehmet Oz, the Trump administration's Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services administrator, discussed his efforts to combat alleged health care fraud during a recent Fox News appearance. During the interview, Oz claimed that "40%" of people who signed up for Obamacare "never used their health insurance" and insurance brokers are "making a ton of money off of the American people" by signing multiple people up for the same policy that isn't being used.

David Pakman, host of "The David Pakman Show" on YouTube, reacted to Oz's interview during a new episode. He described Oz's comments as "ridiculous."

"What he's describing is not how insurance works," Pakman said. "It's sort of like if you didn't crash your car last year, your auto insurance was a fraud. If your house didn't burn down and you needed to make a homeowner's insurance claim, it must have been fake homeowner's insurance. If you didn't have a medical emergency, your health insurance somehow wasn't real. It's one of the strangest arguments I've heard."

"The whole point of insurance is I hope you don't need it," he added. "That's why it's called insurance."