Curtain opens on Spirit of Justice

This is amusing. With Ashcroft's tender sensibilities now absent from the Great Hall at the Justice Dept, the Spirit of Justice, standing guard over the podium since the early 30s, has been unveiled. The $8000 installation of heavy draperies has been dismantled and the statue can flaunt her bare breast with impunity once again.

Her counterpart, the Majesty of the Law can also show his pecs, having been draped as well during Ashcroft's reign because the ex-AG didn't want to discriminate on the basis of gender. Who says the guy never thought about civil rights?

[hat tip to Jules Siegel. Read his books]