5 Supreme Court justices on White House guest list

[Clear Blue Sky]

Interesting choices of SCOTUS justices for dinner with the Pope...

Fair and balanced - NOT...

"From the Supreme Court, the guests are Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Antonin Scalia, Anthony Kennedy, Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas."

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D90321N00&show_article=1

[LSparkle]

1. All the Catholics ... not a political decision but one of denomination

[truebrit71]

3. Coca-Cola Pube Man is a Catholic?

I had no idea....he's gonna have some 'splainin' to do when he meets St Peter...

[Clear Blue Sky]

18. Probably so. I think he went to Holy Cross for undergrad.

[JDPriestly]

15. How rude. Talk about endorsing a religion.

That is just horrendous. Jews not welcome in the Bush White House at the Pope's dinner? I thought the bit about the NAZI pasts was a joke. I'm absolutely offended by this.

This is unbelievable. I hope that the Anti-Defamation League speaks out on this.

Are we sure that the other members of the Supreme Court were invited but did not choose to attend?

[David Dunham]

All the Catholic justices

[DesertFlower]

2. i saw veal on the menu.

i haven't eaten veal since i saw what they do to those baby calves.

i would think the white house would set an example.

[truebrit71]

4. They are...hence the serving of calf meat...

...

[unpossibles]

5. mmm... fatted calf, served up GOLDEN brown...

oh wait. My bad.

I'm not being disrespectful, am I?

[DesertFlower]

6. i'm appalled. many italian restaurants

do not have veal cutlet on the menu anymore.

[Dr.Phool]

7. On normal days, they serve seal steaks.

They toned it down for the Pope.

[DesertFlower]

8. i wouldn't be surprised.

[Benhurst]

20. The White House sets examples all the time.

Unfortunately they have all been bad ones for the past eight years.

[katty]

9. more on payroll list

[Stinky The Clown]

10. The pope won't be there, so it doesn't matter

He's ditching Idiot Son's invite.

[Thepricebreaker]

17. Wrong... a Pope NEVER eats in public.. its the way it is...

A pope never attended a state dinner.. They knew this when making it..

[Clear Blue Sky]

19. Didn't know that. Why is that that he doesn't eat in public?

[DesertFlower]

11. i just realized why they didn't invite the

jewish judges. scallops are on the menu. jews are not allowed to eat shellfish. they would have had to change the menu.

[Retrograde]

12. So what about the others?

Stevens and Souter, afaik, are neither Catholic nor Jewish. They must really be feeling left out! And did he invite the Catholic members of Congress?

Despite the menu (I have no idea if Ginsberg or Breyer keep kosher, or if any of the other guests have allergies to shellfish or are vegetarians), if you're going to invite some of the Supremes you should invite them all. If they can't eat some of the items a gracious hostess (not to be confused with Laura) will make sure their needs are quietly accommodated.

[DesertFlower]

14. i agree. invite all or none.

i'd be in trouble. i don't eat shellfish and i would die before i would put veal in my mouth.

[musette_sf]

13. too bad Ratzo won't be there

to greet his Opus Dei pals.

[Xenocrates]

16. Actually...

Its entirely possible that dubya invited them all to attend, and the others declined.

[Initech]

21. Ah, all the votes that counted in 2000 in the same room.

What a coincidence!

[Seeking Serenity]

22. Not to put too fine a point on it, but

Roberts and Alito weren't on the Court in 2000.

Just clarifying.