51: The "I'm From Alabama" Defense
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🗓️ 16 October 2025
⏱️ 29 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, everyone, and welcome back to the rebuttal podcast where we break down case law, comedy, |
| 0:04.8 | and of course, chaos in the legal field. I am your host, Reb Maisel, and today we learn the very |
| 0:10.2 | important legal lesson that really only the smartest people in this field know, but I am going to |
| 0:16.3 | share with you to make sure that you guys are smarter than a Tennessee judge. |
| 0:22.2 | I know. |
| 0:22.9 | Crazy. |
| 0:23.7 | What you say in a divorce proceeding, specifically when you are testifying under oath |
| 0:29.3 | in a deposition, in a divorce proceeding, can and will be used against you in literally |
| 0:34.2 | every other aspect of your life, including in a judicial election, an appointment, |
| 0:39.6 | if you will, to the Supreme Court of your state. I know, write this down, take notes. I'm sure |
| 0:46.1 | it will totally, absolutely apply to y'all who are in the quest for your judgeship, for your |
| 0:52.1 | judicial appointment, for your tenure, for your run, okay? Tell your |
| 0:55.9 | friends. Let's get into Nashville judge Kelvin Jones. Warning, this case has layers to it, okay? Layers, |
| 1:05.8 | meaning the hero of this story, who I'm about to quote, isn't actually a hero in real life, right? |
| 1:13.7 | They're only a hero for purposes of this niche situation. |
| 1:16.2 | And then you Google them and find out, oh, they were disbarred. |
| 1:20.0 | We'll get to it. |
| 1:20.8 | Okay. |
| 1:23.5 | Lawyers, let's clean it up. |
| 1:25.1 | Let's tighten it up. |
| 1:26.2 | All right. |
| 1:26.5 | Lawyers and judges, let's tighten it up a bit. |
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