* Alabama wants to put a tax on gym membership. Let me get this straight: Alabama has so many fat people that when I go down there people hand me brochures about the dangers of anorexia. They’ve got so many fat people the Crimson Tide mascot only needs a costume for his face. The state’s so fat that if they all jumped at the same time it would flood New Orleans. But now they want to discourage gym membership? [Going Concern]
* Don’t forget to vote this evening. [Politico]
* Epic and brilliant list of types of people that Law & Order doesn’t like. Yes, you’re probably on it. [New York Times/Opinionator]
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* There is something unnatural about a baby conceived years after the father has died. Not anything illegal about it, of course. Just something vaguely disturbing and creepy. [WSJ Law Blog]
* If you plead guilty to a hit-and-run, should you still be able to keep your job as a judge? [Bad Lawyer]
* The city of Austin, TX gets benchslapped. [News 8 Austin]
* A second teenager has been charged in the death of a Pittsburgh law student. [Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]
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* Not legal, but I thought I should warn you that the Sun will try to kill you tonight. [National Geographic]