Month: March 2017

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The Allusionist - 52. Sanctuary

The term ‘sanctuary cities’ has been in the news a lot in the past few weeks, as places in the USA declare themselves to be havens for undocumented immigrants. Though ‘sanctuary’ has a history of meaning safety for the persecuted, it has an even longer history of meaning something quite different: refuge for criminals.

Rosalind Brown, a canon at Durham Cathedral, and historian John Jenkins explain how and why, for 1000 years, churches in England offered shelter to murders and thieves fleeing justice.

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Containers - Episode 2: Meet the Sailors

What is life like as a modern sailor, a tiny person on a huge ship in a vast ocean? Here is your answer. Episode 2 brings you a rare look into the lives of two Filipino sailors, fresh off a trip across the Pacific Ocean. These are regular people doing heroic work to support their families. And without them, the global economic order doesn't work.

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The Goods from the Woods - Episode #132 – “Dinosaurs” with Andy Erikson & Alex Stein

In this episode, Rivers and Goodnight (with Dr. Pat only there in spirit) are joined by two of their favorite people of all time: Andy Erikson (Last Comic Standing) and Alex Stein (The Alex Stein Podcast)! Last time, they talked aliens and now they're back talking the coolest thing ever: DINOSAURS! We talk about which ones looked the most badass and which ones would be practical to have around as emotional support animals in 2017. Click "Download" on Episode #132 to hear a podcast 65 million years in the making! Follow Andy on Twitter @AndyErikson. Follow Alex @ThisAlexStein.  Song of the week this week: "Breathe" by Nobunny.  Follow the show @TheGoodsPod  Rivers is @RiversLangley  Dr. Pat is @PM_Reilly  Mr. Goodnight is @SepulvedaCowboy  Pick up a Goods from the Woods t-shirt at: http://prowrestlingtees.com/TheGoodsPod

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Opening Arguments - OA49: Why Originalists Don’t Belong on the Supreme Court

In today's episode, we take a long look at the judicial philosophy of "originalism" made popular by former Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia and advocated by his would-be replacement. First, we begin with a question from Jodi, who asks Andrew for his opinion of LegalZoom and other law-in-a-box services.  Andrew gets a little emotional in his response.... Next, we break down originalism as a form of jurisprudence and examine why it is (1) internally incoherent and contradictory; (2) dangerous and unconstrained; and (3) contrary to the fundamental purpose of the judiciary.  Andrew's argument is that originalists do not belong on the Supreme Court.  Period. Finally, we end with the answer to Thomas Takes the Bar Exam question #13 about hearsay.  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 was a panel guest on The Thinking Atheist episode "Donald Trump's America," which you can listen to by clicking right here. Show Notes & Links
  1. Here are Andrew's two blog posts -- one about Legal Zoom and one about downloading contracts off the internet.  His law firm site is here.
  2. This Huffington Post piece quotes Scalia's 2008 interview with Nina Totenberg about the Eighth Amendment not prohibiting 18th-century forms of torture.
  3. Here's a link to the full text of the Federalist Papers.
  4. Marbury v. Madison, 5 U.S. 137 (1803).
  5. United States v. Carolene Products, 304 U.S. 144 (1938).
  6. Scalia's dissent in Atkins v. Virginia, 536 U.S. 304, 347-48 (2002) and opinion in Printz v. United States, 521 U.S. 898 (1997) are where he makes fun of citations to international law.
  7. Harmelin v. Michigan, 501 U.S. 957 (1991) is the infamous decision in which Scalia declared that the Eighth Amendment only bars punishments that are both "cruel" and "unusual in the Constitutional sense."
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PHPUgly - 51:We Are Trending

Show notes: https://github.com/PHPUgly/podcast/blob/master/shows/ep51.md recorded March 2nd, 2017 Topics We are trending!! :-) ProgrammingPodcasts.com Shift Lumen to Laravel Homestead V5.0.0 Is Released Google launches Meet Laravel Include When Directive Stupid Patent of the Month: IBM Patents Out-of-Office Email Announcing Docker Enterprise Edition Amazon broke the internet with a typo The hosts Eric Van Johnson, Tom Rideout, John Congdon Follow us on Twitter @PHPUgly Email us at Podcast@phpugly.com Sponsor of this show: The DiegoDev Group