Wasn’t it yesterday that I said Justice Spike Maynard routinely leaves the bench in the middle of an attorney’s argument to make a phone call, or rudely leaves early for lunch?
Darned if the Morgantown Dominion Post didn’t prove me right today. Right there on the cover of the second section of the newspaper is this picture of the Supreme Court holding session at the law school in Morgantown:
I only count four justices in this picture, not five. According to “acting” Chief Justice Brent Benjamin, Maynard had to leave early “because of another engagement.”
Another engagement? WTF? Like what: a three-martini lunch? Working on travel arrangements to the Riviera? Soliciting campaign contributions, perhaps? Or chasing some sweet young co-ed who doesn’t know any better?
God in heaven, this argument date has been on the Court’s calendar for at least 6 months! Another engagement?
I guess working more than two hours a day, twenty-or-so days a year is not only exhausting for Spike, but makes it impossible for Spike to avoid scheduling conflicts with his “other engagements.”
Like I said when I started this blog, Spike’s a total douchebag.
March 31, 2008 at 12:39 pm
It amazes me (yet doesn’t surprise me) that you fail to mention the fact that Starcher rarely shows up for ANY arguments, unless of course he has an agenda that day, like smiling for the cameras at the Law School.