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This episode starts off with my two cents on the documentary "One of Us" and its subject, Hasidic Jews.   After that you will get the details on Tuesday's Senate vote to repeal the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rule on class-action lawsuits against banks.   Finally, sports betting laws and the pending US Supreme Court case by the state of New Jersey seeking to invalidate the federal ban.   For more on Footsteps New York: https://www.footstepsorg.org/   CFPB: https://thinkprogress.org/in-the-dead-of-night-republicans-vote-to-give-lawsuit-immunity-to-banks-d6504eab6b86/   http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-arbitration-rule-senate-20171024-story.html   Rule text: https://www.consumerfinance.gov/policy-compliance/rulemaking/final-rules/arbitration-agreements/   Case citations: AT&T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion, 563 U.S. 333 (2011) American Express Co. v. Italian Colors Restaurant, 133 S. Ct. 2304 (2013)   Sports Betting/Chris Christie: http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ss

In this show I attempt to solve disagreements forever. I play recorded interviews with conservatives and alt-lites that I met at Mythcon Milwaukee. Finally, a close look at perception versus reality with regard to sexual assault reporting.   Catholic Church v. Thank You For Coming Out: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/13/nyregion/arts-festival-catholic-church-gay-themed-performances.html   DeVos Campus Guidelines: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/22/us/devos-colleges-sex-assault.html   RAINN Statistics: https://www.rainn.org/statistics   +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=   Please visit the Habeas Humor Patreon page: www.patreon.com/habehumor   Subscribe to Habeas Humor on iTunes: https://itun.es/us/sms5hb.c   Subscribe on Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/habeas-humor   Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/listen?u=0#/ps/Ix4wxwinddfzxkzhlmgxajgkuie   Email the show: HabeHumor@gmail.com   Twitter: @habeashumor   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/habeashumo

Simon Beauvoir, cohost of the new feminist podcast Cherchez la Femme (@cherchezpodcast), tells the true story of his long court battle to get his three children vaccinated. Simon grew up a member of a fundamentalist Christian sect and married into an anti-education, anti-vax, Quiverfull family. When Simon lost his religious faith, his marriage did not survive. The real conflict started, however, when Simon tried to bring medical science into his children's lives against the staunch objections of his estranged wife. Links:   Sunday Assembly:   https://www.sundayassembly.com   Dr. Robert Sears:   https://www.askdrsears.com/topics/health-concerns/vaccines http://www.immunize.org/talking-about-vaccines/countering-dr-sears.asp   Vaccine Injury Awareness Month:   http://www.ageofautism.com/2014/10/october-is-vaccine-injury-awareness-month.html http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2014/10/01/antivaccine-cranks-try-to-create-vaccine-injury-awareness-month/   Thomas Smith & Carl Benjamin at Milwaukee Mythin

Thomas Smith versus Sargon of Akkad. That's essentially all I need to say.   Links:   Mythcon videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkrpxfIPsh0&t=131s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZahCm5s6Zs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTurnbFNuoc https://twitter.com/twitter/statuses/914207399170408451   Sargon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzOmmTCKvxI&feature=youtu.be&t=17m30s   +*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+   Please visit the Habeas Humor Patreon page: www.patreon.com/habehumor   Subscribe to Habeas Humor on iTunes: https://itun.es/us/sms5hb.c   Subscribe on Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/habeas-humor   Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/listen?u=0#/ps/Ix4wxwinddfzxkzhlmgxajgkuie   Email the show: HabeHumor@gmail.com   Twitter: @habeashumor   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/habeashumor   Please note that this podcast is for entertainment only and does not constitute legal advice or form an attorney-client relationship. 

Trump's magnum opus wall, much like the rest of him, has nearly no chance of ever becoming erect. Nonetheless, we have begun paying for it (the wall and, in all likelihood, the boner efforts as well).   In international legal news, Hong Kong has taken a tiny step towards LGBT equality. Saudi Arabia has done the same for women... maybe.   (Oops I forgot the news and video links! I will add them tonight)   *+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*   Please visit the Habeas Humor Patreon page: www.patreon.com/habehumor   Subscribe to Habeas Humor on iTunes: https://itun.es/us/sms5hb.c   Subscribe on Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/habeas-humor   Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/listen?u=0#/ps/Ix4wxwinddfzxkzhlmgxajgkuie   Email the show: HabeHumor@gmail.com   Twitter: @habeashumor   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/habeashumor/   Please note that this podcast is for entertainment only and does not constitute legal advice or form an attorney-client relationship.   All rights reserved

