OA827: The Law of Halloween!

Opening Arguments

English - November 01, 2023 06:16 - 55 minutes - 45.7 MB - ★★★★ - 3.4K ratings
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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