My friend Joani is one of the most amazing people on the planet. There are a lot of reasons why I say that, but for now just get this - she is always telling me that she doesn't have the time/patience/energy to do various things, and yet periodically she will e-mail out a link to a U. S. Supreme Court opinion on a particularly important case that recently occurred. (Christ! How much patience do you need to track down and read Supreme Court opinions? It's not like she's a lawyer or anything, either.) This one is the court's opinion striking down a Texas sodomy law.