Sheryl WeikalMar 9

The question I get more than any other as a trial lawyer is "how can they do that? Isn't that illegal?"

How can the cop lie under oath? How can the landlord evict me for my religion or race? How can my job fire me for being queer? Isn't that illegal?

Show threadSheryl WeikalMar 9

Last year, a person told me that murder should be illegal. When I said it was, they told me that wasn't possible because people were still doing it.

Even now, almost halfway through Trump 2.0, I'm still seeing people say "how can he do that? Isn't that illegal?"

Show threadSheryl WeikalMar 9

To this day I still have people saying that the Israeli genocide in Gaza can't be happening because genocide is illegal.

But please understand something. I've said it before and I will say it again:

ILLEGAL DOES NOT MEAN IMPOSSIBLE.

Show threadSheryl WeikalMar 9
Laws of society aren't laws of physics. It's not like gravity where you can choose to you can choose to just fall upwards instead. People can't choose to follow or ignore laws of physics. We CAN choose to disregard laws of society. Anyone can. You do it on the highway every day.
Show threadSheryl WeikalMar 9
Every day people ask me how we can have laws that enforce themselves, like an automatic impeachment. But that's literally not how laws work. There is no such thing as a self enforcing law. And every time we make something else illegal, we manufacture a new reason to put marginalized people in cages.
Show threadTim Ward ⭐🇪🇺🔶 #FBPE
@theleftistlawyer Speed bumps are the usual example given.
Mar 9 at 3:10pmWeb
Show threadAlisonW ♿🏳️‍🌈♾️Mar 9
@TimWardCam @theleftistlawyer
Or just speed limits. It's illegal to go too fast but that doesn't stop some people from dangerous driving.