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