The Imperfect Plaintiffs

More Perfect

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4.8 • 14.7K Ratings

🗓️ 28 June 2016

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

On this episode, we visit Edward Blum, a 64-year-old “legal entrepreneur” and former stockbroker who has become something of a Supreme Court matchmaker. He’s had remarkable success, with 6 cases heard before the Supreme Court, including that of Abigail Fisher. We also head to Houston, Texas, where in 1998, an unusual 911 call led to one of the most important LGBTQ rights decisions in the Supreme Court’s history.

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0:00.0	Hey, I'm Chad Ebb and Rod.
0:04.8	This is more perfect.
0:06.3	Today, two stories from reporter Catherine Wells.
0:09.2	The first has some adult content in it.
0:11.4	So be warned if you're listening with kids.
0:13.2	You might want to skip this one.
0:14.7	Here's Catherine.
0:15.7	So maybe we can just start with the night, but it started.
0:19.2	Yeah, so when can start with the start?
0:21.0	Yeah, so give me the who, what, when, where?
0:24.2	The best way to describe being a patrol officer on the street is you have a front row
0:29.1	seat to the greatest show on our September 17th, 1998.
0:34.2	On the outskirts of Houston, there's a deputy sheriff named Joseph Quinn.
0:38.7	Had been on duty very long at all.
0:40.2	He's driving around and he hears this call go out on the radio.
0:44.3	I already call.
0:46.3	Somebody's called in and said there's a man going crazy with a gun in an apartment.
0:52.0	He happens to be driving right by the apartment complex.
0:56.3	Pretty familiar with the complex.
0:57.9	I knew where the building was.
0:59.4	So he's like, hey, I've got this.
1:00.8	I'm right here.
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