Dan Gelber Quotes
At what point is someone precluded from availing themselves of the justification of self-defense because of their own poor judgment or bad behavior?
Gelber, Dan. "The Problem With 'Stand Your Ground'." HuffPost, 22 Mar. 2012.
See {622908} for another Jefferson expression of this principle. This is today a Libertarian position but is not generally followed by the States of the Federal Government. Personal use of marijuana, suicide and birth control are all outlawed, controlled and regulated by government.
Senator Trent Lott had been a strong supporter of making it harder for consumers to sue companies, and making it harder to win even if they sued. Lott and other conservatives thought up the name of “tort reform” for their effort. However when Hurricane Katrina struck, many people lost their homes and when they went to collect from their insurance companies, most would not pay on the grounds that insurance covered wind damage and not flood damage. So if the storm blew the roof and walls down and then the storm surge flooded, it was hard to prove that the initial damage was from the wind storm and not the subsequent flood. Lott lost his expensive home and he himself had trouble collecting, and all of a sudden lawsuits were not so frivolous any longer.
Nathaniel Gordon was the first American slave trader to be executed after the slave trade was made illegal. The Erie was his slave ship where, as was typical, many of the captured Blacks, died as a result of the inhuman conditions. Although Gordon was the first person executed in America, the act making the slave trade an act of piracy dated from 1820. See {68753} .
Daniel Saul Gelber is an American politician, ex-prosecutor, and the current mayor of Miami Beach, Florida. He served in the Florida Legislature from 2000 to 2010 and was the Democratic nominee for Attorney General of Florida in 2010.
