OA147: The Satanic Temple (featuring Lucien Greaves)

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🗓️ 13 February 2018

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Today's episode features a full-length interview with the co-founder of The Satanic Temple, Lucien Greaves. This episode is part of a two-part crossover with Episode 119 of Serious Inquiries Only. In this episode, we talk about TST's lawsuit challenging Missouri's abortion law and other issues at the forefront of church-state separation. After that, we end with the answer to Thomas (and Lucien!) Take the Bar Exam Question #62, a fiendishly difficult question about the Statute of Frauds. Don't forget to follow our Twitter feed (@Openargs) and like our Facebook Page so that you too can play along with #TTTBE! Recent Appearances None. Have us on your show! Show Notes & Links

Don't forget to check out Episode 119 of Serious Inquiries Only featuring Jex Blackmore!
We first discussed TST's lawsuit challenging the Missouri abortion law way back in Episode 7 and Episode 8!
You can follow the link to the January 23, 2018 oral arguments in Doe v. Greitens by clicking here.
Doe's brief can be found here, and this is the State of Missouri's response.

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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, and Gloria, Calpam, 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 Purposees,
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.
1:12.0	Hello and welcome to Opening Arguments. This is episode 147. I'm your host Thomas Smith.
1:22.0	That over there is Andrew Torres. How are you doing, Andrew?
1:25.0	I am great, Thomas. How are you?
1:29.0	Good. I'm looking forward to speaking with Lucien Greaves of the Satanic Temple today.
1:34.0	And boy, I don't think we have any announcements or anything. So tell you what, why don't we get over to it?
1:40.0	Yeah, I can't wait.
1:45.0	And today we're joined by Lucien Greaves of the Satanic Temple.
1:49.0	And as listeners will know, this is sort of a two-parter because I spoke to Jack's Blackmore.
1:56.0	But this, in this interview, hopefully we can talk more about this really interesting Missouri abortion case.
2:02.0	But Lucien, how are you doing today?
2:05.0	Not bad, how are you doing?
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