In an entirely Trump-free show, Liz and Andrew break down the law of Halloween! Is it illegal to be a witch? Do you have to disclose your house is haunted before selling it? Can you sue Satan? And much, much more!NotesCharles West, Pope Leo of Bourges, Clerical Immunity and the Early Medieval Secular, in Early Medieval Europe (2021) https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/169821/1/Pope%20Leo%20of%20Bourges%2C%20clerical%20immunity%20and%20the%20early%20medieval%20secular.pdf Constitutions of Clarendon, 1164 https://avalon.law.yale.edu/medieval/constcla.asp
In an entirely Trump-free show, Liz and Andrew break down the law of Halloween! Is it illegal to be a witch? Do you have to disclose your house is haunted before selling it? Can you sue Satan? And much, much more!
Notes
Charles West, Pope Leo of Bourges, Clerical Immunity and the Early Medieval Secular, in Early Medieval Europe (2021)
https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/169821/1/Pope%20Leo%20of%20Bourges%2C%20clerical%20immunity%20and%20the%20early%20medieval%20secular.pdf
Constitutions of Clarendon, 1164
https://avalon.law.yale.edu/medieval/constcla.asp
Mullaney v. Wilbur, 421 U.S. 684 (1975)
https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=1049931246973296361
Stambovsky v. Ackley
https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=3290684836490834623
Mayo v Satan
https://casetext.com/case/united-states-ex-rel-gerald-mayo-v-satan-and-his-staff
2016 US News article on Creepy Clown Sightings
https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2016-10-31/floridians-arm-themselves-against-creepy-clowns-on-halloween?context=amp
Richard Ellis says he represented the seller
https://www.ellissothebysrealty.com/blog/2016/10/31/haunted-house-the-legend-of-1-la-veta-place-nyack/
VA Beach 23-3
https://library.municode.com/va/virginia_beach/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=CO_CH23OF_ARTIMIOF_S23-3PRTRTRAC
Forsyth, IL 94-155
https://forsyth-il.gov/vertical/sites/%7B18717005-44FD-438D-B0BC-B86101984F4F%7D/uploads/Master_Copy.pdf
Alabama can’t dress like clergy
https://law.justia.com/codes/alabama/2020/title-13a/chapter-14/section-13a-14-4/
Hollywood silly string ordinance
https://clkrep.lacity.org/onlinedocs/2004/04-0772_ORD_176176_10-06-2004.pdf
Fortune-telling in SF
https://www.loweringthebar.net/2006/08/fortunetelling_.html
Fortune-telling New Orleans
https://library.municode.com/la/new_orleans/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=PTIICO_CH54CRCO_ARTVIOFAFPUGE
OA 648
https://openargs.com/oa648-more-from-the-right-wing-war-on-free-speech/
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