Halfway through the year - June 30th Edition
Future-Justice Kagan has no moral qualms about the death penalty; I, now, have moral qualms about her. Does she have moral qualms about anything the "High" court has approved?
politics, hypocrisy and meanness in public affairs, alligators, anti-empire-ism, occasional personal stuff
APPROACH THE BENCH.
PERCY, IT DON'T LOOK LIKE YOU GOT A CASE AT ALL. IN THE FIRST PLACE, THERE'S NO BODY. SECOND, WE GOT US A PREACHER NOBODY'S GONNA DISPUTE. BUT YOUR HONOR --
[ Judge ] I'M TELLIN' YOU... WHAT YOU GOT IS A WHOLE LOT OF NOTHING. I SAY FRANK BENNETT GOT HIMSELF DRUNK, DROVE INTO THE RIVER AND WAS LONG AGO EAT UP... AND I DON'T GIVE A GOOD GODDAMN! WHAT WE GOT HERE IS A CASE OF ACCIDENTAL DEATH. CASE DISMISSED!
(And, somehow, that finishing touch hits me right here.)