[us law] United States v. Article Consisting of 50,000 Cardboard Boxes Mor... this is not an Ace Attorney case

that is the actual name of a case which actually happened in real life

XD

like, I'm getting a lot out of the discourse that's going on today and such, but I also want to point out for a much-needed moment of levity

someone in official clothing, in a serious and sober courtroom setting, probably had to say that out loud at some point

god that makes me think of this:

omfg

yeah, I was just looking through these Category:United States in rem cases - Wikipedia

they're pretty much all hilarious

62 cases of Jam v. Unites States

I am coming around more and more to the idea that I want to study law

I want to understand how all of this stuff happens, the wild and weird and wonderful and all the intricate little details

...and some of these cases are in face quite important. "A quantity of books et al. v. Kansas" was about censorship versus adult materials (trying to avoid tripping work's text filters here)

*in fact

doesn't change how silly it sounds, though