I can't compare with Nick, Beatrice, and Kragen, who arrived around 2:30 p.m. yesterday to capture the first seats in the public line for entry to the Supreme Court, but I joined them around 11 p.m., and helped kick off the bar entrance line around 3 a.m. with the EFF gang of Kurt, Matt, Gwen, and Shari. After a DMZ, most of the line behind us was RIAA and MPAA lawyers.

Though they're vigorous opponents in court, the entertainment company lawyers were friendly line-sharers, helping us to save our places in line, and even fortifying us with Krispy Kreme. It's a good thing we were there early, because the line later swelled to more than 150, of whom fewer than 50 bar members got into the courthouse itself.