Not too long ago, Article III Groupie was looking back on the mission statement for her blog. She was pleased to see that she has delivered on almost all of her promised coverage, with one notable exception:
A Hunger for Justice: Judge Jerome Frank and his fellow legal realists thought that a case might get decided "based on what the judge had for breakfast." So -- what did the judge have for breakfast? What judges have idiosyncratic culinary tastes? Which judges are on diets -- and which judges aren't, but should be? Find out in UTR's exploration of the care and feeding of Article III judges.
Federal judicial eating habits are gossiped about with more gusto than the misadventures of Brangelina. For example, how is Justice Antonin Scalia coping with the imminent closing of his favorite pizza place, A.V. Ristorante? Is is true that Judge Edward R. Becker (3d Cir.) likes to go on late-night Chinese food binges with his clerks? And what about that story of how Judge Richard Posner (7th Cir.) used to eat grapefruit for dessert at lunch every day, until a naughty clerk got him addicted to chocolate -- accurate, or apocryphal?
Okay, folks, you know the drill. Send your amusing anecdotes and titillating tales about Article III appetites to A3G, by email. She will use them to prepare her special report, "A Hunger for Justice." Thanks in advance for your contributions!
Now we will know which Judges are autistic, if any!
Regarding the Posner dessert, I think both grapefruit and chocolate have anti-oxidants. Therefore, one may substitute for the other as a matter of form but not substance.
Posted by: Mary K. Day-Petrano | February 19, 2006 at 11:41 PM