senate laureate

Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif.
What Sonia has done
Is so very impressive
So I am impressed

John Cornyn, R-Texas
We now all agree
Judges channel the Framers
Empathy is toast
 
Dick Durbin, D-Ill.
Guys ‘n’ gals differ
It’s not that one is biased
We just come that way

Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn.
A prosecutor
Badass on white collar crime
Tough chick. Just like me.

Arlen Specter, D-Pa.
Ethnic pride is good
But this is not me crying
It’s just the chemo

(courtesy of Dahlia Lithwick/Slate!)

 
Read more: 306 Syllables on Sotomayor
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let us be merce-ful as well as just

New forms new beauty
Dance each instant as it comes
We will miss you, Merce

 
(courtesy of anthony!)

Read: Merce Cunningham, Choregrapher, Dies at 90
Enjoy: Anthony Roth Costanzo
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Ode to the Bar Exam, Part Deux

bankruptcy is funny!

Son’s got gambling debt
Statutory spendthrift rule
You’ve just saved his trust
 
(courtesy of nelly!)

Learn: Bankruptcy in the United States
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Ode to the Bar Exam

we're fine with this Will, too

I am very poor
Can you die so I can get
My intestate share
 
(courtesy of nelly!)

Read: Aspiring Lawyer Finds Debt Is Bigger Hurdle than Bar Exam
Learn: Intestacy

all williams, all the time

wimbledon junior prom

Talk about sibling
Rivalry. An all-sister
Act at Wimbledon.

 

Read: It’s Another All-Williams Final at Wimbledon
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