You will not be able to stay home Brothers and Sisters. You will not be able to plug in, log on and cop out. You will not be able to lose yourself in thought and slip; slip out for a Starbucks coffee during commercials, because the Revolution will not be televised. The Revolution will not […]
Gretchen Burgess: Why do we argue? (Law Day honorable mention)
By Gretchen Burgess Special to the Herald “NO, NO, Mama, Daddy, NOOOOO Fighting!” When I first looked down at my wondrous 3-year-old as he pushed his little body between his father and me as we were conducting, what was for him, a bit too heated an argument over some paltry domestic issue that neither of […]
Maximillian Rex Heian Burgess-Shannon: Middle school kings and queens (Law Day honorable mention)
By Maximillian Rex Heian Burgess-Shannon Special to the Herald Some places have Kings and Queens, some have a Democratic Leader, some have Head Families and some have no government at all. But I’m here to tell about the government of Middle School. Well, not a government, more like the separate powers that run the place. […]
David Kramer: Trail of Tears and the balance of power (Law Day contest winner)
By David Kramer Special to the Herald The balance of power between the three branches of government is a means by which justice and liberty are upheld. When the balance of power is breached it often results in outcomes that serve to precipitate tragedy. One such case is the forced removal of the Cherokee from […]
Wyatt Fry: Separation of powers (Law Day winner)
By Wyatt Fry Special to the Herald The United States government is split up into three branches, Executive (President and Vice President), Legislative (Senate and House of Representatives), and Judicial branch (Supreme Court). Separation of powers is the division of equal responsibilities to each branch. Checks and Balances is the principle that all three branches […]
Poetry Corner: Mary Susan Gast “Power Dynamics”
It was in the air, Borne on the currents Of hope and history, Those self-evident truths Of equality and rights. It was on the rise, This notion that power Is invested in the people, That governments Draw their powers from the consent Of the governed. It was on the wing, The recognition of the turns […]
Poetry Corner: Anthony Shannon “Separation of Powers Framework for Freedom: A Haiku”
Church and state apart Checks and balances in Freedom for us all The above poem was an honorable mention in Benicia’s 2018 Law Day Contest.
Poetry Corner: Kaitlyn Tang “Guardian Tree”
In the soil, the phrase trias politica is muttered The basis of a nation’s government yet to be uttered Into the world where balance constitutes life, And establishes equanimity when there is strife The hands of our founding fathers were coated in this soil They planted the seeds to free America from turmoil The seeds […]
3 winners chosen in Law Day coloring contest
Three winners have been chosen in the city’s first Law Day coloring contest, City Attorney Heather McLaughlin said. Bee Hartmann, 8, Morgan Fry, 9, and one anonymous artist submitted the winning works, McLaughlin said. “The City Attorney’s Office will be awarding prizes to the winners in the coming weeks, and implore the anonymous submitter to […]