...and those private detention centers are a fucking disgrace housing a Mad Max dystopia. With lots of kids.

I honestly try not to make assumptions, and I’m truly glad to have men who want to participate at Jez. It certainly makes comments and debates more well-rounded and interesting if there are many viewpoints represented. I don’t think I actually put much thought into it, and I always enjoy your comments, so there you…

True fact: I did not know you are a dude. I know you’re a fellow attorney, but never considered your dudeness. Hmmm. Not sure what that says about you OR me.

I have so many incarcerated clients who are prevented from having contact with their children by child welfare...for no good reason. Driving a toddler for an hour to visit her father in a safe playroom designed for kids is NOT an imposition. But for state intervention, the family could take the kid whenever possible…

Oh, right, I’m totally not saying she had the right to point a shotgun at police. The legal issue happens before that—when the cops get into the apartment without a search warrant. Those are two different events. Their illegal entry doesn’t justify her decision to wield a shotgun. If she were, for example, holding a…

Agreed 100% about the warrant/key issue. The cops needed a search warrant as well as an arrest warrant to enter. The ACLU lays it out nicely: https://www.aclu.org/files/kyr/kyr_…

Indeed. Happens daily.

Well, if you watch reality TV you will soon stop, because nothing beats Life’s Rich Pageant as an attorney.

My partner does immigration. *solidarity*

Attorney here. My clients are all indigent. I’ve had more than one person ask me to file motions to dismiss cases because there is fringe around the American flag in the courtroom, making it an Admiralty court (false). There are also clients who refuse to sit at counsel table because that’s passing “the bar” (this is…

I had to look up ASMR; immediately regretted my decision.

Putting on my lawyer hat here. State and local police swear an oath to uphold many things, including laws, and including the US Constitution. Our Constitution has enshrined in its bill of rights the guarantee of free expression (speech). The US Supreme Court has decided, repeatedly, that dissent is a protected form of…

They left out the masturbating. Are we supposed to assume?

I agree with you, although dad should be on the birth certificate.

My husband became vegetarian on his own, not too long ago. He says the meat supply is untrustworthy.

My takeaway from this: Clinton needs to smile more.

I turn 50 in the summer. So I was feeling some urgency about getting into better shape before this milestone. I started exercising with a trainer for a few nights per week, and changing some of my bad eating habits. Six months ago I had an expectation that I would greet 50 with rock-hard abs and no body fat. Well.…

The one on the right in the black spaghetti-strap number is like, “Ok, dad, I can pretend” but you know she’s actually interested in some healthy exploration. Which is why she chose black, the preferred clothing color of fun sluts the world over.

OK, fair enough. Thanks for responding.

I am legitimately, honestly curious about your reasoning for this position. Not looking for a confrontation—I was hoping for more information.