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Who Is The Funniest Justice?
3 Comments Published by Kedar November 10th, 2007 in Anthony Kennedy, Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas, Court Procedure, David Souter, John Paul Stevens, John Roberts, Justices and Judges, Oral Arguments, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Samuel Alito, Stephen Breyer, Supreme CourtAfter finding the most talkative Justice, I was interested in finding the funniest Justice. According to my calculations, there were 51 total references to (Laughter.) in the court’s first two months of arguements. Here is the breakdown:
Case
JR
JPS
AS
AK
DS
CT
RBG
SB
SA
COUNSEL
TOTAL
Washington
1
2
3
Tom F.
0
Gall
1
2
3
Kimbrough
1
1
2
Torres
3
1
4
Santos
1
1
Watson
1
1
1
3
Stoneridge
1
1
Medellin
1
1
1
3
Klein
0
Ali
1
1
Williams
1
1
1
3
Logan
0
Danforth
1
2
3
6
CSX
2
1
3
Davis
2
1
1
1
1
6
John R.
1
1
1
1
4
Fed. Ex.
4
1
5
Hall
1
1
1
3
TOTAL
8
6
17
2
4
0
0
5
1
8
51
No surprises here. Scalia talks almost twice as much as everyone else. John Roberts is incredibly [...]
