Government,
Civil Rights
Aug. 9, 2022
Voting rights and for whom the snake coils
Historically, the right that was not to be tread upon, for which the poised snake was willing to strike and kill, was the right to vote.
Paul Stanton Kibel
professor of law
Golden Gate University School of Law
environmental law
536 Mission St
San Francisco , CA 94105-2921
Phone: (415) 442-6685
Email: pskibel@waterpowerlaw.com
Willamette Univ College of Law
Paul Stanton Kibel is a professor of law at Golden Gate University School of Law and author of "The Earth on Trial: Environmental Law on the International Stage." The author has worked with the United Nations Environment Programme on projects relating to international water, fisheries and ocean law
The Don't Tread on Me flag, with the coiled snake poised to strike, is an iconic image in the United States. The flag was designed by Christopher Gadsen during the American Revolutionary War and referred to proposals to secretly place rattlesnakes in the holds of British vessels that would then lethally strike sailors while at sea.
In recent years, the Gadsen flag has been adopted by groups on the political right supportive of former Presi...
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