On days like today, I'm proud to be a scholar of the US Supreme Court

The "Bong Hits For Jesus" case which--if there's any justice in America--will be known by future generations of scholars and con law students as the "Stephen Baldwin doctrine," went before the Supremes today.

Here's the Tasty Bits from the WaPo:

Justice Stephen Breyer, addressing Mertz, said he is struggling with the case because a ruling in Frederick's favor could encourage students to go to absurd lengths to test those limits. ...

Frederick acknowledged he was trying to provoke a reaction from school administrators with whom he had feuded, but he denied that he was speaking out in favor of drugs or anything other than free speech.

Gee, ya think? Have the movies of John Hughes taught us nothing else?

No word on whether uber appellate lawyer Ken Starr waived his usual fee for payment in Doritos.

UPDATE:

When Constitutional doctrines collide: Morse v. Frederick meets Hurley v. Irish American GLB--the First Amendment parade case.