"OMG like totally, what are you going to wear tomorrow?!?

I'm sure there will be some super extra awesome "patriotic" Americans who think this is amusing and completely appropriate, but the idea of Padilla jurors spending time deciding what to wear to court makes me a little nauseous.

In a color-coordinated display of their patriotism, the jurors wore red, white and blue clothing to court before breaking for a July 4th recess.

Seriously? I mean, yay July 4th and all, but is this the place to really be doing that? Are juries supposed to be chatting each other up before deliberations begin (I seriously don't know and am asking), and wouldn't everyone showing up in red, white and blue kinda communicate a message about their intentions? I mean, being patriotic doesn't necessarily mean that you can't hear the evidence and make a decision based on the facts, but it's been my personal observation that the type of people who would wear cutesie "patriotic" clothes - and would agree to wear a certain color based on what ROW they're sitting in, for goodness sakes - are much more likely to lean to the right than the left. That is in no meant to imply that lefties aren't patriotic, just that I don't see as many of them wrapping themselves in flags (which - another topic, but could be considered desecration if you really wanted to split hairs, and amusing since it's those same people who have fits if anyone even suggests thinking about the possibility of maybe lighting a match anywhere near a flag).

But anyway, this isn't the only time they've done it. They've had an "all black" day, and a "boys where blue, girls wear pink" day as well.

Tacky, tacky, tacky. I'm embarrassed for them.