Stevens is absolutely corrupt...anyone who would willingly stay in Alaska has got to be "on the take" from somewhere. He'll probably get a slap on the wrist, no court seems to take a stand in "celebrity justice." Nowadays it seems that anyone famous makes a mockery of the court, you know OJ is going to get off in his most recent case (or in the very least he'll get special treatment in jury selection since NO ONE exists who doesn't already know he's a murderer) and Larry Birkhead will probably be allowed to continue on Anna Nicole Smith's silly and ultimately futile Marshall estate claim. A stand needs to be taken, someone needs to throw Ted Stevens and OJ in the slammer (perhaps together and write a sitcom about it) as an example, one in which Americans can take pride.

Some judges just love strippers. I think that point has been hammered home by instances like this one and the fact that many judges continued to hear the case of Anna Nicole Smith despite the fact that it was totally bogus. A Bankruptcy judge even ruled in her favor....is there no limit to what a woman can achieve with fake breasts and a morally casual attitude?

I am glad the the court is starting to make an example of people like Ted Stevens. Public figures often flout the legal system as if they're above the laws that regular people must abide by. Stevens probably thought he'd never have to answer to anyone for his corruption, just like Anna Nicole Smith probably thought she'd eventually get a piece of the Marshall fortune simply by relentlessly contesting it. I hope that Stevens has learned that he is a man and not a demi-god and that those who survived Anna Nicole see the foolishness of her claim and choose to let it die with her. Perhaps justice is making a comeback in the 21st century.

Mark Cuban can't afford to lose $750,000? I know that sort of loss is painful for anyone, but when you're a billionaire and you own a profitable sports franchise it isn't like that sort of hit is going to ruin you. However, a story like this could make it to where people may not want to do business with you. He probably thought he'd be fine and get off unscathed. He thought he was Anna Nicole Smith or Martha Stewart....that he was above regulation. Neither Anna's frivolous forum-shopping nor Marthat's shady insider trading paid off in the end and I hope Cuban gets a stiff sanction.

If Cravath was retained as counsel for Larry Birkhead then I would be on board. David Gregory is not enough for me, but a summer of researching Anna Nicole's gold-diggery sounds endlessly entertaining. How could any lawyer working that case keep a straight face?

I love how at this point in history everyone is so concerned with being exceedingly progressive that we're almost mandated to make uncommon choices. I can't count how many times in the last month I have heard a political analyst on television proclaim "oh the pick has to be a woman, that is a given. If the woman is a minority that will please another class of people, but that isn't as necessary as picking a female justice" Not that I have anything against a female justice or a hispanic justice, but why couldn't the statement have been "it has to be someone with an impressive legal career and a respected member of their respective judiciary?" That being said, as long as the new justice is wise enough and bold enough to cut through throw away cases and to apply appropriate standards to serious issues then the aim in appointing a justice has been achieved. If the new justice is smart enough to toss out something as ridiculous as Howard K. Stern's latest complaint against the Marshall family (as Justice Kennedy so wisely did recently) but also strong enough to uphold the constitution in decisions like Heller.