Supreme Court jesters.It's official: Antonin Scalia, long admired for his keen wit, is the funniest U.S. Supreme Court Justice. In fact, a recent study concludes that he is 19 times funnier than Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Ruth Joan Bader Ginsburg (born March 15 1933, Brooklyn, New York) is an Associate Justice on the U.S. Supreme Court. Having spent 13 years as a federal judge, but not being a career jurist, she is unique as a Supreme Court justice, having spent the majority of her career as an . Transcripts of oral. arguments at the Court have tong tong 1 tr.v. tonged, tong·ing, tongs To seize, hold, or manipulate with tongs. [Back-formation from tongs. included the notation "laughter" after a successful, quip quip n. 1. A clever, witty remark often prompted by the occasion. 2. A clever, often sarcastic remark; a gibe. See Synonyms at joke. 3. A petty distinction or objection; a quibble. 4. by a Justice or lawyer, but Justices were not identified by name until October 2004. Jay D. Wexler, a law professor at Boston University Boston University, at Boston, Mass.; coeducational; founded 1839, chartered 1869, first baccalaureate granted 1871. It is composed of 16 schools and colleges. , has used this new data to determine which Justice is the funniest. For the nine-month term beginning in October 2004, Scalia was the hands-down winner with 77 "laughing episodes." Justice Stephen G. Breyer was second, with 45 laughs; Ginsburg got only 4. And Justice Clarence Thomas Clarence Thomas (born June 23, 1948) is an American jurist and has been an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States since 1991. He is the second African American to serve on the nation's highest court, after Justice Thurgood Marshall. , who rarely speaks during oral arguments, didn't even get a chuckle. Wexler admits that his findings are imperfect. For example, Court transcripts do not indicate whether a Justice provoked small ripples of laughter or made a truly funny joke that brought down the Courthouse. |
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