Clarence thomas by his wealthy rightwing benefactors. But we begin tonight with a pop quiz. Where did president Abraham Lincoln go to law school . The answer may surprise you. And the answer is nowhere. That is correct. He was a selftaught lawyer. And yet, his judgment that seceding from the union was unconstitutional shaped the country we live in today, more than almost any other action by a u. S. President. Lincoln also had a big influence on the practice of law, Writing Notes for a law lecture in around 1850 that laid out guidelines for being a good lawyer. Such as being among other things diligent, moral, a good businessman, and above all, honest. Above all, honest. Qualities the Illinois State Bar Association says are what defines the term lincoln lawyer. The more you know. Of course, if you want to be a lawyer today, it generally requires going to law school. Only a handful of states allowia to do so without a law degree. But just because someone earns a degree doesnt necessarily
sort of theme of lawyers, but then there s like when you re in trouble, who do you call? not the ghost busters but a lawyer. in this case, the fact you have lawyers all around both of these cases, in the mar-a-lago case, you have lawyers who refuse to commit felonies for donald trump, right? they were refusing to do his dirty work for him, and so they re potential witnesses against their former client. it s just a weird thing. but the fact that donald trump tried to pull lawyers into his scheme and the fact that in the other case in d.c., they made up the scheme, it does feel like a lawyer crisis. well, joy, what we can surmise from what we re seeing here is that the law is as powerful and prolific a weapon as any other that can be wielded but it should be reserved for those who appreciate the severity of its consequences. what i mean by that in plain speak is, this isn t for everybody. this is not something that everybody should be doing because everyone cannot appreciate that we ar
to be put through the confirmation process so it is a challenge for this white house to be sure. andrea? indeed. and over the weekend, jim, senator schumer cited nypd data that ghost gun recoveries are up more than 50% in new york city alone and without the serial numbers they re impossible to trace. will the biden plan make a difference? should there be more? should there be background chebs checks in order to even purchase these? in this scenario, atf is the ghost busters and the president is going to give them some very good tools here. the people that put out these ghost gun kits are people that operate right to the edge of the law. they really don t want to violate the criminal law so they take it right to the edge and they sell these 80% blank kits. it s legal. it was before. now it going to be a crime.
there is 33% of americans who believe in other higher power spiritual force. people may not be believing in god as much, but they want to believe in something. i don t believe in beatles, i just believe in me. what other trends are you seeing and what might explain this rise of people who believe in ghosts? people who are lonely are more likely to believe in ghosts. fewer than five close friends, 60% of americans say they have fewer than five close friends. that s nearly double where we were in 1990 when it was just at 35%. but, you know, the thing i think is so fun, it could also be that ghost busters came out in the mid-80s, ghost hunting shows have been very big in the last 40 years, starting really around 2000, so i think it is a cultural phenomenon, it is a religious phenomenon. but this is what we re going to be doing on the podcast, we re going to be exploring all these and help explain trends that we re seeing in real time. who are you going to call, harry? i m going to
girls in the movies? yeah, there is high demands. we have a covenant movie that s coming out in may. we have other films coming down the pipe as well. i think that we have a lot more female driven films. and with the ghost busters. and how cool is that they had female ghost busters and little kids at home are seeing commercials and impacting them and even if they are too young to see these movies. they are seeing women in big roles. hollywood is listening to audiences. they are smart. they know that audience want more diversits. they want female driven movies. from the hollywood is listening to audience. the audience will say okay, we ll go see more movie. i don t know if i am going to make it this weekend but i will be there for rogue one. i am taking my whole family.