At a time when the courts are increasingly giving deference to the police and prioritizing security over civil liberties, the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in Millbrook v. United States is a glimmer of hope in a sea of gloom.
The facts surrounding the Casey Anthony trial and outcome were difficult to absorb even as they were occurring. To see a similar story that is fiction places too many constraints on what could have happened and why.
What happens when a great nation -- and this is a great nation -- elects a ruler who is not up to the task of being president? The answer is to be found in George W. Bush's memoirs, Decision Points.