Our labor day episode, in which we discuss: Judge Posner’s castigation of state attorneys in gay marriage cases, professionalism (shiver) and politeness, the knee defender and recliners, airplane boarding and luggage retrieval, the exciting new adventures of the Town of Greece, satanists, and contempt of cop.

This show’s links:


Seventh Circuit arguments in Baskin v. Bogan and Wolf v. Walker
Christian Turner, 404: Argument Not Found
Paul Ford, How to Be Polite
About the duty to rescue
Paul Bloom, Against Empathy in the Boston Review, with respondents
Richard Greenstein, Against Professionalism
The Knee Defender
AP, Plane Diverted as Passengers Fight over Seat Reclining
CBC News, Fired RIM Execs “Chewed Through Restraints” on Flight
Josh Barro, Don’t Want Me to Recline My Airline Seat? You Can Pay Me
About the so-called Coase Theorem
Stanley Coren, Is It Safe to Ship Dogs or Cats by Air?
About boarding patterns on airplanes
Dahlia Lithwick, Checking In on the Town of Greece
Episode 19: The Prayer Abides (guest Nathan Chapman), discussing the Town of Greece case
About the Streisand effect
Jack Jenkins, How Satanists Are Testing The Limits Of Religious Freedom In Oklahoma
Swartz v. Insogna
About contempt of cop