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Hi kids!

Boy I remember when you could count the liberals in Miami on one hand -- Bob and Adele, Dante, Sandy (hi Gabrielle!), Arva, Claude, and yes, Bob Parks.

Well Bob writes in and wants you to cross out choice of forum provisions when you check into Hedonism III:

Upon arrival at the hotel, resort or cruise ship, a traveler should read the check-in documents closely. If there is a choice of forum clause, simply draw a line through that clause and initial the document. It is highly unlikely that the hotel will turn anyone away at the last minute, especially in today's economy.

Oy. Details details, I just want to get to the clothing-optional beach.

It seems like liberal lawyers have invaded the Herald today. Mike Catalano writes in about this new seat belt law:

As an attorney, I see cases all the time where people are stopped for ``driving while black.''

With this law, police no longer will need a reason to stop us, claiming that they wanted to see if we are wearing our seat belts. That is why this law failed to pass so many times in the past. It appears that getting $35 million is more important than civil liberties.

But Mike, in the State's defense, it was a really big check.

Al Viener writes in about impeaching Judge Bybee:

U.S. Circuit Judge Jay Bybee knew, or should have known, that the torture he sought to justify was illegal and immoral, and that his legal opinion was fixed to reach a predetermined, plainly unlawful conclusion.

I think that's the charitable view. If he wrote that dreck irrespective of the desired outcome, we are in worse trouble than I thought.

Too bad your letters got printed next to this gentleman:

Now, eight years later, many of us seem to have forgotten the 9/11 victims whose lives were snuffed out by terrorists who hated our country and our way of life. How insane is it to use the Constitution that those murderers abhorred to protect their rights?

Yep, truly insane.

Wow, we even have my pal Steve Zack discussing his passions:

I also am concerned about access to the courts. The rule of law is based on access to the courts.

True, but Steve did you know the ABA has waded into the proposed Arbitration Fairness Act?

Guess which side, buddy!