An (almost) hour's worth of dirt on big pharma: inflated vaccine prices result in dead children; misleading opioid marketing results in heroin addicts and dead adults; politicians and doctors are on the payroll.   ... Oh, and the scum running the Morristown, New Jersey city government are giving people's tax money to churches.   Links   The Dollop: http://thedollop.libsyn.com/281-opium-in-the-us-part-2   Pharma Videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5Oxcs1JZFk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6HtBztXoyE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ddp-AmXObA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKCoPsivdIM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jvz3Ffa2jVE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SL3AL98J8eM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiMbFaLtq_o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhSTqaveYvY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4q6EwbBv3I   Pharma Articles: www.afairshot.org https://www.reuters.com/article/us-allergan-m-a-pfizer/obamas-inversion-curbs-kill-pfizers-160-billion-allergan-deal-idUSKCN0X21NV

This week's show is a deep dive into products liability cases. What duties do manufacturers and sellers of goods owe to consumers? How did product liability laws evolve in the courts? When is a frankfurter more powerful than a table saw???   News Links: http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/13/us/washington-spokane-school-shooting/index.html http://www.king5.com/news/shooting-reported-at-freeman-high-school/474440172 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/business/wp/2017/09/13/martin-shkreli-apologizes-for-facebook-post-about-hillary-clinton/?utm_term=.5afee791a4db   Products Liability Resources: http://injury.findlaw.com/product-liability/product-liability-background.html http://www.schiffmanlaw.com/7-famous-product-liability-cases/ http://www.publichealthlawcenter.org/topics/tobacco-control/tobacco-control-litigation/united-states-v-philip-morris-doj-lawsuit http://www.reuters.com/article/gm-settlement-idUSN2735011520080327 http://articles.latimes.com/1991-12-14/news/mn-87_1_dow-corning http://www

This week's legal news is the "You screwed my wife" lawsuit that is back on the rails in North Carolina after being initially taken out by a constitutional challenge.   Also, in another juror tale, Jeanne Ikerd reveals bizarre details about the way civil trials work in Vermont. That state is weeeeird!   ***   Don't forget to listen to my guest appearance on the awesome podcast Cognitive Dissonance: http://directory.libsyn.com/episode/index/id/5703877/tdest_id/124107   ***   Please note that starting next week, the show will drop on THURSDAYS (still early for patrons)   *** Lambda Legal: https://www.lambdalegal.org   ***   Malecek v. Williams case & related articles:   Opinion: https://appellate.nccourts.org/opinions/?c=2&pdf=35242   http://m.startribune.com/court-restores-man-s-lawsuit-against-cheating-wife-s-lover/442775183/?section=nation   https://www.thespruce.com/alienation-of-affection-state-laws-2303186   https://www.hg.org/article.asp?id=19936   http://doyl

This week find out WTF was up with the hoopla over the recent Ninth Circuit ruling in Kennedy v. Bremerton School District (the case of the praying football coach).   Hear from Recovering from Religion podcast co-host Scott Smith (please note correction: if I said during the show that Scott founded recovering from religion, I spoke in error)   School prayer clips: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Pluh6NwTX8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrRMmznU8hQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nf0DzGlisXQ   Noah's Ark Restaurant: http://www.noahsark-restaurant.com/ http://web.kitsapsun.com/archive/1997/12-21/0030_christian_marketing.html   Recovering from Religion:   https://www.recoveringfromreligion.org/#rfr-welcome Helpline number: 1-84-I- DOUBT-IT Podcast:https: //www.recoveringfromreligion.org/podcast/ Email: podcast@recoveringfromreligion.org Secular Therapy Project: https://www.seculartherapy.org/   ***   Please share the Habeas Humor Patreon page: www.patreon.com/habehumor Subscribe to

This episode is about employment discrimination with the focus on black employees and applicants. Learn how much discrimination actually exists in America; what forms it takes; and what remedies are/are not readily available.   Also, Trav Mamone (Bi Any Means Podcast; Biskeptical Podcast) guest stars. Find Trav's work here: https://freethoughtblogs.com/bianymeans/   ***   Pew Discrimination Study: http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2016/06/27/on-views-of-race-and-inequality-blacks-and-whites-are-worlds-apart/?utm_content=buffer825c0&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer   Griot show: http://www.magnettheater.com/shows/49912-The-Griot-Show   Eclipse glasses story: http://www.nj.com/ocean/index.ssf/2017/08/dont_use_the_solar_eclipse_glasses_we_sold_you_jen.html   Larry Elder on Fox News: https://youtu.be/Q2QNLgGxiho   EEOC resources: https://www.eeoc.gov/eeoc/index.cfm https://www.eeoc.gov/eeoc/initiatives/e-race/index.cfm https://www1.eeoc.gov//eeoc/

