Hokie
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Tue Jan-20-09 11:17 PM
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Did one of the justices skip the inaugural ceremony today? |
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I missed a lot of the early stuff. I thought I heard that one of the SC Justices skipped the inaugural. Was it Alito?
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Ian David
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Tue Jan-20-09 11:17 PM
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1. I heard one did, but I forget who and why. n/t |
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Tue Jan-20-09 11:18 PM
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2. FWIW there's a custom forbidding the justices to all appear in public together at once. |
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Wed Jan-21-09 07:26 AM
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3. OK, that could be the explanation |
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It sounded like it was not a big deal. I am sure Alito would have volunteered to be the odd man out.
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Wed Jan-21-09 07:45 AM
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4. Did you see that former SC Justice Sandra Day O'Connor was with them |
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