Supreme (?) Court

Just how "supreme" can any group be that includes a Scalia and a Thomas?

From Brad deLong:
http://delong.typepad.com/sdj/2012/01/could-somebody-please-create-some-high-paying-sinecures-to-get-scalia-and-thomas-off-the-bench-immediately.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/19/us/cory-r-maples-must-be-given-second-chance-after-mailroom-mix-up-justices-rule.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that an Alabama death row inmate who missed a filing deadline thanks to a mix-up in the mailroom of a prominent New York law firm must be given another chance.

... Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, writing for the majority in the 7-to-2 decision, said “no just system” would allow the missed deadline to be held against the inmate, Cory R. Maples, in light of how he had been treated by lawyers from Sullivan & Cromwell, who handled his case without charge after he was convicted of murdering two people in 1997. The decision allows lower federal courts to consider Mr. Maples’s claim that his trial court lawyers were ineffective notwithstanding the missed deadline in the state court system...

Guess which two Justices were adamant in upholding the sacred duty of Punctuality?
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