On Twitter, someone posted about a six-year-old who, when asked what she wanted to be when she grew up, said “I want to be a weird person.” It dawned on me: That’s what I always wanted to be. I’ve succeeded, … Continue reading
Tag Archives: law
Of all the election victories out there, here’s the one that moved me the most: 19 African American women ran as Democrats for judgeships, most for positions in Harris County, Texas (Houston). 17 of them won. They ran as a … Continue reading
I saw a familiar rant on Facebook recently: someone complaining that a TV show got details wrong, in this case about how legal matters worked. Both writers who spend time getting the details right in their stories and experts who … Continue reading
When the U.S. Supreme Court, in a clearly partisan move, anointed George W. Bush as president, I was mad, but I recall saying, “Well, at least we don’t live in a country where this will lead to rioting in the … Continue reading
The picture on this post was created after last year’s fight over a draconian anti-abortion law in Texas – the one that brought Wendy Davis to national attention and led her to run for governor. It’s based on a flag … Continue reading
I started this series with the idea that it would be easy. I know a lot about law and lawyers and I figured the hardest part would be translating what I know from legalese to English. But the process of … Continue reading
I’ve been reading The Red: Trials, the sequel to Linda Nagata’s much praised The Red: First Light – don’t worry, you’ll get your chance to read it soon – and it got me thinking about constitutions. In military science fiction … Continue reading
The first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers. — King Henry VI, Part II, Act IV, Scene II Everyone knows that line from Shakespeare. What they forget is that it’s said by one of a group of conspirators … Continue reading
Those commenting on my initial post in this series brought up another fascinating topic: How do people who don’t legally exist in our world get the documents they need to pass as human? John C. Bunnell wrote: An issue that … Continue reading
The readers of this blog are amazing. I had originally planned to do a few introductory posts giving an overview of how legal systems work, but the comments to last week’s post raised so many interesting questions that I’m going … Continue reading