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Who Is The Funniest Justice?
3 Comments Published by Kedar November 10th, 2007 in Clarence Thomas, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Court Procedure, Stephen Breyer, Oral Arguments, David Souter, John Roberts, Supreme Court, Anthony Kennedy, John Paul Stevens, Antonin Scalia, Samuel Alito, Justices and JudgesAfter 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. […]
