February 2016 archive
Slate,
on today's proceedings in the Supreme Court:
Arguments were somewhat dry until the last few minutes,
when Ilana H. Eisenstein, an assistant to the solicitor
general representing the federal government, was preparing to finish up
and take her seat. Just before she left the lectern, Justice
Clarence Thomas spoke up, asking his very first question from the bench
in a decade.
The entire court perked up.
Everyone shifted forward in their seats, and there was a look
of shock on many spectators' faces. We in the press section nearly
fell out of our seats, though the other justices kept admirably cool,
with only Chief Justice John Roberts swiveling his head in evident surprise.
You have to wonder if he did it on a February 29 on purpose.
BBC announcer
misspeaking yesterday:
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