Matt Zeitlin: Impetuous Young Whippersnapper

Garance Franke Ruta has been investigating the legal background of Senator Craig’s lewd conduct/soliciting/cruising snafu, and found out that “in State v. Limberhand, [the Idaho Court of Appeals] ruled that (solo) masturbation within an enclosed restroom stall was constitutionally protected behavior as the individual within the stall had a reasonable expectation of privacy within the stall.”

Yes, you read that right, the man who went to the Idaho Court of Appeals to protect his right to masturbate in a bathroom stall was named Limberhand. Just like Wordsworth was destined by his name to become a poet, or Chris Moneymaker was destined to become a poker player, so Limberhand was destined to….well, you can figure it out.