Delvaille H. Theard spent ten years in asylums after his first appearance at the US Supreme Court in 1936. When he recovered and returned to practicing law, the Louisiana Bar disbarred him. Theard pleaded his case personally at the Supreme Court in 1957.

Case info and audio: https://www.oyez.org/cases/1956/68

Earlier case: https://www.casemine.com/commentary/us/supreme-court-upholds-contractual-rights-in-treigle-v.-acme-homestead-association/view

List of Pro Se cases after 1945: https://commons.stmarytx.edu/thestmaryslawjournal/vol55/iss1/2/

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Conley v. Ballinger and Conklin v. Conklin / Augusta Chronicle are the three Supreme Court cases where women represented themselves 'pro se' / 'pro per'. Conley was a lawyer protecting her tribe's cemetery in 1910. Conklin was a writer without legal training who contested her divorce and a newspaper reporting on that divorce in 1920. They were the 2nd and 7th women to argue at the Court.

KCUR report on Lyda Conley and Wyandot Cemetery (updated 2024) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzfuoYEvqno

Plans to honor Conley in Kansas City in 2025-2026: https://www.monumentaart.org/fortconley

Other linkable sources:

Supreme Court Historical Society / a spreadsheet listing women at the Court through 2021/22 https://supremecourthistory.org/oral-arguments/women-advocates-before-the-supreme-court/

Scan of Conklin's book "Conversation" https://archive.org/details/conversationwhat00conkrich/mode/2up

Conklin divorce case: https://case-law.vlex.com/vid/conklin-v-conklin-801-907511525

Augusta Chronicle case: https://case-law.vlex.com/vid/conklin-v-augusta-chronicle-887904746

FindAGrave page for Conklin: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/30938430/sarah_eleanor_greer

YouGov https://today.yougov.com/topics/politics/survey-results/daily/2023/01/02/fd798/3 and https://today.yougov.com/society/articles/35852-lions-and-tigers-and-bears-what-animal-would-win-f

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Herbert Schlanger represented himself in front of the Supreme Court, and took several more cases up to the Court of Appeals, but never returned to the highest court. Kind of a complex character.

Case audio: https://www.oyez.org/cases/1970/5481

Newspaper clippings will be shown on YouTube video episode

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Arguments for Cohen v. Hurley https://www.oyez.org/cases/1960/84

Overturned on Fifth Amendment grounds by:

• Malloy v. Hogan https://www.oyez.org/cases/1963/110
• Spevack v. Klein https://www.oyez.org/cases/1966/62 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spevack_v._Klein

Justice Thomas and the Establishment Clause https://firstamendment.mtsu.edu/article/clarence-thomas/

List of Pro Se cases from 1945: https://commons.stmarytx.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2765&context=thestmaryslawjournal

Discuss future episodes https://gist.github.com/mapmeld/3d765ca827e07871524767ff505e5544 

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The first episode of Season 2, focused on people who represented themselves in front of the US Supreme Court.

George Anastaplo was rejected by the Illinois Bar in 1950, for refusing to answer questions about communism. He represented himself all the way up to and including the US Supreme Court in 1960.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_re_Anastaplo

Case full audio: https://www.oyez.org/cases/1960/58

Family interview on Army Air Corps https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouSBmEBSdUs&ab_channel=GeorgeAnastaplo

WFMT interview by Stud Sterkel https://studsterkel.wfmt.com/programs/george-anastaplo-discusses-his-denial-illinois-state-bar-association

U. Chicago obituary https://news.uchicago.edu/story/alumnus-george-anastaplo-88-taught-nearly-six-decades-graham-school

Taxi Cab story + Alderman Despres on ACLU: https://anastaplo.wordpress.com/2012/07/07/the-quest-of-george-anastaplo/

Wines' mock trials on TV: http://www.metnews.com/articles/reminiscing032703.htm 

AG Levi quote: https://www.nytimes.com/1975/09/07/archives/the-attorney-general-as-scholar-not-enforcer-if-he-were-moses-the.html

1968 DNC https://www.dom.edu/university-news/dus-connection-1968-democratic-national-convention-chicago

Comments on AG Levi (originally 2000) https://anastaplo.wordpress.com/2012/09/24/edward-hirsch-levi-1911-2000/

Other cases mentioned: Dennis v. US, Yates v. US, Schware v. Board, Konigsberg v. State Bar

Musical interludes: 1950 (Tennessee Waltz), 1954 (Papa Loves Mambo), 1958/60 (Rockin' around the Christmas Tree)

List of Pro Se cases from 1945: https://commons.stmarytx.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2765&context=thestmaryslawjournal

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People were previously allowed to represent themselves at the US Supreme Court, even without a law license. This is what we know about those men and women, and whether they won their cases.

