WEBVTT - Tim "The Lawyer" Sandefur Talks to Armstrong & Getty, Part 2

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<v Speaker 1>slash doing our part the Armstrong and Getty Show, Kamala

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<v Speaker 1>Harris is a lame excuse for why she's failing. Coming

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<v Speaker 1>up in Marshall's News In about ten minutes before that,

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<v Speaker 1>we got Tim the lawyer in the studio. Tim Sanderford,

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<v Speaker 1>vice president for Litigation at the Goldwater Institute, where they

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<v Speaker 1>busily fight for liberty. Perhaps you've heard of it. What

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<v Speaker 1>have you guys been doing lately? A couple of wins?

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<v Speaker 1>Huh yeah. We want a couple of cases in one

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<v Speaker 1>in Florida and one in California involving home sharing, you

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<v Speaker 1>know where people allow people to stay in their homes

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<v Speaker 1>like an Airbnb or home away or something like that,

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<v Speaker 1>and a lot of communities across the country are trying

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<v Speaker 1>to violate people's private property rights by telling them that

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<v Speaker 1>they're not allowed to do that and imposing these blanket

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<v Speaker 1>bands and and and so forth. So we this is

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<v Speaker 1>an issue that that we've really taken on at the

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<v Speaker 1>Goldwater Institute, and we want a case in Pacific Grove, California,

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<v Speaker 1>just recently where the court there said that that violated

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<v Speaker 1>the California Coastal Act. Now that's interesting because the California

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<v Speaker 1>Coastal Act says that the Coastal Commission has the authority

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<v Speaker 1>to set the rules for how people use their land

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<v Speaker 1>along the coast. And usually they're very anti private property rights,

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<v Speaker 1>environmentalist radicals, but in this case, they actually like home

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<v Speaker 1>sharing because it's a way of allowing people to to

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<v Speaker 1>to spend the weekend and enjoy the beach without building

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<v Speaker 1>new hotels and things like that. So they're actually rather

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<v Speaker 1>pro home sharing. So they've said that they don't want

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<v Speaker 1>cities to outlaw people allowing allowing people to use their homes.

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<v Speaker 1>So we won that case in the trial court recently,

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<v Speaker 1>and we want an even bigger case in Florida where

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<v Speaker 1>they were uh that that community in Miami Dade County

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<v Speaker 1>was prohibiting people from using their homes for short term

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<v Speaker 1>rentals with these incredibly exorbitant fines like hundreds of thousands

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<v Speaker 1>of dollars per violation, which we said violated the constitutional

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<v Speaker 1>prohibition on excessive finds because both the federal and state

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<v Speaker 1>constitutions prohibit the government from imposing these excessive fines. And fortunately,

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<v Speaker 1>Florida state law also said the same thing. It's set

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<v Speaker 1>the number the amount of finds that cities are allowed

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<v Speaker 1>to levy. And the court said that that was illegal,

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<v Speaker 1>that what the city was doing, and struck down the

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<v Speaker 1>entire ordinance. So we're still doing some cases in places

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<v Speaker 1>like Illinois, for example, where Illinois Chicago's rule on home

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<v Speaker 1>sharing is you have to get a license, and when

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<v Speaker 1>you get a license, among other things, the city is

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<v Speaker 1>allowed to search your property quote at any time and

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<v Speaker 1>for any reason. Wow, expended amendments and and we're not

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<v Speaker 1>talking and you know, we're talking about people's homes here,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, so it's it's even more extreme than that.

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<v Speaker 1>It's just in So unfortunately, this is one of those

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<v Speaker 1>situations where nimbiism and this this this basic fundamental premise

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<v Speaker 1>people have that they have a right to tell other

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<v Speaker 1>people how to live their lives is so deeply rooted

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<v Speaker 1>that even people that you talk to who normally say, well,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm in favor of private property rights and limited government

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<v Speaker 1>in the constitution, many of them will even turn around

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<v Speaker 1>and say, well, but I have a right to tell

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<v Speaker 1>my neighbor what he can do with his land. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>we're not saying that that people should be allowed to

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<v Speaker 1>have loud party houses or something like that. Of course,

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<v Speaker 1>the city should be able to crack down on nuisances,

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<v Speaker 1>on noise and things like that. But you don't ban

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<v Speaker 1>all backyard barbecues just because sometimes people get a little rowdy,

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<v Speaker 1>or or make it illegal to have a Super Bowl

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<v Speaker 1>party just in the entire city, just because sometimes one

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<v Speaker 1>or two people have too much parking on the street

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<v Speaker 1>or something. But that's the way this is being approached nationwide,

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<v Speaker 1>and it's a real shame because home sharing is good

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<v Speaker 1>for local economies. It brings tourists into into towns to

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<v Speaker 1>patronize local businesses and restaurants that otherwise would never go.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, I've I've done this. I was in too

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<v Speaker 1>a vacation to New Orleans not long ago and stayed

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<v Speaker 1>at a home sharing at a home and we we

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<v Speaker 1>went all to to all these little local restaurants and things.

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<v Speaker 1>We would have never gone there if we had stayed

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<v Speaker 1>at the big hotel downtown. So this is another situation

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<v Speaker 1>where trying to dictate to other people how they use

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<v Speaker 1>their property and how they live their lives is also

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<v Speaker 1>bad for the economy and bad for for people who

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<v Speaker 1>need homesharing to pay their bills. You lift up your

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<v Speaker 1>shirt and get some beads in New Orleans, You know

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<v Speaker 1>I probably could I stopped. I saw McDonald so much nowadays.

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<v Speaker 1>What's your Twitter feed? Because you got one of the

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<v Speaker 1>best Twitter feeds out there. It's my my full name

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<v Speaker 1>at Timothy Sanda for which I probably should have shortened

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<v Speaker 1>because it takes up too many letters. Well, it shows

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<v Speaker 1>up on our Twitter feed a lot, and I'm glad

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<v Speaker 1>you fight for You ever consider doing slipping falls? No.

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<v Speaker 1>I went to law school because I wanted to sue

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<v Speaker 1>the government. It's the best the world. I would do

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<v Speaker 1>it for free if I had to. In fact, I

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<v Speaker 1>sort of do because I don't charge my clients. And

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<v Speaker 1>little bit and I have some questions about some of

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<v Speaker 1>the stories of the day and how they fit into

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<v Speaker 1>liberty and freedom in the law and that sort of thing.

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<v Speaker 1>Marshall's got his news in just a few minutes, and

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<v Speaker 1>we'll check out on where we are with the latest

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<v Speaker 1>and all the dang stories that we're following. Dang story

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<v Speaker 1>democratic grace and impeachment and whatnot on the arms exactly

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<v Speaker 1>noble before greatly. You've found half stut oft, no mask,

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