Comments on: Alito takes oath, now a Justice

By: Marc Shepherd

Marc Shepherd — Wed, 01 Feb 2006 21:18:14 +0000

The private ceremony was arranged quickly, so that he could immediately start acting on court business. There will be a formal public ceremony later on.

I believe the same thing was done for Roberts. He took the oath privately within a few hours of his confirmation, so that he could show up for work at his new job, and see everything a Chief Justice is legally entitled to see. The pomp and ceremony came later.

By: iuris causa

iuris causa — Wed, 01 Feb 2006 03:03:34 +0000

I’m wondering how the oaths of newly confirmed Justices are typically administered. I was not yet conscious of these things when Breyer was sworn in.

Chief Justice Roberts’ swearing in seemed much more public compared to that of Justice Alito, which is described as a “private ceremony”, and there don’t seem to be any pictures of the event immediately available from the media.

Is the private nature of the ceremony common? Or was it simply an accommodation to get it done as soon as possible so that Alito could attend the State of the Union as a Justice?

By: Kent Scheidegger

Kent Scheidegger — Tue, 31 Jan 2006 18:14:28 +0000

Coincidence. The notion that he is somehow anti-civil-rights is hogwash, as any fair reading of his opinions reveals.

By: madprofessah

madprofessah — Tue, 31 Jan 2006 17:15:40 +0000

For the second time, Alito is associated with the death of a major civil rights icon. First, Rosa Parks, and now Coretta Scott King. Coincidence, or augur of the future? Only time will tell!