Gorsuch Hears First SCOTUS Cases, North Korea Promises More Missile Tests, Arkansas Fights Court to Execute Prisoners: P.M. Links

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  Justice Neil Gorsuch heard his first cases on the Supreme Court today and asked several questions, taking up a good chunk of time in one case.

• Arrests of illegal immigrants jumped by about one-third in the first weeks of President Donald Trump's administration. There's a notable jump in the increase in the arrests of those charged with no other crimes besides being in the country illegally.
• A North Korean official told the BBC the country will be conducting more missile tests, possibly weekly.
• The state of Arkansas is fighting with the courts to try to execute eight men. The courts have barred them from carrying out the executions over the drugs it planned to use. If the rulings are overruled by tonight, they would be ready to execute one prisoner this evening.
• The White House held its Easter egg roll this morning and CNN has more than you can possibly care to read or watch about it.
• Would Trump's border wall (assuming it actually gets built) leave some Americans on the wrong side of it?
• Some court documents related to the investigation of Prince's opioid-caused death have been unsealed. Some painkillers had been prescribed to Prince's former drummer in order to protect Prince's privacy.
• If you're tired of both the bitching about and the defenses of Lena Dunham's Girls, you will be happy to know that last night the comedy's final episode aired.

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[Fist of Etiquette]

Justice Neil Gorsuch heard his first cases on the Supreme Court today and asked several questions, taking up a good chunk of time in one case.

Judge Chatty Cathy over here.

[Rufus The Monocled]

Hello.

[Fist of Etiquette]

Leafs must win. That is all.

[Chipper Mourning Will Grigg]

This page keeps crashing my browser. Why doesn't reason care?

[Not a True MJG]

Obviously trying to silence the proud women on the court. smh

[EscherEnigma]

They've actually done studies on that, you know.

The male judges do talk over the female judges more then the female judges talk over the male judges.

[Not a True MJG]

Alpha as fuck.

[Fascist loofa-faced shitgibbon]

I don't think Gorsuch's chatty ways will bother anybody unless he forgets that Fridays are "let's get the fuck out of here early, bro".

[Fist of Etiquette]

A North Korean official told the BBC the country will be conducting more missile tests, possibly weekly.

If Kim keeps shooting himself in the foot, he's going to run out after week two.

[TheZeitgeist]

Blind shot he can't see his feet.

[Fist of Etiquette]

You went there.

[Fascist loofa-faced shitgibbon]

"possibly weekly."

misspelled "weakly".

[Crusty Juggler aka "Chad"]

If you're tired of both the bitching about and the defenses of Lena Dunham's Girls, you will be happy to know that last night the comedy's final episode aired.

THANKS FOR THE REMINDER!!!!

*sobs*

[Anomalous]

If Lena Dunham dropped her toothbrush in my toilet, I would buy a new toilet.

[Fist of Etiquette]

Some painkillers had been prescribed to Prince's former drummer in order to protect Prince's privacy.

This is unbelievable. Prince had a drummer?

[Libertarian]

What's unbelievable is that it wasn't the drummer who died.

[Crusty Juggler aka "Chad"]

Why is Walmart buying up brands?

Lore has been building up Walmart's e-commerce operation to turn the retailer into a major player against Amazon. Walmart introduced free shipping comparable to what Amazon offers customers who aren't Prime members and just last week added discounts for in-store pickup of online orders ? something Amazon doesn't really have the physical presence to do.

[Chipper Mourning Will Grigg]

Plus you get to ogle all the sexy Walmart shoppers when you pick up your stuff.

[Libertarian]

Did you mean for this comment to be under the Lena Dunham discussion?

[Juice]

The state of Arkansas is fighting with the courts to try to execute eight men.

Would the state fight the courts if the men were clearly innocent and the courts were telling them to execute? If it's obvious that the answer is no, that tells you about all you need to know about the state.

[Crusty Juggler aka "Chad"]

Keep the change: Travelers left behind nearly $1 million in coins, currency in airports last year

For its fiscal year 2016, the Transportation Security Administration reported that passengers left behind more than $867, 812.39 in coins and currency in the plastic bowls and bins at various U.S. airport checkpoints. That's about $102,000 more than the amount left behind in 2015, and the more than $484,000 left behind in 2008.

