Asked which state licensed her to practice law, the new press secretary answered: "when I moved to China"

…(cont) I did write one line down, because I liked how it was built. Hold on, it's in the raincoat, inside pocket, under the — here. The complaint: "A law degree, standing alone, does not entitle its holder to practice law." Standing alone. Their words, not mine. And the complaint grants the degree, right there in the same paragraph: Juris Doctor, 2011, Pepperdine. Nobody is arguing about the diploma. What the group says it cannot locate is a record of admission in any US jurisdiction. So which document is the one in dispute — the one everybody agrees exists, or the one nobody can find?

There's a smaller thing underneath it that I keep going back to. The complaint says when a reporter asked the White House press office whether she had ever been admitted to a bar, the press office answered by referring the reporter to the president's social media post. Is a post a record of admission? Where does the complaint say the record would be, if there were one?

My car needs a fan belt, which is how I spent Saturday morning at the garage on the corner with nothing to do but read the walls. Eddie has two things framed over the register. One is from a school in Ohio, his name in that curly writing, a date under it. The other is a card from the state — smaller, uglier, a number on it, and it expires. The card is the one that lets him put the inspection sticker on my windshield. I asked him once what happens if the pretty one is hanging there and the card has run out. He said the sticker comes off and the state comes by. Then I asked him the question the reporter asked: which state, Eddie. He said Pennsylvania, and he said the year. Took two seconds. He gave me a state and a year, and the question only had room for the state.

About the podium itself. The Examiner says that on her second day she briefed for a little under fifteen minutes, and that eight of those minutes were the opening statement. That leaves the room something under seven. How long does a question about a card take to ask? Psaki needed three words.

Oh — I'm sorry, you've got your coat on already. One more and I'll let you go. The betting markets price a short run, fine, that resolves itself. The complaint went to California, and California has a form, and on the form there is a line that wants one thing: the state. One word fits. She has already answered that exact question in public, on the record, in front of the room, on Tuesday. What does the transcript say she put there? "When I moved to China."