OA425: 'The Election That Could Break America' ???
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🗓️ 29 September 2020
⏱️ 80 minutes
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Summary
Let's talk about that Atlantic article that has really been scaring people. Andrew brings us his signature deep-dive, and why he's slightly optimistic that the fears in the article won't ultimately be borne out.
Up first, we preview a topic for another time, this really interesting lawsuit against Facebook regarding the Rittenhouse shootings.
Links: Trump will see what happens, Presidential Emergency Action Documents, OA370: Can Trump Cancel the Election? and Other COVID-19 Questions!, 19-465 Chiafalo v. Washington (07-06-2020), Faithless Elector State Laws, Trump’s Upcoming Refusal to Leave Office: The Good News, Trump’s Upcoming Refusal to Leave Office: The Very Bad News, Vox Will Trump leave office if defeated?, law review: preparing for a disputed election, 3 U.S. Code § 2 - Failure to make choice on prescribed day, 3 U.S. Code § 5 - Determination of controversy as to appointment of electors, 3 US Code § 15 - Counting electoral votes in Congress, Atlantic The Terrifying Inadequacy of American Election Law, Bush v. Gore.
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| 0:00.0 | I'm going to go home. |
| 0:04.0 | My guys are still under editing my strangement order. That blue thing I got from her. |
| 0:20.0 | I've got the best lawyer soft-talkers can buy. |
| 0:22.0 | Objection. On white grounds. How about silly mature honor? |
| 0:34.0 | I think legal terms are magic words that can force people to do what I want. |
| 0:44.0 | My client has instructed me to remind the court how rich an important is that he is not like other men. |
| 0:52.0 | Welcome to opening arguments. A podcast that pairs a comedian with a real-life lawyer. |
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| 1:04.0 | It's not intended as legal advice and does not form an attorney-client relationship. |
| 1:08.0 | Don't take legal advice from a podcast. |
| 1:12.0 | Hello and welcome to opening arguments. This is episode 425. |
| 1:22.0 | You know what that means. Next episode. New intro quotes. Can't wait. I think you'll like them. |
| 1:28.0 | Anyway, I'm Thomas. That's Andrew. How are you doing Andrew? |
| 1:30.0 | Again, within the parameters of the universe. Fantastic. Thomas, how are you? |
| 1:36.0 | I don't think that restricts it very much. The parameters of the universe. Anyway. |
| 1:42.0 | Yeah, I'm the same as always, but we've got a lot to cover today. I'm very interested in your take on this Atlantic story. |
| 1:50.0 | So, I'm intrigued. But before we do that, I know there's a couple little items you want to mention. |
| 1:56.0 | Yeah, so a bunch of things we didn't get to cover last week. |
| 2:02.0 | The anarchist jurisdiction stuff is all nonsense. You're going to have to take my word for that. |
| 2:08.0 | But our very own Morgan Stranger did some amazing research that's wound up on the cutting room floor. |
| 2:14.0 | And maybe we'll come back and talk about that in a future episode. |
| 2:18.0 | Also, I'm going to include in the show notes because I think it's really useful in a number of ways. |
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