Following the slightly mangled oath of office administered to Barack Obama by Chief Justice John Roberts -- in which the single word "faithfully" was misplaced -- discussion of the flub has become a minor online obsession.So, he should get like a fifteen-million-dollar-fine, right?
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On a more serious note, constitutional experts like Jonathan Turley are suggesting that it might not hurt for Obama to settle any doubts simply by retaking the oath. "He should probably go ahead and take the oath again," Turley stated. "If he doesn't, there are going to be people who for the next four years are going to argue that he didn't meet the constitutional standard. I don't think it's necessary, and it's not a constitutional crisis. This is the chief justice's version of a wardrobe malfunction." [emphasis mine]
I think the FCC's codes and standards are a crock of something you can't say on TV - but, on the other hand, if they exist to protect me from accidentally seeing Justice Robert's man-boobs, maybe it's not all bad after all.
I may not know what the definition of obscene is, but I know it when I see a Supreme Court Justice doin' it.
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