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1. memset+YD[view] [source] 2020-04-27 00:38:43
>>qqqqqu+(OP)
Law. How much of it rests on technicalities, and how much do judges care about the essence of the facts of a case? You only hear about the weird outcomes on the news. For example, I was once working with an attorney because my landlord didn’t supply heat in the apartment. I started keeping a temperature log, but how would a judge know that the log was accurate? Do I need to prove that my thermometer is accurate... etc. In practice, no, but how can I better reason about what is “likely” vs not?
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2. Waterl+JS[view] [source] 2020-04-27 03:38:18
>>memset+YD
I've begun to grok so much about how law _practically_ works by listening to Popehat's All the President's Lawyers podcast.

Basically you get an educated layperson asking a veteran criminal lawyer questions, usually around the First Amendment, always related to current events. The lawyer (Ken White) explains in practical terms what is likely to happen and why.

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