I just cry-squealed through that entire video. Now the cat is glaring at me reproachfully.

Oh my, he looks so sad. SOMEONE GIVE HIM A SNUGGLE!

It's the most ridiculously transparent political grandstanding. They love this shit. They pass an obviously unconstitutional law to appease their ultra-conservative constituents, and then wail about "activist judges" when it gets struck down.

I feel like the original post was just a trick to get people to post pictures of corgis. Also, I'm in love with the droopy-eared fellow. Gimme.

This is currently my fave workout song, even though it gets stuck in my head like crazy:

Honestly, I would gladly read a prequel series written from the POV of one of the Careers.

Right???? I thought the same thing! In my mind, she was like, make-little-kids-cry-and-have-nightmares scary looking. Here, she's pretty and has pointy teeth. I want her to look more, I don't know . . . feral? Crazy?

I think I understand what you're saying with respect to adherence to the rule of law. We are a nation of laws, not men, etc. I agree with you up to that point. The pervasive theory is that law is an instrument to serve the social good. Law is a means to an end, not an end in and of itself. But the philosophical…

Ow, I think I just ovulated. Also, babies always look so happy in those jumper harness things you hang in doorways. They should make those for adults. I think spending a few contemplative moments bouncing around in one of those things would be a really good way to unwind after a bad day at work.

Sadly, yes. The idea is that the time for the State and the defense to suss out racist views and other biases is during voir dire; once the jury is selected, that ship has sailed. And as for potential misunderstandings concerning the facts or the law, the idea is it is the State's burden to make the jury understand,…

That little mew when he got his little head scratched did me in. Brb, I'm going to go find my cat and squeeze her.

Cosigned, with a vengeance.

Oh my gosh, I love her. Little Miss Freckles is so earnest and unself-conscious and open.

I very rarely hazard a guess of what the Supreme Court might do. While a judicial bribery exception sounds perfectly reasonable, keep in mind that those sorts of allegations could be made in any situation and put all acquittals at risk. The point of double jeopardy is that you get a trial, and if you're acquitted,…

Well, to be fair, I'm not sure the judicial bribery exception has ever been given SCOTUS's stamp of approval, but I'll take the Seventh Circuit's word for it.

You're right! Every time I think there is a clear rule in the law, somebody comes along and proves me wrong.

It doesn't matter if the jury was tainted in some way—he has been acquitted and cannot be retried by the state of Florida under any circumstance. Rules about what the jury can and cannot be exposed to are designed to protect the accused, not the state. Usually, that's a good thing, but here, maybe not so much. But,…

Nope, no mistrial, as he's already been acquitted. Double jeopardy bars retrial, at least at the state level. In theory, he could still be tried at the federal level, and I read somewhere that the DOJ is looking into it. Federal criminal jurisdiction is very limited though, so I wouldn't get my hopes up too high.

Slight to moderate starvation seems appropriate.

I'm embarrassed to say that I have watched it sort of. Yes, the racist girls are still there, or at least the worst offender still is. At least some of her antics have actually made it onto the show, finally, and some of the other people in the house have started mentioning it. One of them actually talked to her…