Yesterday In Bruce Selya

The Widget:

Court: First Circuit
Judge: Selya
Subject: Michael Bianco
Tone: Voracious
Importance: 6.0

We may as well acknowledge that he is taking over the world. Or at least this blog. And he gets a commendation for citing Marbury v. Madison in this decision, briefly adverted to early this morning:

UKASE
GORDIAN KNOT
PERSCRUTATION
SCUMBLED
REHEARSE*
SUCCOR
LIMN
MANTLE**
ARMAMENTARIUM
IMBRICATION
WITHAL
CHIAROSCURO

*Not the act of getting ready for a theatrical performance.
**Not the one in your living room.