OA148: The Parkland Massacre

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🗓️ 16 February 2018

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Summary

In this emotional episode, Thomas and Andrew begin by discussing the recent school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas HS in Parkland, Florida. After that, the guys break down the recent settlement between Waymo (the Google-backed automotive company) and Uber regarding allegations of stolen trade secrets in the nascent self-driving car industry. Then, Andrew updates us on the state of gerrymandering litigation in Pennsylvania and before the Supreme Court. Finally, we end with an all-new Thomas Takes the Bar Exam #63 about hearsay. 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 just a guest on Episode 6 of the Wayward Willis Podcast -- give it a listen! Show Notes & Links

We discussed a modest proposal for gun control in Episode 110., and the 1994 Omnibus Crime Bill in Episode 95.
Andrew quoted from this CNN article when referencing teacher Melissa Falkowski; from this Washington Post article about Colt's decision to suspend sales of the AR-15 in 1989, and from this blog post on "The Firearm Blog" by the AR-15's designer, Jim Sullivan.
California's Roberti-Roos Assault Weapons Control Act of 1989 can be found at California Penal Code § 30150 et seq.
This is the Waymo v. Uber lawsuit, and here is the link where you can view the Powerpoint used during the REAL OPENING STATEMENTS by Waymo's attorneys.
Finally, we last discussed gerrymandering in Pennsylvania and elsewhere way back in Episode 146. If you're curious, this is what MD-6 looks like today, and this is what it looked like before the 2011 redistricting.

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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.
0:25.0	Tax, men, dis, insendium, bloria, culpum, etc., memo, dis, punitor, delicatum.
0:36.0	It's all there, black and white, clear as crystal.
0:43.0	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.
0:48.0	We just keep him here because he's fun. 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. Antertores, 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.
1:13.0	Hello and welcome to opening arguments. This is episode 148. I'm your host Thomas Smith.
1:24.0	That over there is your other host, Andrew Torres, who's got a little bit of a sexy rasp going today.
1:30.0	How are you doing?
1:32.0	I'm good, Thomas. How are you?
1:35.0	Don't adjust your dials, everyone. That's just the sexy, raspy voice of one Andrew Torres.
1:43.0	There we go.
1:45.0	It's always good.
1:46.0	Bit of an unhappy episode because there's been another tragedy.
1:53.0	Well, actually, I think it's accurate to say maybe you're going to tell us Andrew,
1:56.0	but there's probably been a school shooting every other day this year.
2:02.0	Who knows statistically? There's been a easily been us shooting multiple shootings a day in this country.
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