The Breakfast Table

Dahlia Lithwick and Tony Mauro

Good Morning, Tony!

You excited as I am for opening day at the High Court? I’ve never actually attended the first Monday in October but am all tingly with anticipation of the chief justice printing out R-E-H-N-Q … in block letters on a freshly washed blackboard as Scalia scoots in, seconds before the bell, with his shiny new Thurgood Marshall lunch box (and thermos). What kind of lunch box do you think Souter carries? Batman maybe? You think he and Breyer sometimes trade snacks?

I bet they’re all secretly giddy with relief that they’ve dodged having to figure out the difference between platforms, browsers, and ISPs for another year. …

Last year we had abortion, Miranda, Boy Scouts, and school prayer. This year it’s golfers, clean air, and mandatory arbitration. Can you STAND the excitement?

Dahlia