* I’m bringing up the Carrie Fisher story just to say that it would have been nice if people called for this kind of respect in the face of drug use after Whitney Houston died. [Variety]
* This is a very good breakdown of what’s at stake when the Supreme Court looks at partisan gerrymandering next term. I’m happy they’re taking it up before the next Census. If Trump will even allow us to have another Census. [Slate]
* Of course the entire case will be a pageant to see who can pander to Anthony Kennedy the best. [Atlantic]
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* Is the Cosby retrial likely to produce a different result? No. Am I okay with prosecuting him even in the face of a mistrial, potentially every year until he dies? Yeah. I think I am. Seems like the least we can do. [NY Daily News]
* Team Trump is betting that if the American people can’t see and hear them lying, the press will do a pretty poor job of explaining what their lying looks and sounds like. It’s not the worst bet they’ve made. [The Hill]
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* I think this is an attempt to explain to people on the right why they shouldn’t disrupt Shakespeare in the Park the same way some on the left disrupt, say, Ann Coulter. And while I generally agree with the idea and the sentiment, I’m annoyed that a public performance of Shakespeare has to be defended under the same theory that allows bigoted trolls to have their say in public. The fact that we can’t morally distinguish Shakespeare from fascists is part of the problem, even though the fact that we can’t legally distinguish between them has always been part of the solution. [Popehat]
Elie Mystal is an editor of Above the Law and the Legal Editor for More Perfect. He can be reached @ElieNYC on Twitter, or at [email protected]. He will resist.