**Corte Suprema Drops Absolute Banger of a Ruling, Internet Immediately Loses Its Collective Mind**

Corte Suprema Drops Absolute Banger of a Ruling, Internet Immediately Loses Its Collective Mind

Buenos Aires, Argentina — In a move that nobody saw coming, the Corte Suprema de Justicia— better known as the “Corte Suprema” to the 3 people who actually passed civics class— has just dropped a ruling so spicy it’s making El País editors actually do their jobs.

In a shocking 4-3 decision (was there any other way?), the court ruled that “a meme is a valid form of legal protest” in a case involving a teenager who deepfried a picture of local mayor, Señor Juan Carlos “El Toro” Guerra, complete with a hilarious “Taco Bell Dog” filter. The mayor, who reportedly has the emotional stability of a wet paper bag, tried to sue for “digital defamation.” The kid’s lawyer? A literal 3D-printed avatar of the meme itself.

“It’s a historic ruling,” said Dr. Maria Lopez, a legal scholar who clearly has too much time on her hands. “We are now living in a post-truth, post-law, post-sanitary system, where a JPEG of a flaming raccoon has more constitutional weight than a 200-year-old parchment.”

The Internet, of course, is losing its damn mind.

Reddit user u/_DefinitelyNotAJudge posted: “AITA for using a GIF of a monkey slapping a banana to argue my traffic ticket? Asking for a friend.”

TL;DR: Supreme Court says “LOL, memes are free speech.” Mayor is big sad. Predictions show 500% increase in “Crop Dusting” GIF-based court filings by Tuesday. Somewhere, a 73-year-old judge is crying into his churro.