Well, it ain't no disco

The Justices heard oral arguments in Baze v. Rees, which considers whether executions by certain types of lethal injections violate the Eighth Amendment's prohibition of cruel and unusual punishment. As usual Justice Scalia hits the nail on the head, pointing out here that "This is an execution, not surgery."

Here's another interesting story about the young buck that filed the appeal to the Court. This surely has to get him voted to Frankfort, Kentucky's Top Thirty Under Thirty.