SCOTUS losing its marble(s)

One wonders what A3G of the now-defunct (and greatly missed) "Underneath Their Robes" would have made of the falling rocks this morning at One First Street.

As reported by the Associated Press, it was quite a stir for those standing in line to hear arguments on Monday's docket. LINK

Perhaps it's a sign that Roberts is shaking things up a bit as his era as Chief Justice gathers steam, or maybe it's just dumb luck.

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In a related note, I crossed through another item on my tasklist over the Thanksgiving holiday: the retrieval of a treasured Justice Scalia bobblehead from the office of The Green Bag.
Having blitzed from Charlotte, NC to Arlington, VA in the pre-dawn hours of Tuesday the 21st, I arrived in their office with road-weary eyes and a voice hoarse from crooningJohn Denver re-mixes on the solo trip North. My apologies to Kathy for being a little over-excited about collecting what many see as a mysteriously symbolic mold of plastic...but it does complete my set of four (Rehnquist, O'Connor, and Stevens being the previous releases). It makes for a very happy G. Spinach.

Trip Fatigue

Just returned from a 1,976-mile road trip up the East Coast to visit family for Thanksgiving...
Happy belated eating to everyone.

I'd been draft blogging over at LiveJournal, which was nice, but it's not the same.
So now I'm filled with some questions I'd conjured up on that smooth (or not-so-smooth in spots) ribbon of interstate 'tween NJ and GA:

How does democracy work for the long run?...seems to me that that right-now beats the love-it-later philosophy everyday.

Why is there still a West Virginia?

G. Spinach