The closest analogy would be income tax. The Court ruled that a federal unapportioned (i.e. not divided equally among the states) income tax was unconstitutional in the 1890s, but then the 16th Amendment was passed, overruling that decision. But if the Court said some form of discrimination was outlawed by the 14th…

In fairness, we go through this awkward phase too but ours is in college.

Smart girl.

There's still time!

If you think that the recent fall in oil prices is a convenient accident then I have a bridge in Brooklyn I'd like to sell you.

If the DA didn't think he could secure indictment, he should never have convened a grand jury. The role of a prosecutor in front of a grand jury is not to allow the grand jury to sort through all the evidence and arrive at the truth - it's to secure an indictment.

Poor Jebediah.

Russians don't take a dump without a plan, son

Fleeing prosecution by going to another country with no intention of returning would fit the bill for 'abandonment.'

That's not how that works. There is a spousal privilege that would prevent the prosecution from compelling her to testify at his trial...unless she is also a defendant. A charge of aiding and abetting would do the trick.

As long as you're not using a copyrighted image (a la Shepard Fairy), you totally could make art depicting a public figure.

Boys, put they rulers away. They're all big.

We're fighting Assad's enemies, so I don't think he's that stupid.

Look on the bright side: the airbag worked!

My father had a late '70s Lincoln Continental. One day he was getting into it while it was parked on the street. A Honda Civic tried to pass too close while the Lincoln's door was still cracked open. The Civic had to have it's front bumper replaced. The Lincoln needed a few dents hammered out.

Nope, still crazy.

When I was driving a '03 PT Cruiser (Mom's car, and when your 17 you'll take anything with wheels) my friend thought it would be real funny to reach over and turn the car off when we were doing ~15 mph through the school parking lot. It worked, he could turn the key easily and the car shut off. Though I wouldn't say…

At least they resemble each other. Most other site are using 747s or 737s. Not to be morbid, but you'd think most graphic designers working for news websites would have pictures of Malaysian 777s at the ready.

I think that he didn't realize it was in hold mode. They were coming in high so they switched from SPD to FLCH (flight change) and then turned FLCH off. Doing that engages HOLD; I think we can assume that the pilot thought that doing that would send the A/T back to SPD. Thinking it was maintaining the airspeed, he…

We negotiate with terrorists all the time. But trite movie dialogue aside, these guys were not terrorists, they are Taliban. Since they were not going to be tried as terrorists, or be tried for war crimes, they would have to be released anyway once our conflict in Afghanistan was over. Isn't it better to let them go a…