apparently there is still a part of me that finds legal arguments interesting

Supreme Court to hear arguments in DOMA and Prop 8 cases this week! I've been doing some reading:

1. NYT had a piece on Roe's Shadow as Supreme Court Hears Same-Sex Marriage Cases made me roll my eyes so hard. To quote Above The Law - "Many have compared the possible outcome of the gay marriage cases to the Roe v. Wade decision, saying that constitutionalizing the right to gay marriage will create a similar culture war. Relax, bro, your bigotry is showing. You won’t be any less married if everyone has equal rights, promise."


2. SCOTUS blog is fascinating as always. Here are two posts explaining the Court's authority to rule on the Prop 8 case and the arguments made by the amicus briefs in support of those issues that can be ruled upon. This is the post explaining DOMA. There's also a brief explanation the structure/procedure of how oral arguments go, which is...intereting to me, at least. D:


3. The Atlantic an interesting article about How Will Justice Kennedy Decide on the Supreme Court's Gay Marriage Cases? and his conflicting opinions on supporting gay rights and states rights both. I don't dare be too hopeful, though: Never undermine the ability of a person to be a hypocrite on their own moral stances and justify it to themselves. Isn't that what makes us human? /sarcasm


4. Scalia continues to be a douche, to no one's surprise. Though I don't necessarily disagree with the idea of law school education being a failure to actual practice of law, I take issue with what he takes issue with. (But I would totally have taken a "Law and Unicorns" case, much like v_greyson talks "Torts & Werewolves". What's wrong with a subject that's not only interesting but forces you to apply the law to hypothetical situations - hey, isn't that every law school final ever?)

Yeah, let's talk about the five inches of snow in DC today. Springtime, totally!

Ovi said it best:

I WANT TO WEAR MY PRETTY SPRING DRESSES ALREADY, DAMMIT. :(

In other news, really happy about Sasha's 5-year contract extension, and shaking my head over the fact that both the Canes goalies are injured.

Also, I finally got around to making an OKC profile and, let me tell you, in the two days of it, online dating has already been an adventure. I am torn between finding interesting people to chat with, ignoring obvious douchebags, despairing of the entirety of the male gender, and trolling in my message replies. Fun times.