The trouser front

A man went into an Alabama court room wearing saggy trousers and received a three-day jail sentence plus a command by the judge to buy a pair that fit properly.

And so civilisation is preserved one battle at a time.

President Soetobakh Dunham

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The Birther movement is one of the oddities of current American politics that has a kernel of importance at the centre of its madness.  The idea that Mr Barack Hussein Obama is not eligible to hold his office because he isn't really a natural-born citizen doesn't hold water.  For it to be true, Mr Obama would have to be the beneficiary of a combination of coincidence and conspiracy that is staggering when you consider that the subject at the time was a child, not a full-grown politician.

However, the fact that Mr Obama has spent millions keeping his birth records sealed has always suggested to me, and now it turns out the US Supreme Court, that there is something more embarrassing than sinister going on here:  Is his name really Barack Hussein Obama?  Leaving aside the fact that until he got into politics Mr Obama always went by the name of "Barry", Hillbuzz points out that, given his adoption by his stepfather, Mr Obama may not be Mr Obama.  He may be Barry Soetoro, Soetobakh Soetoro, Soetoro Soetobakh, or Soetobakh Dunham.  Where the Supreme Court comes in on all this is that it raises the question; if Mr Obama is using an assumed name, is his signature legal?

That would make things interesting

I want to go to law school

I never realised that law school and archaeology had so much in common

Cultural Suicide Judicial Style

Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers, the Lord Chief Justice, says that he agrees with the Archbishop of Canterbury and that Sharia should be adopted in Britain.

Sometimes it's like going to the bridge of the Titanic and finding the captain trying to do a deal with the iceberg.

Hideously White Part II

Jack Straw says there are too many white judges in Britain.

In other news, there are too many racially-obsessed, bean-counting fatheads holding down posts as justice secretary.

Funky Star Trek Judges

The Lord Chief Justice has unveiled the new "Star Trek" style robes that will be inflicted upon judges in civil cases in Britain.

Not surprisingly, the new kit, which replaces the traditional robes and wig, was created by a woman who also designs "funky British clothes for aspiring funky British girls''.

It's a great comfort to know that as Britain is being shoved into the abyss that at least our judges are suitably "funky".

Cultural Suicide Part XXIV

Looking for a sign of a civilisation in a tailspin? How about a complete and utter inability to define pornography.

Justice is Blinkered

The full might of English law will be brought to bear against those who would make war against the Realm, Her Majesty or her subjects.

Unless the prisons are a bit crowded, in which case you get out early.

Crow T. Robot Takes The Stand

Cited $29,000 for using the F-word 73 times in a court deposition.

Here is the video

Horace Rumpole, Call Your Service

Once again treating four hundred years of tradition like an embarrassing skin disease, the government has declared that judges and lawyers need no longer wear wigs and bands in civil cases.

And so the great edifice of English jurisprudence sags that much more under the depredations of the termites of blind and pointless modernism.

Gingerism

From Out-Law.com:

Gingerism in the workplace could form the basis of formal grievances or constructive dismissal cases, an employment lawyer has warned. The news comes in the wake of one Newcastle family having to move house because of abuse about its members' red hair.

That's it. Civilisation's kaput. If you want me, I'll be waiting for the apes to take over.