"What matters is whether he hung out with them and not whether he signed the form or wrote the dues check," said David Garrow, a law professor at Emory University. "What's important is the intellectual immersion."

The questions about Roberts's involvement with the society may come down to the meaning of the word "membership."

Heh.

Anyone have some lj advice for me? My friends list is stuck - it won't show me anything more recent than yesterday afternoon. And I know there've been posts since then - every once in a while it flashes on more current stuff and then reverts to the old position. Not that it's not a smoking picture of meara, but I wouldn't mind seeing something new sooner or later.

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The questions about Roberts's involvement with the society may come down to the meaning of the word "membership."

is your name on the roster? did you write them a check every year? yes? then you're a goddamn member. and I don't mean a dick, cause we know that already

is your name on the roster? did you write them a check every year? yes? then you're a goddamn member. and I don't mean just a dick.

Well, the point is that he didn't write them a check every year. Or he might not have. IOW, he might not have been a "dues-paying member."

they want YOU to call the maid of honor? what kind of bullshit is this? god, I hate it when stores think that they have you over a barrel and they screw you. I understand that bridal shops are particularly good for this.

This is what I'm saying.

It looks like Roberts was a "member" one year.

So Roberts was a card-carrying member of the Federalist Society?

Hmmmmmmm.

It looks like Roberts was a "member" one year.

I don't recall if I was ever a member of the Federalist Society.

And yes, I will admit to being mildly obsessed with cherries. They're good! And compact! And pretty! Also, and I suspect this may be due to their still being a seasonal, limited crop, usually of uniformly flavorful quality.

Yes, and as I said, you need to send them to me. It's for your own sake, sarameg.

So Roberts was a card-carrying member of the Federalist Society?

Looks like he never had a card, though. But he was totally miming it.

Looks like he never had a card, though. But he was totally miming it.

Yeah, when he was asked to show his Federalist Society card, he'd just flip out his wallet really quick-like, and put it away right away, so no one ever noticed that he didn't have one.

In non-SCOTUS, non-Federalist Society news:

Researchers now think genetics is the reason cats are such finicky eaters. Scientists in Philadelphia say they have found a dysfunctional feline gene that probably prevents kitties from tasting sweets. Nearly every other mammal has the "sweet receptor" on their tongue that gives them a sweet tooth. "Because cats can't taste sweets, they're cranky," joked one author of the paper to be published in the inaugural issue of Genetics. Researchers say the study will help cat food companies improve the taste of feline chow, but hope it will also enable researchers to better understand food-related diseases such as diabetes and learn how diet influences evolution.