Ed. note: Your Above the Law editors are busy celebrating their freedom today (and we hope you are, too). We will return to our regular publishing schedule on Tuesday, July 5.
* Well, the government is finally agreeing with the fact that that all men are theoretically created equal. Even the most faaaaaaabulous ones. That only took 235 years. [Associated Press]
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* Oh, and by “theoretically,” I meant that according to the Sixth Circuit, some people are created more equal than others. Especially if they want to go to school in Michigan. [New York Times]
* Jose Baez’s closing in the Anthony trial featured quotes like: “Who cut the cheese?” and “Who smelled what?” Whoever smelt it, dealt it. Even “laughing man” Ashton knows that. [Baltimore Sun]
* Obama will host a Twitter town hall meeting this week. How many ways can you express your anger about jobs and the economy in less than 140 characters? #WTF [New York Daily News]
* In the home of the free and the brave, a prisoner can’t even get off. Is keeping a man from making daily deposits in his spank bank a form of cruel and unusual punishment? [Detroit News]