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In reply to the discussion: Why 3 Supreme Court Justices Didn’t Attend the State of the Union [View all]former9thward
(32,294 posts)34. Sonia Sotomayor skipped last year's SOTU
She was in California judging moot court finals at the University of California Irvine Law School. Not exactly the most important thing on earth.
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/scotus-sotu
Stevens and Souter skipped when Bush was doing the SOTU.
Thomas is right about one thing: The SOTU has become totally partisan like everything else in life. I don't know what president started the tradition of using people in the audience as props for the speech but that turned it into nothing but a show and that is why ratings have dropped constantly for people watching.
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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