“To The Stars” w/ Paralegal Extraordinaire Lydia Davis

Strange New Worlds, Ssn 2 Ep 2 – “Ad Astra Per Aspera”

 

Todd welcomes to the show THE GREATEST LEGAL PROFESSIONAL THE WORLD HAS EVER KNOWN...his niece, Lydia Davis (@lydiadavis422 on IG). They discuss "soup-sluts," working on both sides of the law, horror movies, HIPAA, Conflicts of Interest, and... oh yeah, Star Trek!

 

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Matter of Toboso-Alfonso 20 I&N Dec. 819 (BIA 1994) — (B.I.A. 1990) — the original case, decided in 1990 and designated as precedent in 1994, which established sexual orientation as “membership in a particular social group” and paved the way for asylum based on sexual orientation. Toboso-Alfonso was a gay man from Cuba who suffered various abuses at the hands of his government, including being forced to participate in a labor camp.