The Supremes ain't what they used to be

It's really more of a Weekly Standard, George W. Bush brand of conservatism than a Roberts Court brand, but still closer to the truth than it should be.

In other Onion news, this is the funniest s**t I've seen in months.

Cut their balls off. Humanely.

I'm getting more and more creeped out by new Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal. First the news that he claims he has performed exorcisms and his belief that the Protestant rejection of Catholic authority "leads to anarchy and heresy." Now this, from The Advocate (Baton Rouge):

Characterizing sex offenders as monsters, Gov. Bobby Jindal signed legislation Wednesday that would force convicted rapists and others to undergo chemical castration.

“I am glad we have taken such strong measures in Louisiana to put a stop to these monsters’ brutal acts,” the governor said in a prepared statement.

I don't care if this can be done via drugs instead of a scalpel. How on earth does disfigurement and sterilization not qualify as cruel and unusual punishment?

Then again, I guess it's all relative. Is it that much less cruel and unusual to put someone to death? Or for that matter, to condemn them to being repeatedly anally raped?

"Justice Thomas, at least put down the magazine"

Saw this last night. James Spader as Alan Shore from Boston Legal arguing against the death penalty before the Supreme Court. The whole clip is worth a watch, but starting at 3:20 there's a brilliant indictment of the Court, and from my perspective a great argument why a Democrat, any Democrat, needs to be elected to the White House in the fall.