Law Students Join Circus

Tomorrow is going to be fun, fun, fun at school!

Torture-monger John Yoo is coming to speak--as previously mentioned. All the Federalists and neocons will be flocking to the school to be dazzled by his rhetoric. Meanwhile, our Amnesty Intl folks will be decked out in snazzy matching t-shirts hosting a vigil outside in the rain/snow with candles and cardboard cut-outs of bodies to honor human dignity and denounce torture. In addition, we've received press releases tending to indicate that at least 5 or 6 different human rights groups are planning to show up to protest the event. The Deans and security are planning to lock the place down and only let in students with valid IDs and pre-registered Federalists. Tension is high, and we can't stop giggling about it.

Meanwhile, the 8th circuit court of appeals is hearing cases at school, so the judges are there with all their clerks and the federal Marshalls and staff. Those guys are going to flip out tomorrow! I was simply posting signs earlier this week and the Marshalls were like "Hey! What are you doing?" Uhhhhhh...posting communist propaganda, what do you think? Apparently I had stuck signs on the rooms where the judges were. For some reason that wasn't OK. What, do they own the flippin' place now? They're welcome to come protest with us, too, you know. Really, I'd love to stand next to some 8th circuit judges out in the sleet tomorrow.

I still need to confirm with the trapeze artists and monkeys on unicycles. I was hoping to get the knife-juggling monkeys, but they only had the fire-swallowing ones on such short notice.