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Thursday, February 02, 2006

Did the court's webmaster get the memo?

I wonder when the Supreme Court will take to updating the biographies of its nine justices on its official website.

I realize Samuel Alito has only been on board for a day or so, but he is already casting votes and that means Sandra Day O'Connor is not.

The newest justice even had a ceremonial swearing-in at the White House today. And it made for quite an interesting visual image. There was John Roberts giving the oath to Mr. Alito as George Bush looked on. Arlen Specter watched from the front row, and Ed Gillespie was thanked in Mr. Alito's speech:


If ever one wanted proof that Mr. Bush has indeed been an influential and effective leader, at least vis a vis the judiciary, this was it. All of the major players in the legal branch of the government were assembled, and the man of the hour was nominated by Mr. Bush, sworn in by someone else put atop the bench by Mr. Bush, overseen by a Senate Judiciary Chair in Mr. Bush's party and ushered through that confirmation process in part by the man who got Mr. Bush elected to a second term in office.

Now if the Supreme Court's website could just catch on.

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