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Mapmeld Podcast
by Nick Doiron
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Disbarred for fraud, returned to the Supreme Court pro se
Delvaille H. Theard spent ten years in asylums after his first appearance at the US Supreme Court in 1936. When he recovered and returned to practicing law, the Louisiana Bar disbarred him. Theard pleaded his case personally at the Supreme Court in 1957. Case info and audio:...
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Women who represented themselves at the Supreme Court
Conley v. Ballinger and Conklin v. Conklin / Augusta Chronicle are the three Supreme Court cases where women represented themselves 'pro se' / 'pro per'. Conley was a lawyer protecting her tribe's cemetery in 1910. Conklin was a writer without legal training who contested her divorce and a...
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Airman to Attorney
Herbert Schlanger represented himself in front of the Supreme Court, and took several more cases up to the Court of Appeals, but never returned to the highest court. Kind of a complex character. Case audio: https://www.oyez.org/cases/1970/5481 Newspaper clippings will be shown on YouTube video...
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Cohen v. Hurley: even the Supreme Court got it wrong!
Arguments for Cohen v. Hurley https://www.oyez.org/cases/1960/84 Overturned on Fifth Amendment grounds by: Malloy v. Hogan https://www.oyez.org/cases/1963/110 Spevack v. Klein https://www.oyez.org/cases/1966/62 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spevack_v._Klein Justice Thomas and the Establishment...
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Pro Se at the Supreme Court? Red Scare case
The first episode of Season 2, focused on people who represented themselves in front of the US Supreme Court. George Anastaplo was rejected by the Illinois Bar in 1950, for refusing to answer questions about communism. He represented himself all the way up to and including the US Supreme Court in...
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The Highest Pro Se: Podcast Trailer
People were previously allowed to represent themselves at the US Supreme Court, even without a law license. This is what we know about those men and women, and whether they won their cases. Disbarred, mad at the SEC, even divorce cases? They heard it all Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for...
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Runaway Mayor: Agent of Influence
If audio failed, see https://youtu.be/syFH-ia8N7M The Senate committee reconvened Tuesday, Nov 26th, to check in on agencies' progress in closing POGOs, and discussed if Alice Guo is a spy or an "agent of influence" who uses business connections. Meanwhile, Cassandra Ong asked to have a…
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Runaway Mayor: Ghost Protocol
When Alice Guo was on the run, the Philippine Senate and Police asked "Jessica Francisco" for help. Now she's revealed to be Mary Ann Maslog, a fugitive reported dead in 2019. Why did she come back and insert herself into this case? Also, a shout-out to the committee's Chinese interpreter. Clips:...
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Runaway Mayor: The Exchange
In the hours after Alice Guo's arrest in Indonesia one month ago, rumors surfaced that Indonesia was requesting an exchange for Gregor Haas, an Australian alleged to have helped the Sinaloa cartel ship drugs. Haas's life was on the line. Here's what we know about the indictment negotiation, and…
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Runaway Mayor: Spy vs Spy?
So much happened this week, we already need an episode 3. Alice insists that she's a victim, not a mastermind or a spy. But a businessman captured at the airport, a Chinese spy confessing from a Thai prison, and the previous mayor of Bamban all offered valuable testimony to the POGO…
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Runaway Mayor Friends and Foes
Get to know Senator Hontiveros (chair of the inquiry), why it matters legally if Alice has a doppelganger (Cath Salazar), a TikTok fancam for Cassandra Ong, and whether Alice is "just friends" with the mayor of another city in the Philippines. --Clip sources-- Kids on Alice Guo:...
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Runaway Mayor Alice Guo - Ep 1
This summer Alice Guo, the mayor of Bamban, fled the Philippines in the wake of charges of identity theft and corruption. Watching from afar, I've been shocked by details like: a fake sister, cybercrime rings hidden inside casinos, and questions about helicopters, a relationship with another…
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