If you’ve been watching the news over the past days and weeks, you’ve certainly seen information regarding the thousands of people fleeing Syria (and other nations in the Middle East [such as Afghanistan] and northern Africa [such as Eritrea]). Natives of these countries have been trying to escape due to the vast political and ethical …
Tag: justice
Sep 04 2007
You can’t handle the truth!
One would assume that, because of the title of this entry, that I’m going to discuss the amazing movie that is A Few Good Men, but that is not the case. Instead I’m going to ramble on about something I noticed in the movie that made me think about the current state of justice systems …
Aug 26 2007
You don’t say…
Recently, I received an email quoting several lines from a wonderful book by Charles M. Sevilla entitled Disorder in the Court: Great Fractured Moments in Courtroom History. Basically the book takes a light and somewhat whimsical approach to law and the United States Justice System by jeering at statements by witnesses, lawyers, judges, and other …