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There’s a classic mantra saying that old soldiers never die, they just fade away.
But what happens to a rebellion after it’s won the war? Articles of Confederation notwithstanding, a constitution might be in order.
Perhaps the reported 7-month delay on Star Wars Episode VIII is the result of a pending decision to cast a few lawyers for a scene featuring a force-filled constitutional convention.
What are the chances that predictive coding, Watson or robots will be included among the constitutional authors? If we said “resistance is futile” we’d be mixing movie lines where we’d really like the saga to continue on the big screen.
The right answer is “these aren’t the droids you are looking for.”
We know this Friday Share post is close to being a bit over the top, especially for a serious topic like the business of law. We can however, assure you there are no movie “spoiler alerts” here.
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The Star Wars Bill of Rights
LexisNexis asked some lawyers, who are also science fiction enthusiasts, to weigh in on the matter. The result was a bill of rights as part of an intergalactic constitution published by Amanda Bales on the LexTalk network.
The infographic is posted below with these 10 Articles lawyers offered:
Article I: The Galactic Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom to practice Jedi mind tricks.
Article II: Galactic and planetary governments are prohibited from denying a citizen the right to wear his or her hair twirled around like Cinnabons.
Article III: In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to trial without the threat of a Darth Vader-like “force choke.”
Article IV: Throwing the accused into a Rancor Pit constitutes cruel and unusual punishment and shall not be inflicted.
Article V: The Galactic Congress shall make no law prohibiting the free exercise of the Jedi way.
Article VI: The right of the people to keep and bear light sabers shall not be infringed.
Article VII: The Galactic Congress shall regulate all light sabers moving in interplanetary commerce.
Article VIII: No Death Star shall, in time of peace be constructed in any orbit, without the consent of a planet, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law.
Article IX: The Galactic Congress prohibits the denial of the right to vote, especially in solving the age-old mystery: “Who shot first – Han Solo or Greedo?”
Article X: Jar Jar Binks is forever prohibited from all current and future movies.
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The founding fathers of this constitution have allegedly not yet heard the theory that Jar Jar Binks may be a Sith Lord.
What Articles would you add to this bill of rights? Please feel free to share in the comments.
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