Tag Archives: Scopes trial

“All the other stuff.”

Posted on January 28, 2022 by Naomi

The state is Tennessee, the county is McMinn — the Board of Education of which just voted unanimously to ban Art Spiegelman’s Pulitzer-Prize winning graphic novel Maus from its curriculum. Why? Before I quote from the explanatory minutes of the … Continue reading →

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Did Magna Carta lead inevitably to the Scopes Trial?

Posted on August 30, 2021 by Naomi

Oh probably not. But Kevin Underhill, at his brilliant, satirical take on the worst of law, Lowering The Bar, writes something in his excellent and hilarious treatise on Article 41 of Magna Carta and how some, uh, insurrectionists tried to … Continue reading →

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The Fourth and the First

Posted on July 4, 2019 by Naomi

On this bizarre and disturbing Fourth of July, I ran into a fascinating and inspiring history of the founding of the ACLU. Which, of course, has a lot to do with the First Amendment and how the ACLU has defended … Continue reading →

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