Born on the Fourth of July

Houston criminal defense lawyer Rob Fickman, whose Stetson just happens to fit me perfectly*, came up with an idea a few years ago. He thought that July 4th, Independence Day, would make a damn fine day for the reading of the  Declaration of Independence, adopted by the Continental Congress.

And so the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyer Association began a program of reading the Declaration on the Fourth of July.  Yes, they actually do it on July 3rd at courthouses across Texas, but that's only because everybody is home swilling beer and munching barbecue on the 4th, and there would be no one there to hear it.  But let's not blow the concept over such minor details.

The readings have since spread across the country, with criminal defense lawyers reading the Declaration of Independence on the steps of more than 50 courthouses. 

Have kids? Have friends? Today would make a fine day to read the Declaration of Independence to them.

Have no friends or family? Then you have all the time in the world to read it to yourself.

Don't have a copy handy?  The internet is here for you. Here's the text of the Declaration of Independence from the national archives.

And while the ribs are on the grill, and you have some extra time on your hands, you might want to consider reading the United States Constitution as well. It couldn't hurt.

Don't worry if your beer gets warm. That's how the Brits prefer it anyway, and without the Declaration of Independence, you would be working for them today, maybe for the East India Company doing doc review. Now do you appreciate the significance of the Declaration of Independence?  I thought so.
 


And if it wasn't for our separation from England, we would never have been able to create a government that would give us this:



Now, get back to that beer. It's not getting any colder, you know.

* This point was made abundantly clear to Fickman in a honkytonk bar, and yet Fickman failed to get the hint, proving that Texans are either selfish or hate Yankees.

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