HH41: Your State So Stupid

Learn about becoming a Habeas Humor patron at patreon.com/habehumor Make a one-time contribution to Habeas Humor at paypal.me/habehumor This week we start our legal news offshoot series, Sh*thole States! First up, New Jersey & West Virginia. Find out how they started as sh*tholes and why they are still sh*tholes today.   Links: http://www.softschools.com/facts/13_colonies/new_jersey_colony_facts/2042/ http://nymag.com/news/features/scandals/edward-hyde-2012-4/ https://dmna.ny.gov/forts/fortsE_L/georgeFort.htm https://dmna.ny.gov/forts/maps/fortMapA_Manhatten.html http://nj1015.com/jersey-scandals-a-quick-history-of-corruption-in-nj-politics/ https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/abscam http://www.nj.com/business/index.ssf/2011/02/brennan_trust_fund_tied_to_pon.html https://www.sec.gov/litigation/litreleases/2007/lr20170.htm https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/justice-departments-seeks-to-toss-out-charges-against-sen-menendez/2018/01/31/19a3094c-06a8-11e8-b48c-b07fea957bd5_story.html http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2017/12/nj_ag_79_charged_with_unspeakable_child_predator_c.html#incart_river_home https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFDxoPv501c https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_West_Virginia https://www.britannica.com/topic/Hatfields-and-McCoys https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=14754006790532935053&q;=Mahon+v.+Justice,++127+U.S.+700&hl;=en&as;_sdt=6,31&as;_vis=1 http://www.courtswv.gov/supreme-court/docs/fall1993/21973.htm http://content.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1905706,00.html https://scholarlycommons.law.case.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=https://www.google.com/&httpsredir;=1&article;=1097&context;=faculty_publications http://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/05/us/work-by-expert-witness-is-now-on-trial.html http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/371493-congressional-investigation-finds-drug-distributors-shipped-20-million-pain https://energycommerce.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/20180126Miami-Luken.pdf https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/31/politics/congress-train-accident/index.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b72RbYCiwH8 ======================== Subscribe to Habeas Humor on iTunes: https://itun.es/us/sms5hb.c Subscribe on Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/habeas-humor Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/listen?u=0#/ps/Ix4wxwinddfzxkzhlmgxajgkuie Email the show: [email protected] Twitter: @habeashumor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/habeashumor/ Please note that this podcast is for entertainment only and does not constitute legal advice or form an attorney-client relationship.  All rights reserved