Longtime friend, 1115 reader and notorious scofflaw Andy Sine had his day in court on Tuesday on a matter of unpaid parking tickets. Fines, penalties and court costs were in the $2,000 range, and desperate measures were required. When the judge asked what he had to say for himself, Andy expressed outrage that he had to pay $2,000 for parking tickets the week after the President gave Scooter Libby a get-out-of-jail-free card.

Surprisingly, the judge reduced everything to the cost of the original tickets plus court costs: $65.

Prediction: there will be law school classes that focus on this defense next academic year.