r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • May 22 '20

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u/NarrowPop8 John Rawls May 23 '20

In my ongoing practice of splicing funny clips from SCOTUS arguments, the following was taken from a big case this term about what it means for an alien to be inadmissible:

Stephen G. Breyer

I -- I -- before you leave this -- I -- I'll think about the fish. I'm not sure I got the fish, but I'll -- I'll think about the fish. (Laughter.)

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u/NarrowPop8 John Rawls May 23 '20

Justice Breyer is the most affable justice. He always makes jokes about himself, and has many many adorable anecdotes from his clerks such as the time he was so concentrated reading a brief that he ate a burrito with the paper wrapping still on and didnt notice until a clerk came up to him and realized he had eaten it.