It’s hard to think of anything more stupid than wearing your pants below your buttocks, but the notion that the Constitution gives you a right to wear your pants below your buttocks comes close.
Palm Beach County Judge Paul Moyle has found that right in the Constitution. Apparently, it’s just a question of fashion, so long as nothing emanates from the penumbra of your boxers.
I wonder what the judge would do if lawyers appearing in his court opted for this form of dress. Could he hold them in contempt for exercising their constitutional right, or would he find that some time and place restrictions are permissible? Would he permit it, giving the same deference to the lawyers that he gives to anti-social juveniles, or would he demand a measure of decency that he thinks the rest of us don’t deserve?
Photo by Malingering (Creative Commons)
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For further legal perspective on the baggy pants crowd, see the following piece I wrote under nome de guerre Rocky Justice for Glossy News
http://www.glossynews.com/artman/publish/baggies.shtml
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