Alito tells Dallas lawyers about highest court

[TexasTowelie]

DALLAS (AP) — Samuel Alito came to the Supreme Court with two ideas about how he would conduct himself when questioning lawyers. He would try to ask real questions — “with a question mark at the end” — and he would wait for the lawyer speaking to at least conclude a paragraph.

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“Trying to get in a question at oral argument is really like trying to grab an item that’s on sale at Walmart the day after Thanksgiving,” Alito said Thursday.

Alito appeared at the State Bar of Texas’ annual meeting to deliver a talk called, “Ten Things People May Not Know About the Supreme Court.” In a 40-minute speech, Alito took a few gentle digs at some of his colleagues on the nation’s highest court and the perception commentators and the public have of them.

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Instead, he talked about how justices generally evaluate cases and how they work together. While theories on evaluating the Constitution and the law matter, Alito argued that the high court’s previous rulings on an issue mattered more.

More at http://lubbockonline.com/filed-online/2013-06-20/alito-tells-dallas-lawyers-about-highest-court

[UTUSN]

1. Here's a working link. I wanted to see what he said about the others.

http://dallasnews.com/news/politics/headlines/20130620-justice-samuel-alito-dishes-on-the-supreme-court-in-dallas-speech.ece



SPOILER: He's empty. He don't say nuthin' about the others, says they get along personally "not at each other's throats." Worst decisions popular back when, best ones not (sometimes, for each). Fine for life tenure for independence from popularity.

Worst part, he's 63 so he can be there a long long time.

[TexasTowelie]

2. Thank you.

I put a period at the end of the URL and it misdirected to the Internet wasteland. I corrected the link in the OP.

I saw the earlier story on the Dallas Morning News, but it was considered premium content. I'm beginning to get irritated by the decisions to go to subscription services.