with in rem cases, it’s fun to imagine a federal prosecutor...

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with in rem cases, it’s fun to imagine a federal prosecutor at one table and an absolute heap of boxes stacked behind another table with a public defender.

“your honor, it’s obvious that these clacker balls are just waiting to cause serious injuries to innocent children.”
“Objection, speculation.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Article_Consisting_of_50,000_Cardboard_Boxes_More_or_Less,_Each_Containing_One_Pair_of_Clacker_Balls

Like 1 6 July at 21:31 | Open on hachyderm.io

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GeePawHill

@samhenrigold Back in my day, they were branded "PopperKnockers", and were a huge fad, until it turned out they could shatter.

6 July at 21:46 | Open on mastodon.social

Mike Beasley

@samhenrigold A weary bailiff with a hand truck is asked by the judge to move the boxes to the witness stand.

6 July at 21:57 | Open on mas.to

petes_bread_eqn_xls

@samhenrigold keeping in mind that #StephenKing set Christine in Pennsylvania, I’ve always been fond of the SCOTUS case One 1958 Plymouth Sedan v. Pennsylvania

6 July at 22:08 | Open on mastodo.neoliber.al

phryk 🏴

@samhenrigold Wait, is this why clacker balls in my generation were connected via plastic struts instead of strings? 🤨

7 July at 13:52 | Open on mastodon.social