Samantha and the Supreme Court
There used to be a TV show called "Bewitched." It was basically like
"I Love Lucy" but at the point where the protagonists were hopelessly
fubarred,
Samantha (the witch) would wiggle her nose (that's how witches cast
spells apparently) and the malefactor would do something out of character
and everything would be resolved, witch ex machina.
The last shot would be one of the bewitched person puzzling over why he
had performed the last action.
I was thinking about this the other day
while I was reading an old 1994 supreme court decision (or
was it a new one?) concerning the application of RICO (the
anti-organized crime laws) to the Operation Rescue folks.
Rehnquist: Hey Tony, those broads at NOW want us to apply RICO to the
godly folk of Operation Rescue.
Scalia: That's rich!
(insert nose wiggle here)
Brennan: So we then we agree 9-0 to apply RICO.
Rehnquist: Not only yes, but HELL YES! (pause) Did I say that?
Scalia: I think I'm going home early. I don't feel well.
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