OA385: Reality Check! (w/Allison Gill)
Opening Arguments
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🗓️ 12 May 2020
⏱️ 80 minutes
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Summary
Today's episode features an in-depth interview with Allison Gill of American Atheists regarding the just-released survey Reality Check, which interviews more than 34,000 nonreligious individuals, gathering data as a precursor to support specific arguments with lawmakers in terms of lobbying for recognizing atheist constituents. You won't want to miss it!
We begin, however, with a bit more in-depth analysis about the nonjusticiability doctrine and how it might affect the Supreme Court's decision in the Mazars and Deutsche Bank subpoena cases -- which are being heard today by the Supreme Court!
Then, it's time for our in-depth interview with Allison where we talk about discrimination against atheists, including a deep dive into the actual research that shows how atheists are treated in society -- even among educated peers.
After all that, it's time for the answer to #T3BE 177 involving a noxious factory next to a residence and mini-golf. Can Thomas keep up his winning streak? There's only one way to find out!
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| 0:00.0 | He's not even a lawyer and he's kicking your ass. |
| 0:19.0 | No! Bad lawyer! I need a loophole! |
| 0:25.0 | He's not a judge, Julian executioner! He is! |
| 0:33.0 | I'm sorry, but my mother always said if you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all. |
| 0:39.0 | Will that hold up in court? No, I've tried it before. |
| 0:46.0 | Stop. Ask a question a lawyer would ask, please. I am a lawyer. |
| 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. Amtr Torres, LLC for Entertainment Procoses, |
| 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 385. I'm Thomas. That's Andrew. How are you doing Andrew? |
| 1:24.0 | I'm fantastic, Thomas. How are you? |
| 1:26.0 | Really? Are you fantastic? |
| 1:28.0 | I am really fantastic. The law doesn't matter anymore. |
| 1:32.0 | Yeah, so as we were recording on Friday's show and the interview for this show, |
| 1:43.0 | it was breaking news that the DOJ has dropped all charges against Michael Flynn. |
| 1:50.0 | Cool. |
| 1:51.0 | At the direction of Bill Barr, who I predicted in the space would have been impeached 11 and a half months ago, |
| 1:59.0 | people were messaging me like, hey, are you going to cover this on the show? |
| 2:05.0 | I mean, it happened after we recorded, and also I'm not sure what to say, right? |
| 2:11.0 | Like, I've asked my prosecutor friends, does the DOJ ever drop a federal prosecution after a defendant has pled guilty? |
| 2:21.0 | Because I'm pretty sure the answer to that is no. |
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