Boozy's Legal Funhouse

Boozy, a Philadelphia area attorney and comedian, sits down every two weeks with his performing partner and certified Legal Layman, Alkali, for a discussion of legal news and an explanation of how legal principles are truly messed up. Every other week the pair look at an actual legal case, current or historical, in a lighthearted and profane manner as Boozy tries to get Alkali to understand the law really can be made up as one goes along.

Live at Anthrocon 24: Petty B*tches - The Case of Marbury v. Madison

Send us a textJoin Boozy and Alkali as we discuss how a long running feud of two founding fathers constantly trying to piss off the other one led to the concept of judicial review and the creation of a court that has daily reminded the American public they are essentially black-robed gods as we discuss the case of Marbury v. Madison live at Anthrocon 2024 in Pittsburgh!HUGE shoutout this episode to Silvergatomon, who saved the day by providing us with a clean copy of the audio when Boozy's ch...

08-05
01:08:26

Filet Mignonette - The Cases of U.S. v. Holmes and R. v. Dudley & Stephens

Send us a textJoin Boozy and the Certified Legal Layman, Alkali for a supersized episode of high sea slaughter as they discuss the criminal defense of necessity and whether the law of the sea or the law of the land controls cases where a cabin boy looks like a leg of lamb.Also in this episode, a brief discussion of what the hell the two have been up to, Alkali promotes his new Twitch event, and judges have hot mic moments in murder trials.Case Materials can be found on the Legal Funhouse Patr...

05-13
02:21:12

Live at MCFC '24 - Sherwood v. Walker: To Bovine is Divine

Send us a textJoin Boozy and the Certified Legal Layman, Alkali, as they record another show on the road at Motor City Furry Con 2024 in beautiful Ypsilanti, Michigan before a live audience! This time they're discussing pregnant cows, material mistakes, sticking it to banks, and that time Jesus tried to pull a gun on his lawyer as they go over the case of Sherwood v. Walker!Materials covered in this episode, including the cases discussed, can be found over on the Patreon post here! ...

04-15
57:29

Live at FtM 24: Stewed Prunes, The Ultimate Second Take

Send us a textJoin Boozy and his Certified Legal Layman live at Furthemore 2024 in beautiful Crystal City, Virginia as they discuss statutory interpretation when it comes to how vague a criminal law must be before it's actually invalid! Featuring DUIs, multiple abortions, failures to properly preserve issues for appeal, and the worst cut and paste error in the history of law!Supporting Documents and Cases HERE.Legal Funhouse Theme by Status Ferret. Check out his stuff here!Support the s...

03-18
59:36

Live at Fursquared - Judicial Misogyny: The Case of Lavinia Goodell

Send us a textJoin Boozy and the Certified Legal Layman, Alkali, for this episode recorded in front of a live audience in Milwaukee as they discuss the case of Lavinia Goodell, the first female lawyer admitted to practice in front of the Wisconsin Supreme Court, and how it took two lawsuits and re-writing the law itself to make the court agree with her.Notes for this episode available on the Patreon HERELegal Funhouse Theme by Status Ferret. Check out his stuff here!Support the showSupport Bo...

03-04
01:09:49

Holiday Special - A Tale of Three Santas

Send us a textJoin your Ho-Ho-Host the Boozy Badger and his Certified Legal Layman, Alkali, for this festive special episode of Boozy's Legal Funhouse. Last year we examined a case with two Santas, so ow could we possibly top that? HOW ABOUT ANOTHER SANTA! This year it's a Tale of Three Santas as we examine name change petitions and that time Santa got arrested for motor vehicle code infractions!Links to Cases:In re Name Change of HandleyIn re the Matter of the Application of Davi...

12-22
01:14:12

The Case of the Self-Incriminating Blouse - Holt v. US and the Fifth Amendment

Send us a textJoin Boozy and his Certified Legal Layman, Alkali, as they discuss that slapfighting lawyers, that time a shirt incriminated a guy, the limits of unlocking your cellphone, and the protections of the Fifth Amendment and when they don't apply in this episode of Boozy's Legal Funhouse!Legal Funhouse Theme by Status Ferret. Check out his stuff here!Support the showSupport Boozy over on Patreon, or maybe watch him at Twitch If you want to support Alkali, you can do that at his Twitc...

12-04
01:54:59

Episode 37: Spite Tombstones, Fighting Words, and Illinois Nazis

Send us a textJoin Boozy and his Certified Legal Layman, Alkali, as they finally return after a long hiatus of dealing with personal problems and houseguests for an episode of Boozy's Legal Funhouse where they discuss a case out of Illinois about the limits of free speech, spiteful neighbors, and qualified immunity on this episode of Boozy's Legal Funhouse!Legal Funhouse Theme by Status Ferret. Check out his stuff here!Support the showSupport Boozy over on Patreon, or maybe watch him at Twitc...

10-23
01:27:49

Foxes and Cockses - Statutory Interpretation and Animal Law

Send us a textJoin Boozy and the Certified Legal Layman, Alkali, for a discussion of cases where the government decided to seize someone's animals - or animal shaped things - based on a reading of the law that ended up being somewhat incorrect. In this episode the pair look at how the placement of a word, or the definition of a term, can greatly impact the application of the law it creates in Episode 36 - Foxes and CocksesLegal Funhouse Theme by Status Ferret. Check out his stuff here!S...

