Rebuttal

Pararescue is the most highly decorated Air Force-enlisted force, executing the most perilous, demanding, and extreme rescue missions at anytime, anywhere around the globe. Their motto is: "These Things We Do, That Others May Live." Pararescue Staff Sergeant James D. Pou was so legendary, he became the "gold standard" for how the Air Force drills its trainees. He died a hero. So why did the June 2...

Illinois attorneys John Steele and Paul Hansmeier had an X-rated dream: to represent the “little guys”. The wrongfully accused? The juvenile delinquents? The small businesses? Porn production companies, of course. What started out as a seemingly legitimate copyright business model snowballed into what Federal Judge Otis D. Wright II called “a porno trolling collective”. Yes, there are court transc...

Pro Tip: When you become a billionaire overnight, use protection (or get coup insurance). The true story of the U-Haul family feud that lasted 40 years (and counting). Listen to Reb dodge brotherly punches in Shoen v. Shoen (1993). *** WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/D7-z6CcKwnI Follow @RebuttalPod on Instagram and @Rebmasel on TikTok :) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit mega...

A prison break, the oldest biker gang in the world, 558 death sentences, a body in a river, and the man who tried to dodge death just to run straight into it. Twice. The Supreme Court in 1976 had no idea it would set off a chain of events worthy of a biopic and a newfound appreciation for Harley Davidsons, bro code, and a really catchy crime syndicate slogan. Rev (Reb?) your engines. It's about to...

Since 1969, the police have been legally allowed to lie to you. Yes, you. About anything. Anywhere and everywhere. And they do. All the time. One of their favorite tricks is to use the “false evidence ploy” to convince you to take a lesser guilty plea instead of risking a trial. Despite millions of guilty pleas entered in this country based on deception and misinformation, the Supreme Court has re...

Never underestimate the power of a smile and a slow walk during a good old-fashioned B&E. Learn your way around the thin, thin lines between burglary, larceny, robbery, and Goldie Locks catching a felony charge. Reb unpacks why a burglary defendant with yard work to do got his conviction overturned in State v. Bertram (2023). WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/@RebuttalPod Follow @RebuttalP...

A fugitive wanted for murder stares at two newlyweds through a window on their back porch in Dover, Kansas on a Saturday morning in 2009. He makes them an offer: $10,000 to hide him, please. Cheetos, Dr. Pepper, and a Robin Williams movie seal the deal. Or did it? In State v. Dimmick, Reb begs you to either get it in writing or lock your door. CASE STARTS: 4:50 WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE: https...

Today, there are over five million Native Americans in the United States, 22% of whom live on reservations. Native American women are murdered at a rate 10x the national average, and are 2.5x more likely to be victims of sexual assault. A majority of these violent crimes are perpetrated by non-tribal members on Tribal Lands, and over half of them are never investigated or prosecuted. Why? Reb has...

The 1980s were a lawless time for the funeral home community. This is the insane true story of David Sconce, the mortician who would stop at nothing to corner the market on death in the City of Angels. Listen to Reb dodge burning feet and murder conspiracies in People v. Sconce. CASE BEGINS: 10:20 *** WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/neF3ie5dtbA Follow @RebuttalPod on Instagram and...

The Guantánamo Bay detention center is a 45-mile stretch of land the U.S. has leased from Cuba since the Spanish-American War. After 9/11, President Bush needed a place where Due Process, the courts, and lawyers couldn't reach 780 men and boys, many of whom were sold to the U.S. military for a $5,000 bounty. Who and what have we kept at Guantánamo Bay for the last 22 years? Terrorists? No. A legal...

Trigger Warnings: Graphic descriptions of execution by lethal injection and men who whine on the record. In that order. *** U.S. District Judge Deborah A. Batts, the *first* openly gay federal judge in the U.S. (!!!): https://www.uscourts.gov/about-federal-courts/educational-resources/annual-observances/pride-month Support the Human Rights Defense Center: https://www.humanrightsdefensecenter.org/d...

Our powers in the sky (the NTSB and the FAA) apparently think liars are more dangerous than absolutely terrible pilots. Crack open a bottle of wine and listen to a pilot horror story. Fly at your own risk. Hopefully the moose waves back at us before we hit a mountain. Reb flies you through clear, Alaskan, pathological skies in U.S. v. Kirst (2022). WATCH ON YOUTUBE: ⁠https://youtu.be/6c4HX85g1wk F...

Deadly weapons are between our legs, trains, and automobiles. Yep, you read that right. Reb gives us a front row seat to three freak "accidents" that will convince you the universe hates some people a little more than most. Buckle up. Follow @RebuttalPod on Instagram and @Rebmasel on TikTok :) *** WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/pqNYYww8nQw *** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone....

Reb picks up where we left off in Part 1. The cannibals have been saved....Or so they thought. Hear how the 1883 murder case of Regina v. Dudley & Stephens shaped the defense of "necessity" and decided, once and for all, that eating people is........? WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/NLpgPmRaZFo *** SOURCE: "Is Eating People Wrong?" by Allan C. Huchinson. *** FOLLOW REB ON: TikTok:...

In 1883, one rich lawyer's dream of being in a yacht club ends with the answer to a very important legal question: "Is eating people wrong?" Reb takes us back to a controversial case on the sea that changed criminal law forever. REB'S LIFE UPDATE: 0:00 to 9:20 CASE STARTS: 9:20- WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/N2TLONFBQBs Follow @RebuttalPod on Instagram and @Rebmasel on TikTok :)...

In 2004, Taruk Ben-Ali left his new wife to start a new life....somewhere else. At least, that's what his dad said. Reb shows you what's behind a dad's love and a very thin wall in the case of Estate of Ben-Ali (2013). WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE: ⁠ https://youtu.be/KnbEgRWcgSw Follow @RebuttalPod on Instagram and @Rebmasel on TikTok :) *** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/ad...

A lumberjack, a frying pan, a diaper, a shootout, and a fridge that severed a hand. **Select BONUS EPISODES will be available in video format to future Patreon subscribers at a later date** *** SUPPORT CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM HERE: ⁠⁠https://givingcompass.org/topics/criminal-justice?subcategories=criminal-justice⁠ AND HERE: ⁠⁠https://www.sentencingproject.org⁠ SUPPORT PUBLIC DEFENSE HERE: ⁠⁠https:...

On October 23, 2000, 12-year old Ansche Hedgepeth ate a single french fry in the Tenleytown-AU Metro station in Washington, D.C. on her way home from Alice Deal Junior High. Within seconds, she was in handcuffs. Why? Because a D.C. law dared to ask a simple question: "What if we just...arrested all the kids?"....Reb unpacks Hedgepeth v. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit. [TW: ARREST OF MINOR CH...

What is a “sterile area” of an airport? What happens if a man enters one, poses as a foreign ambassador, and then flies with a mystery pouch from Chicago to LA? Does that man at least have a G&T on the plane before the FBI starts scrambling? Reb breaks it all down in United States v. Flint. WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/4wBpED4AXv8 Follow @RebuttalPod on Instagram and @Rebmasel o...