Filthy fucking animals.

[Fist of Etiquette]

"Left behind" wink wink

[$park? leftist poser]

A North Korean official told the BBC the country will be conducting more missile tests, possibly weekly.

Those aren't tests, they're actually trying to blow stuff up. It's the Nork propaganda calling them tests so they don't look so bad.

[Fascist loofa-faced shitgibbon]

They are "testing" fatty's patience.

[Crusty Juggler aka "Chad"]

New York state allots $1M to create hate crimes task force

The task force will be charged with identifying and investigating hate crimes and discriminatory practices.

Cuomo has said the state has an obligation to protect its residents from crimes motivated by bias or bigotry.

The countdown for my eventual arrest by New York's gestapo begins.

[Fist of Etiquette]

The task force will be charged with justifying its own existence.

[TheZeitgeist]

"Hate crimes task force" ...at least they're honest.

[A Cynic's Guide to Zen]

"Here at RapeX, we do our best to sell you all the anti-rape equipment one might need: rape whistles, our patented RapeX condom, and our fresh-off-the-line Rape-App, which allows you to start, stop, and catalog every rape you experience with a simple voice cue!"

aside "What's that? Rapes are decreasing!? Good god man, we'll go out of business! Do you realize how much those millennials charged us for the Rape-App suite?"

[Chipper Mourning Will Grigg]

I think Bo Burnham wrote a song about this.

[Fist of Etiquette]

The White House held its Easter egg roll this morning and CNN has more than you can possibly care to read or watch about it.

They reported that Trump was using Faberg? eggs. RUSSIAN CONNECTION.

[Crusty Juggler aka "Chad"]

The Great Japan Potato-Chip Crisis: Panic Buying, $12 Bags

Demand for potato chips has surged in Japan this week, with products on offer for 6 times their retail price online after Japanese snack company Calbee Inc. halted the sale of some of its most popular chip brands.

[Chipper Mourning Will Grigg]

Ooh, you could get good money for your bedsheets.

[Fist of Etiquette]

Would Trump's border wall (assuming it actually gets built) leave some Americans on the wrong side of it?

BETTER THAN SOME MEXICANS ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF IT.

[Scarecrow Repair & Chippering]

I think you mean you want them left on the wrong side, right?

[Fist of Etiquette]

Whichever is most racist.

[Fascist loofa-faced shitgibbon]

"Would Trump's border wall (assuming it actually gets built) leave some Americans on the wrong side of it?"

Curious how many Americans usually enter the USA by sneaking across the border.

[EscherEnigma]

The people in question never leave the US. Their property is along the Rio Grande in Texas, right where the wall will need to be built. They know because they ran into this same problem with Bush's fence ten years ago, with the fence dividing people's property.

[Agammamon]

Funny though - if they climb the wall they'll be shot just the same.

[Fist of Etiquette]

If you're tired of both the bitching about and the defenses of Lena Dunham's Girls, you will be happy to know that last night the comedy's final episode aired.

This is unbelievable. That was a comedy?

[Not a True MJG]

I DIDN'T HEAR ANYONE LAUGHING

[Agammamon]

That's because its an *SJW* comedy.

[Crusty Juggler aka "Chad"]

That was a comedy?

If the life and breasts of a tattooed potato aren't funny, I don't know what is.

[Half-Virtue, Half-Vice]

*slams the applause button*

[A Cynic's Guide to Zen]

Lena Dunham is eager to begin her next role as a tumor on the left breast of Hilary Clinton.

[Crusty Juggler aka "Chad"]

Some court documents related to the investigation of Prince's opioid-caused death have been unsealed. Some painkillers had been prescribed to Prince's former drummer in order to protect Prince's privacy.

It's no surprise that Reason buried the lede: Prince's alias was "Peter Bravestrong."

[Chipper Mourning Will Grigg]

DUCKLINGS

[Half-Virtue, Half-Vice]

If you're tired of both the bitching about and the defenses of Lena Dunham's Girls, you will be happy to know that last night the comedy's final episode aired.

Comedy?

[Libertarian]

Yep, if you think Girls is funny, you should read Dunham's latest comments on Hillary and her campaign.

[This Machine Chips Fascists]

The cover up continues.