Well, With A Name Like That…
Posted by Matt Zeitlin on August 28, 2007
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.
August 29, 2007 at 12:11 pm
It’s a shame Henry Wadsworth Longfellow didn’t pick a more appropriate profession.
August 29, 2007 at 9:39 pm
Or for that matter, Dick van Dyke.