Wednesday, March 16, 2011
What's Shakin' at St. Thomas
As I walked into the law school this morning, I came through the most wonderful scene-- people were arriving to be sworn in as American citizens at a big ceremony right there in the atrium of our school. The people looked nervous and proud; there was something wonderfully infectious about it. I walked into class happy.
Next up: Today I am speaking to the Lex Vitae group here in Minneapolis on The Death Penalty and the Culture of Life. Among the 50-some people who will come, I expect a good discussion and a great opportunity (for me) to learn.
Plans are shaping up for the next big event, too. Before our second round in Richmond on April 16, Jeanne Bishop and I will be presenting the trial of Christ (under Virginia procedure) here at St. Thomas. As my Baylor students will remember, in things like this I try to include students in any way possible, and for this we have both chosen second chairs for the trial from the student body. Mine will be 3L Jonathon Scheib, while Jeanne will be working with 1L Sara Sommervold.
Meanwhile, Jeanne was the subject of this interesting and important news profile yesterday. The photos included several of Ms. Bishop committing various crimes (I think she was demonstrating various ways you can commit a felony without a handgun). For example, here she is tagging a garage door with her gang sign:
And in this one, she is preparing to strangle the driver of a car (good use of gloves, counselor!):
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In my Virginia Procedure class the prof told us that the most important rule to remember is that if it was good enough in 1607 its good enough now.
IPLawguy has inspired me to reminisce about the good old days. According to an article in the Spring 2003 Colonial Williamsburg Journal:
Virginia law in 1662 required everyone to resort "diligently to their parish church" on Sundays "and there to abide orderly and soberly," on pain of a fine of fifty pounds of tobacco . . .
That same article also provides a little historical context for the picture of a wayward sheep that was posted here on the Razor last Saturday:
The records tell of hundreds of colonial sinners forced to sit in the stocks in public view. After warnings and fines, this was one of the mildest punishments, although the scorn of bystanders, not to mention the garbage and worse hurled at the miscreant by fellow citizens, made for uncomfortable moments.
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Virginia law in 1662 required everyone to resort "diligently to their parish church" on Sundays "and there to abide orderly and soberly," on pain of a fine of fifty pounds of tobacco . . .
That same article also provides a little historical context for the picture of a wayward sheep that was posted here on the Razor last Saturday:
The records tell of hundreds of colonial sinners forced to sit in the stocks in public view. After warnings and fines, this was one of the mildest punishments, although the scorn of bystanders, not to mention the garbage and worse hurled at the miscreant by fellow citizens, made for uncomfortable moments.
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