OA827: The Law of Halloween!

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🗓️ 1 November 2023

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

In an entirely Trump-free show, Liz and Andrew break down the law of Halloween! Is it illegal to be a witch? Do you have to disclose your house is haunted before selling it? Can you sue Satan? And much, much more!

Notes
Charles West, Pope Leo of Bourges, Clerical Immunity and the Early Medieval Secular, in Early Medieval Europe (2021)

https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/169821/1/Pope%20Leo%20of%20Bourges%2C%20clerical%20immunity%20and%20the%20early%20medieval%20secular.pdf

Constitutions of Clarendon, 1164

https://avalon.law.yale.edu/medieval/constcla.asp

Mullaney v. Wilbur, 421 U.S. 684 (1975)

https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=1049931246973296361

Stambovsky v. Ackley

https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=3290684836490834623

Mayo v Satan

https://casetext.com/case/united-states-ex-rel-gerald-mayo-v-satan-and-his-staff

2016 US News article on Creepy Clown Sightings

https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2016-10-31/floridians-arm-themselves-against-creepy-clowns-on-halloween?context=amp

Richard Ellis says he represented the seller

https://www.ellissothebysrealty.com/blog/2016/10/31/haunted-house-the-legend-of-1-la-veta-place-nyack/

VA Beach 23-3

https://library.municode.com/va/virginia_beach/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=CO_CH23OF_ARTIMIOF_S23-3PRTRTRAC

Forsyth, IL 94-155

https://forsyth-il.gov/vertical/sites/%7B18717005-44FD-438D-B0BC-B86101984F4F%7D/uploads/Master_Copy.pdf

Alabama can’t dress like clergy

https://law.justia.com/codes/alabama/2020/title-13a/chapter-14/section-13a-14-4/

Hollywood silly string ordinance

https://clkrep.lacity.org/onlinedocs/2004/04-0772_ORD_176176_10-06-2004.pdf

Fortune-telling in SF

https://www.loweringthebar.net/2006/08/fortunetelling_.html

Fortune-telling New Orleans

https://library.municode.com/la/new_orleans/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=PTIICO_CH54CRCO_ARTVIOFAFPUGE

OA 648

https://openargs.com/oa648-more-from-the-right-wing-war-on-free-speech/

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0:00.0	So would you say you got a better shot at them going in and not so much coming out?
0:09.0	You could say that.
0:10.0	I did say that.
0:11.0	Would you say that?
0:14.0	Chester and I paid for his lawyers condo and Aspen and my lawyers condo and Maui.
0:19.0	They're very happy.
0:20.0	They're going to train once a year.
0:23.0	I'd love to sue them.
0:25.0	Only it would mean hiring another lawyer.
0:30.0	Meanwhile, at the Home of Justice, the super brand was...
0:33.0	Welcome to opening arguments.
0:35.0	The podcast that breaks down the law behind all the news stories you care about.
0:40.0	This podcast is sponsored by the Law Offices of P. Andrew Torres, LLC,
0:45.0	for entertainment purposes, is not intended as legal advice,
0:49.0	and does not form an attorney client relationship.
0:52.0	Don't take legal advice from a podcast.
0:58.0	Hey guys, I'm Liz Dye with Mia's Andrew Torres,
1:00.0	and this is opening arguments, episode 827.
1:03.0	It is.
1:04.0	Happy Halloween.
1:06.0	And to you, sir.
1:08.0	Well, I'm not observant, so it's okay.
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