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    The Funniest Justice, week 4: Maximum sentence (access required)

    During oral arguments yesterday in the case CSX transportation v. Alabama Dept. of Revenue, Justice Department attorney Melissa Sherry was greeted mid-sentence with the dreaded red podium light - a signal to counsel that their argument time has expired. "You can finish the sentence," Chief Justice John G. Roberts said to Sherry. Sherry wasn't sure one sentence ...

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    One Response to “The Funniest Justice, week 4: Maximum sentence (access required)”

    1. DC Dicta » Blog Archive » Scalia and Breyer take sparring match on the road says:
      November 15, 2010 at 9:24 am

      [...] jousting between Justices Antonin Scalia and Stephen Breyer. The Court’s two most verbal (and funniest) jurists don’t see eye to eye on a number of judicial [...]

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