[livius]

He’s an excellent speaker because he’s very thoughtful, listens to the question, and tries to give a thorough response. I notice the Times described it as “rambling,” but that was because he thought his audience was genuinely interested in hearing a scholarly answer. And the important legal theory of the “dormant commerce clause” was obviously completely unknown to the reporter.

So I guess we have to have justices who can express themselves in ways intelligible to the dim bulb communications majors (or mostly, “majorettes”) who make up the reportorial staff of the MSM.

[DoughtyOne]

What they want are justices who can use a teleprompter. “Oh, if only our justices were as erudite as Obama...”

Gag me!

[okie01]

And the important legal theory of the “dormant commerce clause” was obviously completely unknown to the reporter.

I got the distinct impression that Liptak didn't understand a word Thomas said.

Hardly a criticism of Thomas...