And here's the 14th Amendment All Up in Your Face

Quoted in the Alaska Ear, an ode with teeth to the principle if not the letter of Equal Protection under the Constitution.

THANK YOU ... It's enough to restore Ear's faith in the federal judiciary. Here is the complete text of a sarcastic footnote written by U.S. District Judge Reggie B. Walton in his ruling that allowed a bunch of Scooter Libby supporters, led by Robert Bork, to file an amicus brief asking that Libby be allowed to stay out of prison while his appeal works its long way through the endless federal courts system:

Wrote the judge: "It is an impressive show of public service when twelve prominent and distinguished current and former law professors of well-respected schools are able to amass their collective wisdom in the course of only several days to provide their legal expertise to the Court on behalf of a criminal defendant. The Court trusts that this is a reflection of these eminent academics' willingness in the future to step to the plate and provide like assistance in cases involving any of the numerous litigants, both in this Court and throughout the courts of our nation, who lack the financial means to fully and properly articulate the merits of their legal positions even in instances where failure to do so could result in monetary penalties, incarceration, or worse. The Court will certainly not hesitate to call for such assistance from these luminaries, as necessary in the interests of justice and equity, whenever similar questions arise in the cases that come before it."