The $58,000 TV bill: When DirecTV sued O.J. Simpson for piracy

Key points

• Imagine the life of a federal judge in the Southern District of Florida back in 2005. On Monday, you hold a hearing on contested legislation.
• On Tuesday, you rule in a national security case.
• But on Wednesday—bah, there’s just something about Wednesday—you have to spend a sunny day indoors, reading technical affidavits on satellite TV bootloaders, electronic countermeasures, and smartcard voltage dips that take place 522 clock ticks after startup.
• Tedious, really.
• Not the kind of thing one seeks a federal judgeship for.