nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20230803-104332-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 230803s2023||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20230803-104332-0 doi eng 342 23 Boss, David Author aut “Blood On Your Hands” - The Legal Dimension of Metaphors in the Case of Zooey Zephyr Boss, David Verfassungsblog 2023-08-03 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier Metaphors are not just rhetorical devices. They are also a significant part of legal reality. A look across the Atlantic shows that the effects they can have even entail risks for the constitutional democracy. This blog posts looks at the case of Zooey Zephyr, member of the House of Representatives in Tennessee, who was stripped of her speaking rights for calling out Republicans for having 'blood on their hands'. At present, however, legal interpretation does not allow an accurate grasp of such metaphors. Therefore, a rethinking is necessary. CC BY-SA 4.0 LGBTQI metaphors social constructionism Trans rights Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/blood-on-your-hands/ raw object