Two hours with Justice Clarence Thomas
April 20, 2000, at the
Supreme Court
Two abortions
Two women tell their own
abortion stories
Devaluing life: an argument
A psychologist argued that guns cause
violence. I suggest that, perhaps, a lack of respect for
human life causes the violence.
A dummy's guide to the 2nd Amendment
Or, "Guns in the sun
with W.E.B. Griffin, et al," a primer on the Second
Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
Related pages:
Summary of U.S. v. Emerson, No. 99-10331 (5th Cir., Oct. 16, 2001).
City of Cincinnati v.
Beretta,
(Ohio, No. A9902369).
decison by the Honorable
Robert P. Ruehlman.
Married women who keep their own names
News copy from 1974 regarding a case decided by the
Indiana State Supreme Court: Petition of Hauptly, 312
N.E.2d 857. A woman wanted to do what was legal: Use
her own name after a legal marriage. Some lower-level
male legal minds in Indiana got an education from a
Hoosier woman hell-bent on making her point.
Legal issues
surrounding
Eleanor of
Aquitaine's role change
in the 12th
Century
Salic Law forced Canon Law
to permit an end to Eleanor's first role as queen.
Murder?
Manslaughter? Self-defense?
A case of self-defense: In 1865, in southern
Indiana, two mothers' sons fought over words. After the
fight, a 16-year-old lay dead from a knife stab to his
heart, and an 18-year-old faced the aftermath of the
fight. ... Oh, by the way, the uncle of the 18-year-old
was the local judge.
ONE HELL,
an unconventional journey into law
Once upon a time, as a
middle-aged homemaker, I paid $24,500 to spend nine
months in a place known as the first-year of law school.
To try to make sense of the strange land, I wrote about
my "one hell year." ... By the grace of God, a
better school reached out and welcomed me, but the
monthly journal of my time in hell may help another
returning mother.
Samples of legal
writing
-- by Alice
The lighter side of law:
Above are Justice Stevens,
Justice O'Connor, Justice Scalia, Chief Justice
Rehnquist, and Justice Kennedy as
"bobbleheads." For an explanation, check this
site: www.greenbag.org
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