"And that's why we don't use the word jolly-woggle instead of the F-word."
November 6th, 2008
Dahlia Lithwick on the US Supreme Court's deliberations over whether it's permissible for the Federal Communications Commission to fine TV stations for broadcasting swear words:
[Justice John Paul Stevens...] proves he is our kind of jurist when he asks whether the FCC ever "takes into consideration that the particular remark was really hilarious?"
