Non-Sequiturs: 12.30.11

* I really do think Roberts is eager to lead the Court that strikes down Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act. I don’t know why you want to go down in history as the Chief Justice who trusted South Carolina, but we’ll soon find out. [Slate]

* Listening to Republican candidates compete about who grew up the poorest is like listening to Democratic candidates argue about which one has a spine. [Huffington Post]

* But honestly guys, Rick Santorum? The Republicans would be better off nominating a “candidate to be named later.” [TPM]

* College and Law together in only six years! [Tex Parte Blog]

* The one thing you need for 2012 is focus? Really? Are those the points you have to build up before you can use Force Sweep? [Forbes]

* “The Fourth Circuit, in sum, found that an officer’s use of a knife to cut a sandwich baggie of crack off his penis, an act performed at night on a public street, was unreasonable.” Wait, what? Cops are cutting crack baggies off of people’s penises? What the hell is going on in this country? [WSJ Law Blog]

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