Quote of the day

[mistergoat]

"The basic elements of the Pennsylvania vagrancy statute merely repeat legislation enacted 400 years ago in the immediate aftermath of the Black Dealth." --Caleb Foote, 1956

That, I'm fairly certain, is the law review equivalent of calling out a policy as completely whack.

Comments

[mcmuffins_js]

Oh, those legislators, they do say the darndest things!

[mistergoat]

Actually, it was a professor writing in a law journal. Which is kind of all the more impressive--he wasn't trying to impress any constituents, and I'd guess that in the 50's, it was a pretty collegial field.

[mcmuffins_js]

Well then I take it ALL BACK!

[arksnay]

Brilliant.