Md. Judge: Go Ahead and Drop Trou

I don't imagine students at high-priced law schools, who have lofty dreams about public service, think about the possibility they might be hearing a case on shooting the moon. But that was the situation in a Montgomery County, Maryland, Circuit Court, where it was decided that it wasn't illegal for the defendant to, how do we put this politely, expose his hind quarters to a neighbor during an argument.

After the trial, in which he reversed the ruling of a District Court judge, Judge John W. Debelius III, said, "If exposure of half the buttock constituted indecent exposure, any woman wearing a thong at the beach at Ocean City would be guilty," according to a Washington Post story.

But the best line had to go to one of the defendant's attorneys (he needed more than one attorney for this?) who said the ruling should "bring comfort to all beachgoers and plumbers" in the state. Whatever those judges get paid, it's not enough.