The Onion files a (real) Supreme Court brief in defense of parody

The Onion has some serious things to say in defense of parody.

The satirical site that manages to persuade people to believe the absurd has filed a 23-page Supreme Court brief in support of a man who was arrested and prosecuted for making fun of police on social media.

"As the globe's premier parodists, The Onion's writers also have a self-serving interest in preventing political authorities from imprisoning humorists," lawyers for the Onion wrote in a brief filed Monday. "This brief is submitted in the interest of at least mitigating their future punishment."