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301: CSI: Seashells Division

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🗓️ 6 May 2026

⏱️ 20 minutes

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In this episode of #SistersInLaw Sidebar, Joyce Vance and Barb McQuade answer your questions on everything from the powers of the judicial branch to pursuing a case in small claims court, and more.  They discuss whether the indictment of James Comey is a case of selective prosecution, what happens when a district is reconfigured by gerrymandering, how the assets of estates are allocated without a will, whether the judicial or legislative branch makes the ultimate determination on our laws, pursuing a case in small claims court, and the difference between a copyright and a trademark.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to this episode of Sisters Sidebar with Barb McQuaid and me, Joyce Fants.

0:09.7

If you've got a question for us, and we hope you do, please email us at Sisters-in-law at

0:15.2

Politicon.com or tag us on social media using hashtag Sisters-in-law.

0:21.1

But don't just type your questions.

0:23.8

Your voices are important and we want to be able to hear them too.

0:28.0

So our overlords, our wonderful producers, have helped us figure out how to do that.

0:33.4

Now you can email us a voice memo using one of your notes apps, and we might get to play it on the show.

0:39.8

Let's get started.

0:41.7

And speaking of audio questions, Barb, there's an audio question for you from Harry.

0:47.1

Hello, sisters. This is Harry from Richmond, Virginia.

0:51.2

In light of the seashell indictment of Jim Comey, I'm wondering whether the Department of Justice will now be setting up grand juries throughout the country to indict every single person carrying a sign at the No King's rallies and others, saying 86-47.

1:15.3

Thanks for educating me and everyone else and keep up the good work. Thank you. Well, thanks for that question, Harry. It's one that's certainly been on our

1:22.5

minds. I saw an interesting meme this week of Cash Patel in an FBI raid jacket and then a banner that said

1:30.2

CSI, Seychelles Victims Unit. So I think we're all thinking about that. But it is a problem,

1:40.9

isn't it? As you've said, we see this, you know, 86-47 on T-shirts. We see it at

1:46.1

no Kings rallies. We see it all over Amazon. I actually went on there and did a search. You can

1:51.9

find T-shirts, caps, bumper stickers that say 86-47. And here's why it matters. It's not simple

1:58.5

hypocrisy. It is a matter of what's called selective

2:01.7

prosecution, which is a violation of due process. And so I imagine we will see a motion from

2:07.2

Jim Comey filing a motion to dismiss this indictment for selective prosecution. This often fails,

2:13.2

but the argument here would be that other people similarly situated have not been prosecuted

2:19.7

for communicating the exact same message. And I think he's got a very strong case here that

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