He had no authority or duty to address it in that circumstance. It would have been a violation of the law for him to say or do anything about it then no matter what he thinks.
Oh, really? A Notary Public has a greater duty than a the Chief of the Supreme Court?
Who knows? There's plenty of words written here on this forum from posters who were absolutely certain that at 12:00 noon on January 20th, 2009, the first words from the Chief Justice's mouth were going to be, "Show me the long form!"