Christopher Hitchens wades in as only Hitchens can, attacking the unpleasant glee that has accompanied the jailing of Paris Hilton and then throws in a few choice words for the judge in the Libby case. He notes “an even more acid piece of creepy populism, in the form of an order from Judge “Reggie” Walton, who poured his witless sarcasm on those who had filed a brief in support of Lewis “Scooter” Libby. Would such “luminaries,” sneered Walton, be equally available for other litigants? It’s not his job to arbitrate such a question, and he seems not to understand the law, but if his words mean anything, and from a federal judge at that, they appear to mean that to be a public figure is to risk double jeopardy in the courts.” The three branches of government each manage to abuse their powers all too frequently and in very different ways, but if there’s something they have in common it is that they know even less about decorum than they do about restraint. Hat-tip: Instapundit.