Justice Souter Attacked While Jogging

Associated Press ^ | May 1, 2004 | Associated Press

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Apparently... neither NARAL, MoveOn.org, nor the DNC had yet claimed responsibility, before this article went to press...

Justice Souter Attacked While Jogging

Saturday, May. 01, 2004

WASHINGTON (AP) - Supreme Court Justice David Souter suffered minor injuries when a group of young men assaulted him as he jogged on a city street, a court spokeswoman and Metropolitan Police said Saturday. The attack occurred about 9 p.m. Friday, and Supreme Court police took Souter, 64, to a Washington hospital, court spokeswoman Kathy Arberg said.

[My Dog Likes Me]

Thanks, Onyx. That's a tricky one for me.

[onyx]

He was "attacked" by a group of "minority men."
I want you to be right about this story having legs,
and Souter resigning.

How do you figure this is going to happen?

[Moonman62]

He was probably all shook up and weeping...they had to hold his hand while the nurse adminstered the alcohol and band-aid.

Isn't that how F'n Kerry got his purple hearts?

[My Dog Likes Me]

Good question. I just feel something weird about this case primarily because FOX News could not get any information on what went down (they had a female reporter dedicated to the story all afternoon), and the SCOTUS police force and the D.C. Metro police were keeping their mouths shut.

BTW, CNN was showing a bio of the actors on "Friends," and MSNBC was airing an all-important "Headliners & Legends" episode at the same time. So, if any of you feel the need to "climb the tower," don't do so on a weekend. You won't get any media coverage.

I used to live in D.C. (well, Arlington actually) and nobody jogs after sundown. If there really were "two black guys" who attacked him, they were looking for easy targets in a gay cruising area who wouldn't call the cops. But in Souter's case, he wasn't robbed. Weird, eh?

We need Columbo on this case!

[onyx]

Your insight is gold.
I do NOT want this story to die.

An easy mark --- gay guy alone at night.
Exactly.
Makes perfect sense to me.

Media is deafeningly silent.
Surely Souter is gay and I bet
the media would out him were he
a conservative justice.

[My Dog Likes Me]

Yup. Souter's a big Homo. I don't really care. But I do care when a Supreme Court Justice trolls parks for sex.

If a military guy did this he would be (generally)discharged immediately. Different standards, I guess.

Two other thoughts:

1) Viagra is slowly turning our AARP citizens into sexual perverts. I find myself reading the police log and seeing men in their 60's "doing things..."

2) Does anyone really believe that all Delta Airline flights were grounded today due to a "computer problem"?

[blanknoone]

Has there been a description of his attackers yet?

[My Dog Likes Me]

It was reported in the Wash. Times today as 2 black guys.

[Joe Boucher]

More then one supreme court justice I'd like to see mugged.

[don-o]

I do NOT want this story to die.

As soon as it broke yesterday, it did not pass the smell test. Haven't seen anything on it today.

Though I wish it did, I doubt it has legs.

[Ditter]

I have never heard a word about Souter being gay. How do you know that? I am not doubting you just curious how you know.

[don-o]

I guess it has been discussed. .

IMO, gay or straight, this was, bottom line, a stupid thing. If high frofile people are gallivanting about, (or jogging), the thugs (or nancy boys) are not the only ones who might want to get up close and personal.

If you get my drift.

But, since I assume that Souter is not stupid, one might tend to think that old rumors have some basis.

Link

[Puddleglum]

I'm kind of surprised at all these 'he must be gay' innuendos on this thread. I know he's a loner bachelor but I think this kind of conjecture is a little disrespectful of his office. I'll check back in when the same people post about Clarence Thomas having 'jungle fever' for marrying a white woman.

[don-o]

Actually, the so-called "gay" press gave some substance to the rumors.

See link above. (I care not to dig up the "Advocate" story, on which it is based.)

Remaking my point, beyond straight or unstraight, the Justice acted stoopid and risky. Where is HIS respect for his office?

[onyx]

As soon as it broke yesterday, it did not pass the smell test. Haven't seen anything on it today.

Though I wish it did, I doubt it has legs.





Same page.

[onyx]

1) Viagra is slowly turning our AARP citizens into sexual perverts. I find myself reading the police log and seeing men in their 60's "doing things..."

OMG!

2) Does anyone really believe that all Delta Airline flights were grounded today due to a "computer problem"?

ALL Delta flights?
I've just awakened, haven't checked any news yet.

[onyx]

(description of attackers = 4th paragraph)
LOTS OF ASSUMPTIONS BY POLICE CHIEF RAMSEY IN THIS ARTICLE.


Souter attacked during jog


By Guy Taylor
THE WASHINGTON TIMES


Supreme Court Justice David H. Souter was hospitalized briefly after he was attacked Friday night by at least two youths while he was jogging in Southwest Washington.

Metropolitan Police Chief Charles H. Ramsey said Justice Souter was "struck in the jaw" during what investigators think was a random mugging in which the assailants probably were unaware of their victim's identity.

The incident occurred shortly after 9 p.m. as Justice Souter, 64, was jogging near an intersection just north of the Fort McNair recreational area.

The assault appeared to be part of an unsuccessful robbery attempt by two young men, both described initially only as black, Chief Ramsey said. Investigators have not ruled out the possibility that others were involved, the chief said.

Officers of the Supreme Court Police responded to the incident and took Justice Souter to Washington Hospital Center, where he was examined for minor injuries before he was released about 1:30 a.m. yesterday, a court spokeswoman said.

Authorities said Justice Souter "suffered minor injuries" but had returned home and was "OK." It was not clear whether the attack occurred near his home.

Justice Souter is one of the youngest of the nine Supreme Court justices. A bachelor, he reportedly lives on Capitol Hill and jogs regularly.

"It just seems like it was an assault," Chief Ramsey said. "These guys didn't know he was a Supreme Court justice."

Unless and until the assailants — "probably rather young kids" — are arrested, that assumption won't be made certain, the chief added.

In 1996, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was the victim of a nighttime purse snatching near the Watergate apartment complex in Northwest.

Security is tight around Supreme Court justices because of the nature of their work. They preside annually over dozens of high-profile and politically sensitive matters before the nation's highest court.

In 1985, a shot was fired through the window of the Arlington apartment of Justice Harry A. Blackmun, author of Roe v. Wade, the 1973 Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion. At about the same time, the FBI investigated identical death threats received by Justice Blackmun and others on Capitol Hill.

Protection for the justices is largely the job of the Supreme Court Police, a force of about 125 officers assigned to the court and its surrounding neighborhood. If a justice was traveling outside the area, a U.S. marshal also may provide security, Supreme Court spokeswoman Kathy Arberg said.

Justice Souter, a former attorney general of New Hampshire, was nominated to the court in 1990 by the elder President Bush and swiftly confirmed by a 90-9 vote in the Senate. At the time, the press labeled him the "stealth justice."

Although generally perceived as conservative, Justice Souter is regarded by some court analysts as one of the least predictable justices.

He is not the first justice to be injured while exercising. In 1993, about a year before he joined the court, Justice Stephen G. Breyer was hospitalized with broken ribs and a punctured lung after he was struck by a car while bicycling in Boston's Harvard Square.

• Matthew Cella and John J. Sopko contributed to this report.

[JohnBovenmyer]

"A Conservative is a Liberal who has been mugged by reality," is the classic quote.

[Cogadh na Sith]

You are naive....