Thursday, March 27, 2003

 

this is what I get for leaving work early

I missed out on reading Dahlia's account of Lawrence v. Texas yesterday, right when it came out. But boy is it hilarious. (Though she had good material to work with, the argument being full of bizarre slip-ups). There is, for instance, this lovely excerpt:

In response to a question from Justice Anthony Kennedy as to whether Bowers is still good law, Rosenthal replies that mores have changed and that "physical homosexual intimacy is now more acceptable." Since he suddenly seems to be arguing the wrong side of the case, an astonished Scalia steps in to say, "You think there is public approval of homosexuality?"

And there's this, too:

Souter wonders why Texas doesn't limit sodomy among heterosexuals. "Because it can lead to marriage and procreation," says Rosenthal. (So you really want your daughters to be good at oral sex, folks, if you want to see them married.)

Ah. Dahlia.

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Monday, March 17, 2003

 

diaries

This week: Dahlia's diary, which touches upon her writing, her pregnancy, her fears about the war. There's a special picture entitled "Maternity clothes make you look like the baby you are carrying."

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Friday, March 14, 2003

 

moussaoui

Dahlia again writes about the Moussaoui trial on Slate. An amusing excerpt: "Legal analysts have struggled to discern a pattern in the government's inconsistent treatment of suspects, and finally one has begun to emerge: The truly dangerous criminal masterminds are interrogated indefinitely, the insignificant bumblers are tried as dangerous criminal masterminds, and the rest are left to rot in military jails. It's an interesting approach, but one can hardly call it justice."

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Tuesday, March 11, 2003

 

a day late

Just got back from New Orleans, so I'm blogging this late. Yesterday, Dahlia wrote about why shopping malls can limit free speech.

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Wednesday, March 05, 2003

 

hah!

Shelf-Censorship: The Supreme Court finds a library porn filter it can love.

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