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434. Britney, Charlie and John

By Joel Jacobsen

Isn't it exciting, in a guilty-pleasure kind of way, when celebrities live down to your worst opinion of them?  You know, like Britney Spears, Charlie Sheen, and Chief Justice John Roberts? Texas Professor Lucas Powe predicted the justices would skip the State of the Union next year because their feelings were hurt that the mere President of the United States said, rather more concisely, what their own most senior colleague had just said about the Onion-worthy campaign finance decision.  (See post 424.)  And, sure enough, Chief Petty is threatening to watch from home next year so he can keep his finger on the mute button. Incidentally, the President's annual message to Congress, which the chief ridiculed as juvenile stuff - "a pep rally" - is actually required by the Constitution...continue to full post

Full post as published by Judging Crimes on March 11, 2010 (boomark / email).