If you haven't already read the recent, juicy New Yorker profile of Justice Antonin Scalia, A3G recommends that you get your hands on a copy of it pronto. It's not available online, but this interview with author Margaret Talbot hints at some of the delights contained therein.
In her article, Talbot identifies "Scalito," a.k.a. Third Circuit Judge Samuel A. Alito, Jr., as a possible candidate for Chief Justice (and competition for Justice Scalia, who has allegedly launched a "charm offensive" for the job of Chief). But Judge Alito can also be spotted outside the New Yorker's august pages. A regular UTR correspondent offers this judicial sight-ation:
Hi A3G. Just wanted to share with you a judicial celebrity sighting of the truest kind, as opposed to a pseudo-sighting of a judge at a panel discussion or conference he's participating in. A colleague of mine who lives in [town name omitted], N.J., recently saw Supreme Court short-lister Samuel Alito -- at the local Shoprite, doing his grocery shopping!
Now that's what A3G calls a judicial sight-ation! It's inspiring to hear that Article III judges -- including possible Supreme Court justices -- are "just like us," as US Weekly might say. Yes, federal judges use their brilliant minds to untangle the most complexly reticulated statutes. And yes, they use their infinite wisdom to delineate the contours of our constitutional freedoms. But just like us -- and apparently unaided by their law clerks -- they use their own two hands to pick up boxes of Honey Nut Cheerios and place them gingerly in their shopping carts.
Is it only a matter of time before someone poses the question, "Mr. Chief Justice, paper or plastic?" Alas, don't count on it. According to UTR's spy, "Judge Alito bags his own groceries."
WOW! What more could one ask for in a Supreme Court nominee?
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