Various thoughts on current events with an emphasis on politics, legal issues, books, movies and whatever is on my mind. Emails can be sent to almostsanejoe@aol.com; please put "blog comments" in the subject line.
Reading Linda Greenhouse's "Very Short Introduction" volume on the Supreme Court. Basically does the job. Made me wonder about a six vote rule for the USSC to declare a (maybe federal only) statute unconstitutional. 5-4 seems a bit off at times.
