Sunday, March 12, 2006
Our Newest Op Ed
Ruthie's REMs render a Supreme yawn
- By Michael M. Bates
Feeling drowsy recently, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg took a 15-minute nap. That would have been unremarkable except it occurred while the court was in session, hearing arguments on a congressional redistricting case.
The justice's snooze wasn't mentioned by the three broadcast networks' evening news programs that night. Deep in its report on the court's session, the Associated Press gently noted:
"The subject matter was extremely technical, and near the end of the argument Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg dozed in her chair. Justices David Souter and Samuel Alito, who flank the 72-year-old, looked at her but did not give her a nudge."
I don't blame them. If either had touched the flaming feminist, he probably would have ended up on the wrong end of a citizen's arrest. Right after receiving a kung fu kick........................
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- By Michael M. Bates
Feeling drowsy recently, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg took a 15-minute nap. That would have been unremarkable except it occurred while the court was in session, hearing arguments on a congressional redistricting case.
The justice's snooze wasn't mentioned by the three broadcast networks' evening news programs that night. Deep in its report on the court's session, the Associated Press gently noted:
"The subject matter was extremely technical, and near the end of the argument Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg dozed in her chair. Justices David Souter and Samuel Alito, who flank the 72-year-old, looked at her but did not give her a nudge."
I don't blame them. If either had touched the flaming feminist, he probably would have ended up on the wrong end of a citizen's arrest. Right after receiving a kung fu kick........................
Click HERE To Read On
# posted by Publius @ 3/12/2006 12:18:00 AM 
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