The ACLU is on our side. They're the good guys. Stop blaming them for violence in Charlottesville and start giving them money. We need them now more than ever.   Recent related stories: https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/8/12/16138326/aclu-charlottesville-protests-racism https://theintercept.com/2017/08/13/the-misguided-attacks-on-aclu-for-defending-neo-nazis-free-speech-rights-in-charlottesville/   From the ACLU: Know your rights as a protestor: https://www.aclu.org/issues/free-speech/rights-protesters https://www.aclu.org/news/aclu-statement-charlottesville-violence-and-demonstrations https://www.aclu.org/issues/free-speech https://www.aclu.org/other/freedom-expression https://www.aclu.org/blog/speakeasy/protecting-outrageous-offensive-speech   Margie Phelps CSPAN video: https://youtu.be/rV_r_ZaZYkY   Please share the Habeas Humor Patreon page: patreon.com/habehumor Subscribe to Habeas Humor on iTunes: https://itun.es/us/sms5hb.c Subscribe on Stitcher: http://www.stitc

He’s gambled. He’s filed false tax returns. Has baseball’s Pete Rose also screwed 12 year olds? John Dowd says it happened, and Rose has slapped him with a defamation lawsuit.   To read the Dowd report:   http://www.thedowdreport.com   On Pete Rose’s Gambling & MLB’s investigation:   http://www.espn.com/espn/otl/story/_/id/13114874/notebook-obtained-lines-shows-pete-rose-bet-baseball-player-1986   http://static.espn.go.com/mlb/news/2002/1212/1475769.html   http://www.rollingstone.com/sports/features/pete-rose-caught-red-handed-20150623   http://www.upi.com/Archives/1989/08/01/Pete-Rose-loses-home-field-advantage-in-court-case/1221617947200/   Please share the Habeas Humor Patreon page: www.patreon.com/habehumor   Subscribe to Habeas Humor on iTunes: https://itun.es/us/sms5hb.c   Subscribe on Stitcher: http://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=140194&refid=stpr   Email the show: HabeHumor@gmail.com   Twitter: @habeashumor   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/habeashumor/   Please no

This week:   * Trump makes another Kim Jong Oops   * Madonna's dirty laundry is aired (and can be yours if the price is right)   * England falls in love with a tragically malformed baby named Charles... again.   ===================   Special guests this week are Kevin & Benedict of "This Week in News" and "This Week in History." Find them at www.kevinandbenedict.com   ===================   Story links:   * Pompeo:   http://www.newsweek.com/who-new-cia-pick-mike-pompeo-523484 http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/25/politics/north-korea-threatens-nuclear-strike-us/index.html   * Madonna:   http://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/MadonnaSummons.pdf http://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/MadonnaAffirmation.pdf http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/judge-halts-tupacs-madonna-breakup-letter-auction-w493169 https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/19/arts/music/madonna-auction-tupac-letter.html?mcubz=2 http://nypost.com/2005/02/19/madonna-paints-art-gal-as-thief/

The epic discussion you have been waiting for on proof beyond a reasonable doubt. Hopefully after listening, all of your doubts about what reasonable doubt means will be gone.   YouTube clips used in show:   https://youtu.be/AiA1NVEf9K4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrYiitDt_ek&t=16s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24hUj879D-0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezGcrdklYh0&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQw8r1xW4CM&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJZr86DLGsM&feature=youtu.be   ***   Please share the Habeas Humor Patreon page: patreon.com/habehumor Subscribe to Habeas Humor on iTunes: https://itun.es/us/sms5hb.c Subscribe on Stitcher: http://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=140194&refid=stpr Email the show: HabeHumor@gmail.com Twitter: @habeashumor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/habeashumor/ Please note that this podcast is for entertainment only and does not constitute legal advice o

Today we talk with a juror from a Los Angeles double murder trial where the defendant was a certain ill-tempered guy who appeared in movies (nope, not him - a different guy).     Our guest is Michael Schaffer, owner of Reason Real Estate and host of the upcoming podcast Reasonable Risk.     We discuss Michael's experience on the jury that convicted Lloyd Avery II, and we also highlight some of the serious problems with American criminal trials.     ****   For more Michael Schaffer: Twitter: @reasonbroker Real estate site: www.reasonrealestate.com Podcast site: https://www.facebook.com/reasonableriskpodcast/   **** Wikipedia page for Lloyd Avery II: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lloyd_Avery_II **** Please share the Habeas Humor Patreon page: www.patreon.com/habehumor Subscribe to Habeas Humor on iTunes: https://itun.es/us/sms5hb.c Subscribe on Stitcher: http://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=140194&refid=stpr Email the show: HabeHumor@gmail.com Twitter: @habeashumo

