Rebuttal10 Feb 2025

38: How To Steal A Plane Without Breaking The Law

(WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE) What do Henry Ford's Model-T car, banning alcohol in the United States, and the FBI have in common? We needed all three to (1) catch American gangster John Dillinger and (2) make it federally legal to steal planes...FOR 26 YEARS. Learn how to legally steal a plane in 1926 and destroy evidence in 2007! Don't believe it? Well, the U.S. Supreme Court already does! Listen to Reb fly the skies and dump some fish in McBoyle v. United States (1931) and Yates v. United States (2015). Follow @RebuttalPod on Instagram and Twitter! Follow @Rebmasel on TikTok, Instagram, and Twitter! *** 0:00 - INTRO/DISCLAIMER (RECENT AVIATION DISASTERS) 5:48 - Jailbreak 7:40 - Dillinger gets whacked over….one cop car?! 9:02 - Our first car, our first FBI, our first Amendment banning alcohol 11:39 - The Dyer Act 13:35 - STEAL A PLANE WITHOUT BREAKING THE LAW 14:48 - Summary of events because what the hell is going on 17:35 - Evidence against McBoyle (more questions, no answers) 28:39 - The Dyer Act indictment 29:05 - We love a self-propelled vehicle 34:41 - Supreme Court time 35:25 - RULE OF “LENITY” IN THE COURTS 36:48 - It’s veHICLES, baby 38:06 - SCOTUS OPINION 44:50 - If it were 1931, you’d probably be good 49:07 - DESTROY EVIDENCE WITHOUT BREAKING THE LAW 53:36 - SCOTUS says fish are friends not paper 58:32 - REB’S REBUTTAL IS FIRE THIS WEEK ACTUALLY Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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77: America Has A Guilty Plea Problem

(WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE) Today, 98% of all federal criminal cases are resolved with a guilty plea. Why? "Half a loaf is better than none. . . . When we have a weak case for any reason, we'll r...

5 Jun 1h 7min

76: The Bloody Telephone Booth (Legal Urban Legends pt. 2)

(WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE) In 1986, President Ronald Reagan gave a speech describing this plaintiff as "outrageous," "absurd," and "loony". His name was Charles Bigbee, and his leg had been torn...

28 Mai 32min

75: The McDonald's Hot Coffee Case (Legal Urban Legends pt. 1)

(WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE) “I am astonished how successful these urban legends have been in influencing policy. . . .The people that created these stories did so with remarkable skill.” The Gra...

22 Mai 43min

74: 14 Cases That Shouldn't Be Real (They Are)

(WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE) This is our fourth **Reb's Round-Up** episode—A rapid-fire (or as rapid as Reb can make it) list of cases that deserve to be included in the Rebuttal Podcast universe b...

14 Mai 44min

73: The Thief and The Psych Ward

(WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE) "By all appearances, a man who went by William Woods had turned his life around. . . .There was just one problem: Although William Woods is a real person, the man is no...

7 Mai 51min

72: The Shark Arm Case (The Unluckiest Murderer in History)

(WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE) "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from." –Cormac McCarthy, No Country For Old Men. Two tiger sharks, a tattoo, and a richocheted bullet o...

30 Apr 46min

71: The Cockroach Conspiracy

(WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE) One August day in 2019, Ina and David Steiner, a married couple in their late 50s and early 60s respectively, were in their offices at their Natick, Massachusetts home ...

23 Apr 46min

70: The Fortune Teller

(WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE) A psychic, a bitcoin influencer, a 70 year-old bank robber, and a University faculty p*rn star walk into a bar.... Case #1 - Fortune teller Rose Marks and her ei...

17 Apr 43min