OA140: DACA and More!

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🗓️ 19 January 2018

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

Today's episode features a deep dive in the latest legal news surrounding the DACA program. First, the guys tackle a listener question regarding the difference between the James Damore case against Google and Colin Kaepernick's grievance against the NFL. Are the two cases similar? After the main segment, Andrew walks us through a case that was just argued before the Supreme Court, McCoy v. Louisiana, in which a lawyer conceded his client's guilt during a capital murder trial over the client's objections. Finally, we end with an all-new Game of Thrones-themed Thomas Takes the Bar Exam (Question #59) involving lightning, wildfires, an experienced woodsman, and an errant crossbow bolt. Remember that you can play along with #TTTBE by retweeting our episode on Twitter or sharing it on Facebook along with your guess. We'll release the answer on next Tuesday's episode along with our favorite entry! Recent Appearances Andrew was a guest on This Week In News With Kevin and Benedict, talking felon voting rights; give it a listen! Show Notes & Links

We discussed the James Damore lawsuit on Episode 111 of Serious Inquiries Only, and the Kaepernick grievance on OA Episode 115.
The Sherman Antitrust Act begins at 15 U.S.C. § 1.
We first discussed the DACA recission on Episode 102.
You can read the District Court decision on DACA here.
The primary case we discussed in the assistance of counsel section was Faretta v. California, 422 U.S. 806 (1975).

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0:00.0	I declare bankruptcy!
0:20.0	I congratulate you on your imagination, but this is a court of space law not a theater.
0:26.0	Tax, Mendis, Incendi, Emboria, Calpom, etc., etc., Memo, Bis, Punitor, Debra, Cutum.
0:36.0	It's all there, black and white, clear as crystal.
0:42.0	How is this a fair trial? Our lawyer is a morty.
0:46.0	It's not fair, you have no rights and he's not a lawyer. We just keep him here because he's fun.
0:50.0	Look at him go.
0:55.0	Welcome to Opening Arguments, the podcast that pairs an inquisitive interviewer with a real-life lawyer.
1:00.0	This podcast is sponsored by the Law Offices of P. Andrew Torres, LLC for Entertainment purposes,
1:05.0	is not intended as legal advice and does not form an attorney-client relationship.
1:09.0	Don't take legal advice from a podcast.
1:16.0	Hello and welcome to Opening Arguments. This is episode 140. I'm your host Thomas Smith. That over there is Andrew Torres. How you doing?
1:23.0	I'm great. I am very excited. Most of all though, I'm excited to announce that if your notes are correct here,
1:32.0	we've got Stormy Daniels.
1:34.0	Yeah. Thomas, you might be reading a little bit too much.
1:38.0	I see. You're just wondering, don't even go to the board.
1:40.0	I see right here. It says Stormy Daniels is going to talk NDA issues.
1:44.0	Am I reading that correctly? Did we book Stormy Daniels?
1:50.0	Well, everyone's going to have to listen to Tuesday's episode to find out.
1:54.0	I don't understand. I don't understand what you mean.
1:58.0	I see Stormy Daniels. Okay, let's talk about if the law has magic words.
2:03.0	I see on our whiteboard, Stormy Daniels, NDA issues.
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