Wesley S. Dodge Attorney at Law

12/19/2024

Loved this every year at Christmas. Worth a watch.

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08/21/2024

This is really good. How could anyone differ with these thoughts? Thank you Steve Smith .

"We chase the approval of strangers on our phones. We build all manner of walls and fences around ourselves, and then we wonder why we feel so alone. We don't trust each other as much because we don't take the time to know each other. In that space between us, politicians and algorithms speak to caricature each other, troll each other, and fear each other. But here's the good news, Chicago: all across America, in big cities and small towns, away from all the noise, the ties that bind us together are still there. We still coach Little League and look out for our elderly neighbors. We still feed the hungry in churches, mosques, synagogues, and temples. We share the same pride when our Olympic athletes prepare for the gold because — because the vast majority of us do not want to live in a country that's bitter and divided. We want something better."

08/07/2024

"My friend handed me a very old metal match box car today. Then he said I found this yesterday and it reminded me of a major life lesson. I held it in my hand and looked at it while he talked.
He said, "when I was in elementary school, we did a Secret Santa in my class room at school. All the kids drew a name and then we exchanged presents the last day before Christmas break". He said, "my parents went out and bought me a nice new toy to give to the child I had drawn. My mom wrapped it up and the kid loved the present that received it." He then said, "I went and found my present from a boy in my class that I didnt really know. It looked like it had been wrapped with news paper." He said, "I opened it and it was that little car you are holding in your hand." He said, "... but when he gave it to me it was dirty and looked well played with." He said "I was mad I had given such a nice gift and he had put so little effort into his". I felt cheated.
He said, but later I learned the kid lived in a very runned down shack. His mom was sick and his daddy had left them years before. He said they barely had enough money to have heat and food. He said "when I realized he had given me one of his only few toys, I felt ashamed for the way I treated him when I got the gift". He said I only learned how poor he was after he quit coming to school and it we were told his mom had died and he had been sent to foster care. I never saw him again. He said I kept this little car all these years because I know it was the best present I have ever gotten.
I thought about this story and looked at that little car sitting in my hard and I cried. How many times in my life have I been given something from someone and not appreciated it's TRUE value. This kid had given with his heart when he had so little and it made me realize I need to always remember to never judge anything on the surface and always look deeper.
I just wanted to put this story out there to you all in this season of giving."

02/28/2024

Checked in with Cameron @ the Capital. Treats care of my assistant Holly.

02/28/2024

Stay warm.

01/07/2024

The crowning achievement of Nebraska lawmaker George W. Norris was when voters approved our one-house unicameral legislature in 1934.

01/01/2024

Happy New Year!

12/14/2023

I always loved this every Christmas and this is a great compilation. Worth a watch.

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12/03/2023

Believe it our not I argued a case to Sandra Day O'Connor. I had a case in front of the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Louis and when I got notice to argue it said she was on the panel. I called the court and said, "What's going on?" They said, her husband had died and she wanted to be active again so she was sitting in on Federal Courts of Appeal. When I arrived to argue in St. Louis on the top floor of the Federal Court house, by Bush stadium there was two courtrooms about the size of a small gymnasium. There was nowhere to sit. All the law schools within driving range had sent a good piece of their student bodies and others had come to watch arguments. The second courtroom was used with a big screen for those who couldn't get into the main courtroom. It was a surreal experience and she wrote the opinion. (And got it wrong) She was a great jurist and historical figure. I'm lucky to have had that experience. https://casetext.com/case/us-v-jiminez-29

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/sandra-day-oconnor-compromise-supreme-court-smithsonian-180983353/

Read U.S. v. Jiminez, 487 F.3d 1140, see flags on bad law, and search Casetext’s comprehensive legal database

10/21/2023

Good bye pics of this year's yard.