Here at particleman.org, we don’t keep up with the news much nor do we give a damn (unless the news is a swirling mass of storm headed our way). But we feel a comment or three are in order about the recent brouhaha over supreme court justices.
#1: judges, like presidents, are too busy wondering how the hell they got the job to spend much time on the job itself. Government work is pretty cool. Arrive at 9, leave at 4:30, take a one-hour lunch. Sure, you’re paid less than in the private sector, but look at those hours!
#2: most supreme court decisions are decided, and written, by law clerks. Law clerks are law students looking for a posh summer gig that looks good on the resume. Which means all supreme court decisions are written by equally unqualified and unlicensed law geeks at the top of their class who decide cases based on what they ate for breakfast. Thus, chances are equal the decision will be “conservative” or “liberal,” whatever those words mean.
And most importantly…
#3: if a judge (law clerk) writes an opinion we don’t like, WE EGG THEIR HOUSE. Justice is served.
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try being chained to a broken computer and a stack of books while you're being egged and receiving phone booth crank calls from rolls of toilet paper who hate babies and love our current administration. thus has been my autumn.
Posted by heatherfeather | February 10, 2007 8:16 PM
Posted on February 10, 2007 20:16
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h - i agree. wrapping is what i used to do more often. er, it was generally more common when i was a kid. e - you mean you broke the chain to your computer?! nonesense. you know what's better though... being chained to a stack of books. man, it's the greatest...
Posted by p-man | February 10, 2007 8:16 PM
Posted on February 10, 2007 20:16
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pman! i haven't commented here in awhile because i don't work in front of a pc anymore. i know you've missed me, so you don't even have to say it. no really, it's too much. anyway, it's good to know you haven't failed out of law school yet. although you haven't exactly written any supreme court decisions either, if you catch my drift. :) heather, on #3: if you were truly committed to crank-calling like i am, you would use a phone booth. now what's up?? :)
Posted by erik | February 10, 2007 8:16 PM
Posted on February 10, 2007 20:16
i prefer toilet papering over egging. and if all else fails, a few shoe-polished messages on the car windows work, too. i used to prefer prank calls, but caller id is a buzzkill in that arena. damn you, caller id!!
Posted by heather | February 10, 2007 8:16 PM
Posted on February 10, 2007 20:16