As she mentioned previously, Article III Groupie is drowning in work. As a result, her post about Justice Scalia's OT 2005 clerks won't be appearing until (1) things improve for her at the office, and (2) she gets more tidbits about the four incoming AS clerks (especially Evan Y. and the two "Johns," John D. and John S.; she already has a fair amount on Scott M.).
In the meantime, A3G will offer you a "Scalia-related" post. As she previously mentioned, the Rock Star of One First Street recently popped up on the gay porn site Nightcharm, following the "Sodomy-gate" scandal surrounding his recent visit to NYU.* (Thankfully, Justice Scalia appeared on the site only in name, not in body.**)
Not too long ago, A3G received an email from John Calendo, the Executive Editor of Nightcharm (a site that touts itself as offering "[s]ophisticated queer smut for the discriminating masses"). Considering that this section of her blog, Courthouse Forum: Letters to Article III Groupie, is UTR's answer to Penthouse Forum, it is altogether fitting and proper for A3G to publish pornographer correspondence in these pages. So here is the email (reprinted with permission):
Dear Under the Robes,
Thank you for mentioning our humble site ab imo pectore. Porn sites, even when clever, are ofter persona non grata in the stately, daylight world of law gossip which speaks, of course, urbi et orbi. Sadly, de minimis non curat lex.
Thus, we were tickled pink by your mention, as we suspect you were by ours, though of course in a more stately, daylight fashion. Naturally, your title, Under the Robes, immediately grabs our attention. Res ipsa loquitur.
Your site was sui generis, the only one that had an eye-witness account of the bellum horribilis with Scalia, and an excellent one at that -- not merely reporting the event, but giving the emotional flavor of the scene, as well as the writer's feeling. Bravo (or would that be Brava?) to the eye-witness author.
Thank you for taking it in good humor.
Vivat Regina,
John Calendo
Executive Editor, Nightcharm
Well! A3G is speechless. And that may be just as well -- to quote Mr. Calendo, res ipsa loquitur.
* In the wake of "Sodomy-gate," several readers directed A3G's attention to the email apologia by Eric Berndt, the NYU Law student who asked Justice Scalia the infamous "do you sodomize your wife" question. For those of you who would like to read Berndt's message, it's available in this post at Wonkette.
By the way, today Wonkette links to Richard Leiby's "Reliable Source" column, which offers a delicious judicial sight-ation: Justices O'Connor, Souter, Ginsburg, and Breyer, attending the launch party for Becoming Justice Blackmun, the new book by Linda Greenhouse (a.k.a. the Femme Fatale of One First Street). But where was Justice Kennedy?
** Rumor has it that Justice Scalia has back hair -- which is not really A3G's cup of tea...
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