Disbarred, mad at the SEC, even divorce cases? They heard it all

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The Senate committee reconvened Tuesday, Nov 26th, to check in on agencies' progress in closing POGOs, and discussed if Alice Guo is a spy or an "agent of influence" who uses business connections. Meanwhile, Cassandra Ong asked to have a sleepover.

"It wasn't me" Tagalog cover: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7A1yarWqPaA

Sources:

Committee meeting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PryXAmg4UXg

Full convo with Dep. Director https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HAIlarZbMs

Costume: https://www.tiktok.com/@chua.alanise/video/7430080507519520008

TikTok Fan Song: https://www.tiktok.com/@redbirde022/video/7431445073843342599

Marcos re: Maslog https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NByA17ands\

Cassandra Ong request https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3E-RdY7yFg

Harry Roque statement https://www.tiktok.com/discover/harry-roque-talks-about-alice-guo

Harry Roque left country? https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/928161/harry-roque-out-of-ph/story/

Alice Guo vlog: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pailj-yKjYw

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When Alice Guo was on the run, the Philippine Senate and Police asked "Jessica Francisco" for help. Now she's revealed to be Mary Ann Maslog, a fugitive reported dead in 2019. Why did she come back and insert herself into this case?

Also, a shout-out to the committee's Chinese interpreter.

Clips:

Carol Batay, interpreter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ra__htbxEnc

Estrada on Alice Guo escape: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16UF8Y65pgQ

Questioning Wang Fu Gui https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfDZgI9twTU

Oct 8 Hearing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9VC3pEK7Ik

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In the hours after Alice Guo's arrest in Indonesia one month ago, rumors surfaced that Indonesia was requesting an exchange for Gregor Haas, an Australian alleged to have helped the Sinaloa cartel ship drugs. Haas's life was on the line. Here's what we know about the indictment negotiation, and the ultimatum given to the Philippines to pick up Alice in Jakarta.

Karen Bordador on life in Pasig City Jail https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZoEUGCYz5Q&

Article on Australia and Indonesia negotiation on Haas's trial https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/nrl/article-13642751/State-Origin-Payne-Haas-receives-huge-news-death-penalty.html

Article on Philippines plans to hold Haas for local charges first https://globalnation.inquirer.net/247849/guo-haas-swap-wanted-australian-man-not-yet-for-deportation-bi

More clip sources:

President Marcos announcing Alice's arrest https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5bwFuY0HdU

Recording of Alice's arrest https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZhOog2F8sw

Australian news report on Haas's arrest https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDs6v2pYCSc

Payne Haas profile https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGe2COVx5qY

Australian news show on Indonesian death sentence https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8d4_zFHtxk

Arts program interview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiaQB_7F7KI

Firing squad procedure https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6HHztYSmj8

Discussing possible exchange of Alice Guo and Gregor Haas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i62pCc3Z-7U

Interior Minister comments after Alice Guo's return to the Philippines https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpikDdX0j-U

Interior Minister comments on flight https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgR-ZdEciWo

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So much happened this week, we already need an episode 3. Alice insists that she's a victim, not a mastermind or a spy. But a businessman captured at the airport, a Chinese spy confessing from a Thai prison, and the previous mayor of Bamban all offered valuable testimony to the POGO investigation.

Meanwhile, Cassandra Ong is asked if her boyfriend has any hobbies.

10-20 incident (Chinese Wikipedia) https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/1020%E4%BA%8B%E4%BB%B6 

Solicitor General phone interview about Alice Guo's re-election: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1D_KnIubvnc

Clip sources:

Opening testimony https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkHswsEpcyE

Previous Bamban mayor's testimony  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54Ab6ARSG-w

Not a mastermind, a victim https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqjJH_s_EYw

Alice's old requests for a closed session https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2psh0Zsfdew

Hontiveros: Write it down https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azp9iCVVXXg

Senators react to Yang: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UGO2OvNCNk 

Cassandra Ong questioned: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjP74iGAz_I

Al-Jazeera English documentary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ls8Y-2HmvHI

Alice responds to documentary accusations https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLq06lg1RvM

No More Bets trailer (Chinese) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgHhumw2slw

Alice hasn't decided about re-election https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1321435095884049

Outro from Alice's 2nd campaign vlog https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c137KXiW-Hs

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