08-07
01:14:35

You Can't Come for the King - Sovereign Immunity - Live at Anthrocon

Send us a textJoin Boozy and his certified legal layman, Alkali, for a discussion of Sovereign Immunity and why you can't sue the government even when the coroner completely messes up their job in this special recording made LIVE at Anthrocon 2023!Legal Funhouse Theme by Status Ferret. Check out his stuff here!Support the showSupport Boozy over on Patreon, or maybe watch him at Twitch If you want to support Alkali, you can do that at his Twitch channel or on their Patreon!

07-10
01:22:17

Constitutional Sodomy - Lawrence v. Texas

Send us a textJoin Boozy and his Certified Legal Layman, Alkali, for a special episode for Pride Month.What happens when a jilted lover calls the cops on two men having private relations in an apartment? The Supreme Court of the United States decides whether or not the state can make consensual gay sex illegal! Join us for a discussion of how the right to be amorous evolved from condoms in Connecticut to bedroom misdemeanors in Texas on Boozy's Legal Funhouse- Constitutional Sodomy.Lega...

06-26
01:47:06

In Neff is In Neff - Pennoyer v. Neff

Send us a textJoin Boozy, the lawyer, and Alkali, the Certified Legal Layman, for a discussion of jurisdiction, civil procedure, and an exploration of the background of one of the seminal cases on the subject taught to every new lawyer.In law school every fetal attorney learns the case of Pennoyer v. Neff to discuss the topic of the types of jurisdiction and how the courts gain power over the parties. But they don't teach you about the assumed names, land fraud, politics, and personal a...

06-05
01:27:05

Episode 32 - Extrajudicial Extradition

Send us a textJoin Boozy and the Certified Legal Layman, Alkali, for a discussion of what happens when a state decides not to wait for extradition of a fugitive and instead takes matters into its own hands in the discussion of the 1888 Supreme Court case, Mahon v. Justice, which is simply the best name ever for this situation.Also, a discussion of resigning prosecutors and civilly liable presidents!Legal Funhouse Theme by Status Ferret. Check out his stuff here!Support the showSupport Bo...

05-15
01:28:16

Episode 31 - This Smells Funny

Send us a textJoin Boozy and his Certfied Legal Layman, Alkali, for a journey through the realm of Fourth Amendment warrant requirements, exceptions, marijuana, cars, and what happens when you have a particularly pungent leaf in the car with this episode of Boozy's Legal Funhouse!Legal Funhouse Theme by Status Ferret. Check out his stuff here!Support the showSupport Boozy over on Patreon, or maybe watch him at Twitch If you want to support Alkali, you can do that at his Twitch channel or on ...

05-01
02:20:49

Episode 30: Cartoon Railway Negligence

Send us a textJoin Boozy and his certified legal layman, Alkali, as they discuss another case known to lawyers the world over - Palsgraf v. Long Island Railroad Company.What happens when a middle-aged housekeeper takes a train to the beach with her daughters on a hot New York August day, then two men try to board a train late carrying a non-descript package that they drop while the housekeeper is standing next to some scales ten feet away? A series of events straight out of cartoon...

04-03
01:18:45

Episode 29: Friendship is Magic - Live at Furthemore

Send us a textIn this episode of Boozy's Legal Funhouse, Boozy and his Certified Legal Laymen, Alkali, leave the internet to record a discussion of case law surrounding the legal status of animals and how they are treated in divorce cases in front of a live audience at Furthemore 2023! Tune in and listen to people actually laugh for once at the boys' BS!Legal Funhouse Theme by Status Ferret. Check out his stuff here!Support the showSupport Boozy over on Patreon, or maybe watch him at Tw...

03-20
01:01:55

Episode 28 - Distress of the Dead

Send us a textJoin Boozy and his certified Legal Layman, Alkali, as the profane attorney walks the bewildered through the evolution of mental and emotional distress damages as a separate grounds of recovery in American law through a series of cases that talk about what happens when someone desecrates a corpse. Like...a lot of cases about desecrating corpses. Corpse desecration was apparently a pretty common thing for a while.Legal Funhouse Theme by Status Ferret. Check out his stu...

03-06
01:51:08

Episode 27: MOVEing Money

Send us a textJoin Boozy and his Certified Legal Layman, Alkali, as Boozy uses an infuriating case of a city unwilling to pay for the damages it caused in the MOVE bombing and reneging on agreements to teach the important legal lesson - sometimes justice isn't what the courts produce.In 1985 the City of Philadelphia dropped high explosives on a residential neighborhood, killing members of the MOVE organization and their children - as well as burning down pretty much the entire surrounding blo...

02-20
02:10:50

Episode 26: Sex in a Time of Cholera

Send us a textJoin Boozy and his certified legal layman, Alkali, as they discuss a case of Louisiana Love, interspousal immunity, negligence standards, and what happens when you don't disclose "a little drippage" from a certain part of your anatomy in Episode 26: Sex in a Time of Cholera here on Boozy's Legal Funhouse! Just in time for Valentine's Day!Legal Funhouse Theme by Status Ferret. Check out his stuff here!Support the showSupport Boozy over on Patreon, or maybe watch him at Twit...

02-06
01:16:38

Episode 25: Hairy Palms and Money

Send us a textJoin Boozy and his Certified Legal Layman, Alkali, as Boozy describes the case where a social stigma regarding masturbation, electrifying children, and experimental medical procedures led to the setting of a new standard of damages for contract cases while making certain the family involved would repeatedly discover their fame amongst lawyers.This is Episode 25, episode 1 of Season 2, of Boozy's Legal Funhouse, Hairy Palms and Money!Recorded live on 1/13/2023Legal Funhouse Theme...

01-23
01:12:40

Kai Tokuro

Great show! But can I pay you a dollar and have you call me your lawyer?

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