The Volokh Conspiracy
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The Supreme Court Justices Enter The Presidential Inauguration
I'm not sure why Justice Kavanaugh entered after the Chief Justice. There was some seniority mixup.
The perfect caption for Chief Justice Roberts: Record Scratch. Freeze Frame. Yep, that's me. You're probably wondering how I got here.
And is Justice Jackson wearing a dissent collar?
Remember RBG wore her dissent collar after Trump's election. Even if this was not intentional on KBJ's part, it was a fashion faux pas.
Regrettably, because the Justices are inside, they will not wear their special hats.
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after hjaving to tell Biden multiple times he was doing something Unconstitutional, they file in with a man to honor a man who is a reall American and not a failed lawyer who graduated bottom 10in his law class, Syracuse Law too, not anything to brag about even if you got a decent class rank
Why did they not enter order of seniority? It looks like Roberts, then Kavanaugh, Thomas, Alito, Sotomayor, Kagan, Gorsuch, Barret, Jackson, then Breyer.
Kavanaugh should be between Gorsuch and Barrett. Is someone signaling a promotion in his future? (I'm sure we'd all love another Kavanaugh hearing).
Perhaps they showed up in seniority order but some had more trouble getting through the metal detectors.
Kavanaugh is swearing in Vance. Maybe that explains it.
What is Not a Biologist wearing on her neck?
Someone should do a study on why modern conservatives can’t just call people by their names and have to come up with incredibly unclever nicknames instead.
Like “Uncle Clarence”?
That’s a real bad one that I’ve only ever seen assholes use. Guess it’s an asshole thing. Must be why it’s so prevalent on the right, even if it does appear on the left, and why I just call people by the names they go by.
Kavanaugh is swearing in the VP
This might be a seating issue
Yes, that is a logical assumption.
Why is Kavanaugh swearing in Vance? Is it a bro thing?
A later post noted a law clerk connection. Granted.
Well that's that. Here we go!
Sigh. "Letting dictator tanks roll through Europe is not actually a value!"
Man, Sotomeyer didn't look well at all. Has she always been all slumped over like that?
Barrett looks unhappy. I suggest she retire.