When the Supreme Court of the United States is called into session, the Marshall of the Court chants several ceremonial sentences, the last of which is "God save the United States and this Honorable Court!"
If Judge Samuel Alito is approved by the Senate to join the Supreme Court, it certainly will need God's saving. But it's not because of his ideaology or record of past judicial decisions, but because it seems the man is a Phillies fan, and after all, how can a man who carries around such inner turmoil cast a vote on the weighty matters that come before the Court? Surely his mind and heart are too compromised at this point to render rational judgments.
I mean, do we really want someone on the highest bench in the land who after hearing the Marshal utter "God save the United States and this Honorable Court" thinks in his head, "and the Phillies starting pitching!"
[a tip of the well-worn, beaten, and jumped-up-and-down-on Phillies cap to Greg Roth of Caught Looking, a great new addition to the Phlogosphere]
