Sean BraswellThinkers

An Acquittal is a determination that a guilty person has been detained for the wrong crime.

An Admirer is one practiced in the art of long-range lechery.

The Advent calendar is a system by which daily confectionery bribes are distributed to children to win their early allegiance to a season of giving and sacrifice.

Advice and consent is constitutionally derived power under which the U.S. Senate may discourage and reject a Supreme Court appointment made by a president of the opposing party.

An Affidavit is a sworn lie.

The All-Star Game is a heavily publicized but immaterial contest between the very best players in the game who have been unable to fake an illness or injury in order to avoid working during their only break of the season

The American dream is the birthright of every U.S. citizen to lease a marginally better automobile than the one their parents once owned.

Amicus curiae is friend of the court whose unsolicited suggestions, like any well-intentioned friend’s advice, will go entirely unheeded.

The Angel is a spiritual being who watches over you, usually from your neighbor’s tacky rooftop light display while you are trying to sleep.

Attorney is the name a lawyer gives himself on a first date.