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In reply to the discussion: Why 3 Supreme Court Justices Didn’t Attend the State of the Union [View all]The_Commonist
(2,518 posts)20. Holy crap! I can't believe I actually agree with Scalia, Thomas and Roberts about something!
The SOTU is a "childish spectacle" and "political pep rally" and it SHOULD be "very uncomfortable for a judge to sit there." But I suppose even those guys are bound to be right once in a great while.
I was really really hoping that Obama would be the one who would finally murder this silly tradition, and send congress a written report each January, like in the olde days. Oh well, maybe next year?
(of course, as far as these childish political pep rallies are concerned, Obama does a great job! But that is what they have become, and what they have been for most on my life...)
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I vote for Ginsburg to stay away from the SOTU so she can be the Designated Survivor Justice!
merrily
Jan 2015
#3
The point is if you want to pick a single justice to represent the Supreme Court at the SOTU,
PoliticAverse
Jan 2015
#19
Why not? Falling asleep at the SOTU does not affect performance of her duties as a Justice or
merrily
Jan 2015
#21
I hear Scalia takes a dump in that ridiculous hat he affects before he puts it on in the am.
merrily
Jan 2015
#2
He's very smart so I can't honestly call him shit for brains. I did the next best thing
merrily
Jan 2015
#22
Based on the American Bar Association's opinion of Thomas, probably Thomas should not be
merrily
Jan 2015
#12
A SCOTUS with so little curiosity about the usually important cases being argued before him
merrily
Jan 2015
#23
One year, Scalia was a speaker at another event. He claimed he did not do it to upstage the SOTU.
merrily
Jan 2015
#9
OK I can see that, if all skip it. Then, it does not become its own story that distracts from the
merrily
Jan 2015
#25
Holy crap! I can't believe I actually agree with Scalia, Thomas and Roberts about something!
The_Commonist
Jan 2015
#20