More practically, law school comes in handy when you need to sign contracts, resolve disputes, interpret laws or understand legal processes.
The credential of a J.D. also signals an ability to handle rigorous coursework and manage stressful demands, particularly if you earn it from a reputable law school.
Many potential employers look favorably on law school graduates, particularly in fields like business, professional services, politics, mediation, communications and social justice. And many law graduates gain the confidence to succeed on their own as consultants, journalists and entrepreneurs.
Any lawyers in the house or anyone who has a J.D. have any comments?
[VIDEO] On Sunday, Mr. Beat did a two-hour livestream talking about the recent decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States - aka SCOTUS. He especially talks about the recent decision that overturns the very controversial decision of Roe Vs. Wade - the recent decision basically returns the abortion issue back to the states and many states have passed laws regarding abortion.
One thing I do know is that the Supreme Court as he discussed early in the stream has a very limited schedule. They operate largely in secret which is why the Roe Vs. Wade leak in May was so controversial. They might have lawyers argue cases in front of the SCOTUS and then of course they deliberate those cases. They may spend time to draft the decision of the court.
For those of you with the interest one non-biased source to follow the work of SCOTUS is the SCOTUSblog.com which should allow you to follow the work of the court. I wish I followed that site more and especially after that leak at the court.
[VIDEO] Roe vs. Wade has been in the news lately and thus we get to see Mr. Beat explain its importance. Earlier this week the public learned that a draft brief from Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito was leaked sparking protests mainly outside of the Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C. As I've learned as most of us know the issue of abortion is a very polarizing issue that seemingly has very little middle ground. And one side or another on this debate has framed this in very simplistic terms.
I also want to add and not addressed in the above video since it's been over 5 years since it had been published is that there is an issue if a brief was leaked before the final finding of the court is rendered. The leak is under investigation. Time will tell if the S.C.O.T.U.S. will in fact overturn Roe vs. Wade.
[VIDEO] This is relevant to a debate that is raging right now. Whether or not American citizens should be forced to be vaccinated against the coronavirus and its many variants.
The subject for this video is the case of Jacobson vs. Massachusetts. The U.S Supreme Court in 1905 that gov't can force you to be inoculated and the issue of that day was smallpox. So a town in Massachusetts felt it was necessary to force their residents to take a vaccine for public health.
Today during a global pandemic we're seeing the same types of issue with a dose of misinformation. We hear things about this vaccine never going through proper trials. We hear about side effects and lets face it all these inoculations and medications have side effects so no big surprise. Now we hear this vaccine isn't a guarantee that you won't get infected and you could potentially still spread the virus. We're going to hear soon that we might need additional booster shots.
I believe it should be your choice if you want to vaccinate. You can do it for your own reasons especially for those family members who have comorbidities that are further at risk. And short of that you should continue to take your precautions either way.
Main thing is your body your choice and hopefully you make this choice after speaking with a doctor. Which is what you should do in determining whether or not you need this inoculation. The last thing you need to do is watch your favorite news network and have that influence your decision when bad news is usually what drives ratings.
And I do hope you find the above Supreme Court "brief" to be interesting.
[VIDEO] While it seems as of late the US Constitution is under attack by various forces - and many of them are marching the streets who don't care about free expression or even due process - it's something we should celebrate. While most seem to haggle over the ethnicity or race of the men who wrote the constitution in the 18th century, John Stossel in the video above notes the humility of the men who wrote that document to write what they had in the supreme law of the land.
What is your favorite part of the constitution? Some noted the amendments like the first or second or even the ninth or tenth amendments. Some noted that the constitution itself can be amended. In my opinion the US Constitution is very easy to understand, every state has a constitution and quite a few of them are very long compared to the federal constitution.
Of course one aspect of the US Constitution is that all powers not in the hands of the federal gov't is left to the states. That's probably why state constitutions may not always have the simplicity of the US Constitution. States have to take on the responsibilities that the US gov't isn't always able to handle. Think about it, while the federal gov't has many law enforcement agencies there's not such thing as a federal police to police the entire nation.
So while many BBQ for Labor Day, why not have a BBQ for Constitution Day.