On this episode:   - Jurors find Martin Shkreli harder to swallow than his unaffordable pills   - Olivia de Havilland begins Century Two of her Hollywood drama career   - Chris Christie demonstrates why New Jersey's unofficial state slogan is "No, fuck YOU."   - Zach Law of the Zachrilege Cast drops in to remind everyone to register for Secular Saturday!   **************** Zachrilege Cast Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/zachrilegecast/   Zachrilege YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoHo6xkuJPqq93Ag_2tkrtw   Zachrilege Twitter: @zachrilegecast   Secular Saturday website: www.secularsaturday.com   Secular Saturday Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/SecularSaturdayConvention/   **************** Shkreli links:   http://www.cnbc.com/2016/06/06/accused-fraudster-martin-shkreli-pleads-not-guilty-to-indictment-filed-last-week.html   http://money.cnn.com/2017/06/23/news/companies/martin-shkreli-trial/index.html

Andrew Torrez of the Opening Arguments podcast is here to talk trash about Donald Trump’s lawyers. He also talks about a dozen or so other topics including Pete Rose, Georgetown University, Corgis, and so much more.  Patrons get this episode early AND get a special extended edition of the interview with Andrew (about half an hour of bonus material). Don’t forget to vote for the winner of the Your Lawyer-Off! Opening Arguments podcast: http://openargs.com Andrew’s upcoming presentation on Skepticism and the Law (7/2/17 in Allentown, PA): http://www.lvhumanists.org/events Trump lawyer sketch on The President Show: https://youtu.be/58cZ1pTFmX ————- Jay Sekulow links: Interview with Chris Wallace on Fox News: https://youtu.be/sUGICITh5MI  Interview on CNN: https://youtu.be/kVYpOsXFcS0 Conan sketch: http://abovethelaw.com/2017/06/the-jay-sekulow-ad-that-got-trump-to-hire-him/ Thinkprogress article: https://thinkprogress.org/donald-trump-of-lawyers-722308f007a4 NPR article: http://www.npr.org/2017/06/24/533785914

We are joined by Chris Watson of the Podunk Polymath Podcast! Website: www.thepodunkpolymath.com Twitter: @podunkpolymath ----------- * Al Shabaab attacks again in Somalia, and religion is the problem. * The Trump administration brings in Kansas Secretary of State; racist all-star voter suppression mastermind; and self-proclaimed "worst nightmare of the ACLU" Kris Kobach as Vice Chair of the new Presidential Commission on Election Integrity.  ----------- * Videos: - Thom Hartmann on The Big Picture RT (4/6/2016) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtmhX0ZIDcY - Kate Bolduan & Kris Kobach on CNN (2/13/17) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4X9vcuAZBU   * More about Kris Kobach: - https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/06/13/magazine/the-man-behind-trumps-voter-fraud-obsession.html?_r=0&referer=https://www.google.com/ - For plenty more, simply Google "Kris Kobach"   :-)     * Resources on voting law history, gerrymandering & ACLU Voting Rights Project: - http://openargs.com/oa72-body-slamming-journalists-plus-po

Wondering what was up with those seemingly random anti-sharia marches last Saturday? We get to the bottom of it. In the process, you will learn a ton about the anti-Muslim organization ACT for America; its leader Brigitte Gabriel; and the financial and political motives behind these marches.     CORRECTION, 6/14/17, 4:00pm: According to Twitter, planning for the 6/10/17 March Against Sharia began (or at least went public) on about 4/20/17.   Links to important sources and additional information:   http://www.actforamerica.org   https://www.youtube.com/user/act4america   https://www.buzzfeed.com/davidnoriega/meet-the-charming-terrifying-face-of-the-anti-islam-lobby?utm_term=.jroAn6658m#.ngwzarrwKW   http://www.breitbart.com/author/brigitte-gabriel/ https://youtu.be/MdqS9w2l5Y8 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gavin_McInnes https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGy6uV7yqGWDeUWTZzT3ZEg   ----------------------   Please share the Habeas Humor Patreon page: www.patreon.com/habehumor Subscribe to Habeas Humor on i

Bryce Blankenagel (Naked Mormonism, My Book of Mormon) is here to talk Mormons and (other) cults!   Did you know the bloody tale of the Mormon church's early years? Listen up and you will!   Is the LDS church a cult? What is a cult? Are dangerous cults beyond the reach of the law?   We also discuss convicted child rapist Warren Jeffs and the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.   --------------------   Find Bryce on the internets: Website http://nakedmormonismpodcast.com Twitter @NakedMormonism Facebook https://www.facebook.com/pages/Naked-Mormonism/370003839816311 Patreon http://patreon.com/nakedmormonism   ---------------------- For more on cults, FLDS & Warren Jeffs:   http://old.freedomofmind.com/Info/BITE/bitemodel.php   http://www.rollingstone.com/culture/features/a-polygamist-cults-last-stand-the-rise-and-fall-of-warren-jeffs-20160209   https://www.nytimes.com/topic/person/warren-s-jeffs?mcubz=2   http://www.cnn.com/search/