30: Skin The Judge Alive?!

Rebuttal

Sep 23, 2024•35 min•Season 1Ep. 30

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(WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE) In 500 BC, corrupt judges were treated a little differently than the ones we have today. The punishments have changed, but one question remains the same: What do we do when judges can't stop taking bribes?

Hold onto your birthday suit, Reb is slicing open The Judgment of Cambyses (~530 BC).

(Side note: A 30-MINUTE EPISODE CAN YOU BELIEVE IT?!)

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00:00 - Intro

00:50 - The Cursed Envelope Case

02:38 - Judge Sisamnes gets flayed

11:22 - Impartiality is important...

12:37 - ...but Supreme Court Justices play dirty (gasp)

15:58 - Justice Thomas

18:29 - Justice Gorsuch

19:35 - Recusal reform please

21:31 - Justice Alito

22:28 - Don't get it twisted

23:43 - Justice Alito

25:02 - Justice Sotomayor

26:12 - A CODE OF CONDUCT THAT WORKS WOULD BE COOL

29:53 - Reb's Rebuttal

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