Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for December 06, 2024

You don’t stand a chance, Calvin.

Calvin can give you some of the proceeds…..

“Your honor, Calvin was just joking about the Noodle Incident.”

Calvin has the true Christmas “spirit”: thinking of “loot”! I bet he doesn’t even know who Jesus is!!

Amateur bono cases must be easier than pro bono cases.

How many cans of tuna do you charge per hour, Hobbes?

Hobb’s is about to get a case of pro bo/ner over the skull.

The fact he thinks he needs legal representation says a lot. But, at least he’s using his noodle.

He must really be a lawyer if he has a legal pad!

In the current Peanuts story arc, Snoopy is acting as Peppermint Patty’s lawyer. A reader commented, “Does he take pro bono cases?” Another reader replied, “Other dogs might work for bones but Snoopy would work for root beer.”

Calvin is too short to have “standing” in a court of law.

Gonna cost a LOT of tuna fish sandwiches!!

Just come up with a writ of habeus corpus, and everything will be fine!

1) the constitution says he won’t be deprived of property but he hasn’t been given the gifts so he isn’t deprived of them. 2) santa isn’t a federal agency/american organization so is not under the constitution unless 3) you remember a very old bloom county story from around ‘82-we’ve got one ugly elf riot here dan.

I don’t know if I’d want to mess with Santa’s lawyer. I’ve heard rumor he and Elf on the Shelf are close working colleagues!

Not even Phoenix Wright can defend this kid…

Smart, Hobbes….Calvin wouldn’t pay up anyway.

It’s not ‘property’ if it hasn’t been given to you yet.

all one needs is a leagle pad. this one is great!

Cal misreads rule books. It’s a convenient out to get what he wants.

…..which law school did he attend!!!!

Calvin will pay you with a tuna sandwich, Hobbes.

Spoken like a true lawyer.

Good answer, Hobbes.

Santa operates outside of US borders. Additionally, he lives for centuries, millenia even,;laws change so frequently in that stretch of time. our puny laws have no jurisprudence.

In my area, there is a personal injury law firm called “The Law Tigers”. I’m sure Hobbes could get a job there.

Calvin wants “loot” and Hobbes wants “loot” to get Calvin said “loot”.

Hobbs cases are Pro pretium

He has to pay cash up front. Maybe Hobbes will settle for a tin of tuna

Start cranking out the tuna fish sandwiches…

Pro bono? This might be more of a quid pro quo case.

It’s not property, it’s gifts, your precedent does not apply, Denied ! ;-)

Santa has extraterritorial exemptions to the U.S. Constitution.

Tel the IRS Calvin

Deprived of property that you already own or are otherwise entitled to, ie, a paycheck that you’re due for work you’ve already done. Learning that you won’t be able to acquire something in the future that you’d expected to have is not being deprived of property.

Pay him in tuna.

Smart Tiger!

i’m very pro Bono…saw U2 live! and the Corrs opened for them!

Calvin is amazingly smart for a 6 year old.

He’s a minor. I think there may be unforeseen complexities here.

Get the retainer fee in advance!

when you call your gifts “loot” then you aren’t the kind of kid who’d be on the nice list

First, Hobbes acts like he knows nothing of the law and then he saying no to Pro Bono and wanting a fee / reward ! LOL….

Hey Calvin Hobbes does not take pro Bono cases and I don’t know if he’d do quid pro quo.

I’m not sure of how Santa Claus falls under US laws.

With that kind of legal language vocabulary, you are already in as a lawyer, Hobbes. With the legal pad in hand you are set.

Let’s get this straight. The winter solstice has been celebrated for roughly 12,000 years. Of course there is no record of who or exactly when, but primitive astronomers discovered they could predict the seasons by studying the stars.

Can you imagine how monumentally important that was? An ice age had ended. Farming and domesticating animals was in its infancy. In winter, as the days shortened and weather worsened, they could joyfully proclaim that the days would get longer and weather would improve. Demons were not eating the sun! We’re not going to run out of food! They feasted. They splurged and threw another log on the fire. They gave each other gifts.