Monday, January 12, 2004

Let's Twist Again

The Supreme Court today declined to intervene in the legal brawl between comic book creator Todd McFarlane and hockey star Tony Twist. Here's a news story that doesn't say much more than that.

This is not unexpected. The High Court only agrees to hear about 1% of all the cases brought before it. (Keep that in mind the next time you hear someone who loses a lawsuit vow to take it to the Supreme Court.) As I understand it though, they may have declined not because they felt Todd's petition was without merit but because they feel it is proper for the case to proceed through the Missouri court system before it would be proper for them to consider it. The Supreme Court prefers to let a matter work its way through a state's judicial system unless there's the danger of a Democrat becoming president.

As I said before, I'm on Todd's side on this one, and I hope he will eventually prevail.

• Posted at 10:50 PM · LINK

Recommended Reading

Over in Salon, Eric Boehlert says that the media is starting to do the same thing to Howard Dean that they did to Al Gore.

• Posted at 8:20 PM · LINK