OA57: What Football Can Teach Us About Jury Nullification, Antitrust, and Donald Trump - Part 1

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🗓️ 4 April 2017

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Summary

Today's episode is part one of a two-part series in which Thomas and Andrew walk through the short-lived history of the USFL, an alternative football league that ran into the bulldozer that is Donald J. Trump. Along the way, we learn about jury nullification, antitrust law, and get some insight into Trump's legal strategies that just might have some relevance today.... First, though, "Breakin' Down the Law" defines "jury nullification" in order to get you prepared to tackle our main story. Afterwards, we answer a question from listener Collin Boots, who wants to know why Andrew was so dismissive of term limits back in Episode 54. Finally, we end with the answer to Thomas Takes the Bar Exam Question #17 about selling a lemon of a used car in "as is" condition. 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: Andrew just recorded a delightful and moderate discussion of the law of God's Not Dead 2 with the hosts of the "Is This Reel Life?" podcast. Show Notes & Links

This is the AmLaw article Andrew mentions in which lawyers second-guessed Donald Trump's choice of litigation tactics way back in 2009.
And here is a link to U.S. Term Limits, Inc. v. Thornton, 514 U.S. 779 (1995), in which the Court struck down state efforts to limit Congressional and Senate terms.

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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 number 57.
1:22.0	I'm your host Thomas Smith, and that over there is your other host, Andrew Torres.
1:25.0	How you doing, Andrew?
1:27.0	I am great, I'm happy to be doing opening arguments, I'm recuperating from this nasty cold,
1:32.0	but no rest for the weary podcaster here.
1:38.0	Yeah, yeah.
1:39.0	And I am very excited as well.
1:41.0	This episode, you've put a ton of work in, it's a super fascinating topic.
1:46.0	I can't wait to get to it, seriously, I think this is going to be really cool.
1:50.0	So that's it, let's get to our first segment, which will be breaking down the law,
1:54.0	and it's going to help set up our main segment, is that right?
1:57.0	Yeah.
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