Posts tagged “the law”

  1. No one who gets a postgraduate degree in Hobbit Studies ever imagines they’ll be sued by the Estate of J.R.R. Tolkien. I certainly didn’t expect to wind up in court against Christopher Tolkien and his lawyers, like Frodo Baggins facing down the Nazgûl on Weathertop. Little did I know I was heading into a legal and scholarly Midgewater when I wrote and published The Lord of the Rings: A New English Translation.

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  2. Arizona Governor Jan Brewer, after a significant pause for dramatic effect, vetoed the controversial bill SB 1062. She said in a press conference that she has not “heard of one example in Arizona where a business owner’s religious liberty has been violated.” That businesses like Apple, and American Airlines, and three Republican senators initially for the bill asked her to veto it surely had no part to play. Brewer said, “I call them like…

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  3. Women in Montana, Washington, Idaho, and Ohio must undergo a nine-month waiting period after asking their doctor for an abortion. Women in Texas, Arizona, Rhode Island, and South Carolina must successfully draw a picture of what their ultrasound might look like if the fetus were a baby deer wearing a sailor suit singing "I've Got No Strings" from Pinocchio and holding a shakily handwritten birthday card before obtaining an abortion. Women in California, Virginia, Maryland,…

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