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Sharon McMahon

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
964 total appearances

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Podcast Appearances

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Sharon McMahon (law and government teacher)

The majority of Americans are pro-choice in at least some circumstances. I think some people don't realize that if you believe that there should be exceptions for things like rape and incest, that that actually falls under the purview of being pro-choice. That there are some circumstances in which abortion should be legal. Overwhelming majority of Americans think that.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Sharon McMahon (law and government teacher)

The majority of Americans are pro-choice in at least some circumstances. I think some people don't realize that if you believe that there should be exceptions for things like rape and incest, that that actually falls under the purview of being pro-choice. That there are some circumstances in which abortion should be legal. Overwhelming majority of Americans think that.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Sharon McMahon (law and government teacher)

The majority of Americans are pro-choice in at least some circumstances. I think some people don't realize that if you believe that there should be exceptions for things like rape and incest, that that actually falls under the purview of being pro-choice. That there are some circumstances in which abortion should be legal. Overwhelming majority of Americans think that.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Sharon McMahon (law and government teacher)

And so some people, they really, really view the Supreme Court's recent actions on abortion as delegitimizing the court process. And then the other aspect of it is the ethics concerns related to a couple of the justices on the court now where they're taking all these trips with billionaires and they're not disclosing them and they're supposed to be disclosing them.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Sharon McMahon (law and government teacher)

And so some people, they really, really view the Supreme Court's recent actions on abortion as delegitimizing the court process. And then the other aspect of it is the ethics concerns related to a couple of the justices on the court now where they're taking all these trips with billionaires and they're not disclosing them and they're supposed to be disclosing them.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Sharon McMahon (law and government teacher)

And so some people, they really, really view the Supreme Court's recent actions on abortion as delegitimizing the court process. And then the other aspect of it is the ethics concerns related to a couple of the justices on the court now where they're taking all these trips with billionaires and they're not disclosing them and they're supposed to be disclosing them.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Sharon McMahon (law and government teacher)

And then they're like, oh, my bad. I didn't realize the form was supposed to be filled out that way. And it's a little bit like, but you're in charge of determining if people fill out the forms right.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Sharon McMahon (law and government teacher)

And then they're like, oh, my bad. I didn't realize the form was supposed to be filled out that way. And it's a little bit like, but you're in charge of determining if people fill out the forms right.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Sharon McMahon (law and government teacher)

And then they're like, oh, my bad. I didn't realize the form was supposed to be filled out that way. And it's a little bit like, but you're in charge of determining if people fill out the forms right.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Sharon McMahon (law and government teacher)

Exactly.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Sharon McMahon (law and government teacher)

Exactly.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Sharon McMahon (law and government teacher)

Exactly.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Sharon McMahon (law and government teacher)

Right. And so one of the challenges there is people feel like I would never get away with that at my job. Yes. If you were just a normal federal government employee, let's say you just work in a Social Security office helping people get Social Security cards. There are very strict ethics rules that do not allow you to accept gifts greater than $20.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Sharon McMahon (law and government teacher)

Right. And so one of the challenges there is people feel like I would never get away with that at my job. Yes. If you were just a normal federal government employee, let's say you just work in a Social Security office helping people get Social Security cards. There are very strict ethics rules that do not allow you to accept gifts greater than $20.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Sharon McMahon (law and government teacher)

Right. And so one of the challenges there is people feel like I would never get away with that at my job. Yes. If you were just a normal federal government employee, let's say you just work in a Social Security office helping people get Social Security cards. There are very strict ethics rules that do not allow you to accept gifts greater than $20.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Sharon McMahon (law and government teacher)

I cannot send you a copy of my book because it costs more than $20. Right. And so there are very strict codes of ethics for federal employees. It's meant to make sure that things are transparent and above board and you can't just send gifts to grease the wheels and make things happen.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Sharon McMahon (law and government teacher)

I cannot send you a copy of my book because it costs more than $20. Right. And so there are very strict codes of ethics for federal employees. It's meant to make sure that things are transparent and above board and you can't just send gifts to grease the wheels and make things happen.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Sharon McMahon (law and government teacher)

I cannot send you a copy of my book because it costs more than $20. Right. And so there are very strict codes of ethics for federal employees. It's meant to make sure that things are transparent and above board and you can't just send gifts to grease the wheels and make things happen.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Sharon McMahon (law and government teacher)

happen and that it's treating citizens fairly and so when you see that some supreme court members are taking trips with billionaires on private yachts and going to their private hunting fishing retreats and the private jet trips and it seems like the rules are for thee but not for me yeah It makes people feel salty about it. Like I would get fired if I let you take me out to lunch.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Sharon McMahon (law and government teacher)

happen and that it's treating citizens fairly and so when you see that some supreme court members are taking trips with billionaires on private yachts and going to their private hunting fishing retreats and the private jet trips and it seems like the rules are for thee but not for me yeah It makes people feel salty about it. Like I would get fired if I let you take me out to lunch.