One of our favorite cultural critics, the super-opinionated and hilarious Camille Paglia, recently weighed in on the trend of female celebrities "flashing their goodies for the camera," in the words of US Weekly. Despite her general "pro-sex" bent, Paglia disapproves of the practice:

These girls are lowering themselves to the level of backstreet floozies. It angers me because I fought a bitter fight to get feminism back on track and be pro-sex at the same time. This is degrading the entire pro-sex wing of feminism.

I am completely appalled by what these young women are doing because I think that they are cheapening their own image and obliterating all sexual mystery and glamour, which are the heart of the star system.

This led us to wonder: What would Camille Paglia have to say about Judge Pamela Ann Rymer taking the bench back in October with a partly open robe?

Does it still preserve "[judicial] mystery and glamour"? Or does it go too far, a la Britney Spears and Lindsay Lohan?

CrotchGate Part II: Camille Paglia says Madonna Gave Britney the "Kiss of Death" [US Weekly Online]

Earlier: The Eyes of the Law: A Visit to the Ninth Circuit

The Ninth Circuit may be getting slapped around by the Supreme Court lately. (Yeah, what else is new.) But they continue to go about their business. Keep on truckin', Your Honors!

One of you was kind enough to attend a recent Ninth Circuit sitting -- not just any old sitting, but the one graced by that judicial celebrity, Justice Sandra Day O'Connor -- and send us a detailed report.

That account of the oral argument -- plus a bonus judicial sight-ation, and some added commentary from us -- appears after the jump.