UGH

From Adam Kessel's Fair and Balanced Weblog (see footnote 3 -- yes, footnote 3):

[In The Tempting of America,] Robert Bork describes an encounter between Justice Holmes and Judge Learned Hand in which Hand urges Holmes, “Do justice, sir, do justice,” to which Holmes replies, “That is not my job. It is my job to apply the law.”

Hard to argue with that quote -- as a descriptive matter, at least -- after reading this news story and the opinions in Dretke v. Haley announced by the U.S. Supreme Court today (via Howard Bashman, at his new digs).

I want to say: just release the guy, for crying out loud. He's already served six years for stealing a calculator -- and, technically, he has served six years for a crime he didn't commit, as everyone on the Court appears to agree. What the heck is wrong with this country?

I suppose that that's the cry of "justice." Ugh and double ugh.