OA495: Mr. Fish Goes to Washington
Opening Arguments
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🗓️ 1 June 2021
⏱️ 76 minutes
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Summary
Today we have special guest Nick Fish, president of American Atheists! He recently attended a meeting with the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives. Is this administration doing a better job representing the millions of non-believers in the country? Find out!
In the first segment, we discuss Mahanoy Area School District v. B.L., the free speech case you may have heard about on The Daily. Andrew gives us a more complete breakdown and offers a prediction as to how the ruling will go!
Links: Tinker v. Des Moines, Hazelwood Indep. School Dist. v. Kuhlmeier, Bethel School District No. 403 v. Fraser, BL v. Mahanoy Area Sch. Dist., 964 F.3d 170, Mahanoy Area School District v. BL oral arguments, Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships EO
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| 0:00.0 | He's in their laugh and his ass off because he knows more about the Lord in YouTube. |
| 0:19.0 | I'm here live, it's not a cat. |
| 0:25.0 | My Lord, is thy God? |
| 0:28.0 | You're gonna die when we go. |
| 0:36.0 | Objects in your honor, strangling your witness. |
| 0:38.0 | I'm going to a lie. |
| 0:45.0 | We... |
| 0:46.0 | Disagree? |
| 0:48.0 | That's it? We disagree? |
| 0:50.0 | Well, I can't say we agree. That's how I lost my first ten cases. |
| 0:54.0 | Welcome to Opening Arguments, a podcast that pairs a comedian with a real-life lawyer. |
| 0:59.0 | This podcast is sponsored by the law offices of P Andrew Torres LLC for entertainment purposes. |
| 1:04.0 | It's not intended as legal advice and does not form an attorney-client relationship. |
| 1:09.0 | Don't take legal advice from a podcast. |
| 1:18.0 | Hello and welcome to Opening Arguments. This is episode 495. |
| 1:21.0 | I'm Thomas, that's Andrew. How are you doing my friend? |
| 1:24.0 | I am fantastic and I mean it. |
| 1:27.0 | Wait a minute, did you not mean it all the other times? |
| 1:30.0 | I see, I just just just... |
| 1:32.0 | Oh crap, I'm not telling you. |
| 1:34.0 | Did Andrew never mean it? Was he faking this whole time? |
| 1:36.0 | Well, I'm also fantastic because we've got our Q&A. |
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