A reader sends this along. It's already hit quite a few blogs, but I'm cutting-and-pasting it, in case any of my readers haven't seen it yet:
As David Bernstein points out today in this post on The Volokh Conspiracy, the confirmation of Judge Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court will result in a Catholic majority on that bench. It seems timely, therefore, to speculate on the potential changes in store for that august institution:
10) Meat-less Fridays all year round in the Supreme Court cafeteria;
9) Oral arguments in Latin;
8) The bones of Charles Carroll will be disinterred and placed in a glass coffin at the front of the Chamber;
7) Collections between each session of oral argument;
6) Supreme Court windows replaced with stained glass;
5) "Oyez, oyez" will be replaced with rung Sanctus bells;
4) Incense will be burned throughout each session;
3) Supreme Court opinions will be deemed infallible and unreviewable by any earthly authority unless Rome intervenes;
2) Catechism of the Catholic Church will now be "persuasive authority";
And, the number one change which a Catholic majority would make to the Supreme Court . . .
1) Wednesday night bingo!
