OA52: Thomas Knows Words! Thomas Has The Best Words!

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🗓️ 17 March 2017

⏱️ 62 minutes

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In today's episode, we look at some legal terms that our patrons asked us to define. In a twist, however, the guys switch chairs and Andrew asks the questions while Thomas tries to offer legal definitions. How did that work out? Listen and find out! We begin, however, with a listener question from Rachel Doty, who -- in keeping with this episode's theme -- asks us to define "Alford plea." Then, based on a suggestion from patron Marie Kent, we ask Thomas to define as many legal terms as he can in half an hour. We think this would make an awesome game show, so if any of our listeners are TV producers, please give us a call. Next, we take a look at a listener who recommended a Facebook post from an immigration attorney, and the guys discuss the concept of "illegal" immigration. Finally, we end with a brand new Thomas Takes the Bar Exam question #15 that asks whether eyewitness testimony can be tainted by viewing the suspect in police custody. Remember that TTTBE issues a new question every Friday, followed by the answer on next Tuesday's show. Don't forget to play along by following our Twitter feed (@Openargs) and/or our Facebook Page and quoting the Tweet or Facebook Post that announces this episode along with your guess and reason(s)! Recent Appearances: None. Have us on your podcast, radio or TV show, or interview us! Show Notes & Links

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This is the Facebook post from immigration lawyer Lily Axelrod that we discuss during the show.
The one section of the US Code that Andrew found that uses the term "illegal alien" is 8 USC § 1365(b), which is very different from the colloquial use of the term.

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0:00.0	Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, I'm just a caveman.
0:19.8	Due to habeas corpus, you and Miss Bonifante had a common law marriage.
0:31.0	So you don't work on a contingency basis?
0:33.0	No, money down! Oops, shouldn't have this bar association logo here either.
0:45.0	Would you please point at that robot over there?
0:51.0	No further questions?
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 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.
1:17.0	Hello and welcome to Opening Arguments, this is episode 52.
1:21.0	This is host Thomas Smith, and your other host, Andrew Torres, how you doing Andrew?
1:26.0	I'm great Thomas, how are you?
1:28.0	I'm great. Excited for today's episode.
1:31.0	I still don't totally know what's in store for me, because I saw a little hint of a post that said,
1:36.0	secret Thomas can't look at thing, and you know what?
1:40.0	I'll be honest, I'm pretty good at just saying, okay, I'm not supposed to look at this, so I didn't look at it.
1:44.0	I figured you had some plans, so we'll see what this is.
1:48.0	I am super excited.
1:51.0	One of our listeners, Marie Kent, who runs the My Book of Mormon podcast.
1:56.0	We met up with her in Milwaukee, she's great, listen to her show.
2:00.0	Suggested that I ask you certain basic legal terms, and we'll see if you can define them,
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