Supreme Court Justice Assaulted During Jog [Souter]

Associated Press | May 1, 2004

[HAL9000]

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 said Saturday.

The attack occurred about 9 p.m. Friday, as Souter, a regular jogger, ran alone, court spokeswoman Kathy Arberg said.

Supreme Court police took Souter, 64, to a Washington hospital, where he was examined and released about 1 a.m. Saturday, Arberg said. She did not detail his injuries except to say they were minor.

Souter was not robbed, Arberg said.

[HAL9000]

Where were the marshals?

[ClintonBeGone]

Must have been Scalia's dons.

[muawiyah]

Sounds like Souter was out cruising for dates and found more than he counted on.

[DryFly]

The old saying is a conservative is a liberal who has been mugged, so maybe there's hope for Justice Souter yet.

[Hacksaw]

Must have been Scalia's dons.

LOL - they made Souter an offer he couldn't refuse. "Do you want to sleep with the fishes, Davey-Boy"?

[Lawdoc]

Bet you there are plenty around him now! I don't care for many of his opinions, but this is flat wrong. I hope this crime was not related to any pending case.

[TheOldRepublic]

He claims it was a group of young men. You mean one young man don't you David?

[John123]

Where were the marshals?

Better yet, where are the Secret Service? In this era of Post 9/11, don't we have these people escorted at all times?

[daler]

How's that old saying go..."a conservative is a former liberal who was mugged."

Let's hope we can sometime soon consider Souter one of the "good guys."

[mountaineer]

Reminded me of the recent incident involving Kevin Spacey.

[blanknoone]

This could in theory be good news. You know what they say, that a liberal who gets mugged becomes a conservative. Hope its true.

[John Thornton]

I wonder if he authored any opinions that were used to free the thugs who attacked him now? We can't be mean to criminals, don't you know?

[tracer]

Protection of Federal judges is the job of the US Marshal Service.

As for the muggers -- bad career move, homies......

[Cultural Jihad]

Will Souter soon discover a Constitutional 'penumbra right to mug'?

[Joe 6-pack]

"...Souter, a regular jogger..."

I wonder how he keeps from tripping over that robe...

[Republican Red]

Are we sure that Kevin Spacey wasn't there too?

[BobS]

You mean he was cruising for gay dates.

[martin_fierro]

Souter, a regular jogger, ran alone

How injudicious. He courted disaster.

[SkyPilot]

Jogging? I thought they called it "Cruising."

[Wheee The People]

What's the frequency, Kenneth?

[F.J. Mitchell]

Trickle up Karma?

[HitmanLV]

Actually this is a pretty unwise habit for a US Supreme Court Justice to do. If he is indeed a regular jogger, maybe he has a fairly regular jogging routine. If he is normally alone and his habits are predictable, that's probably a bad thing especially these days.

He should be a lot more careful.

[TFMcGuire]

LOL if you're saying what I think you're saying.

Failed Homosexual pickup attempt?

The son of belial got off easy for his assault on American freedom and goodness.

[muawiyah]

Somebody was there or he wouldn't be sneaking out without his guards.

One would hope they would speak up ~ maybe give us a clue for finding the perpetrators.

[CounterCounterCulture]

Hate crime? What color were the perps?

[freepatriot32]

David Souter suffered minor injuries when a group of young men assaulted him

I always pictured him as someone that was into rough trade :-)

[The Other Harry]

I don't wish ill or harm on anyone, but perhaps this will be a helpful experience to Justice Souter.

[muawiyah]

Uhh, what other kind of gay dates would a 64 year old like Souter be cruising for?

[TFMcGuire]

You forgot, "Spindled, folded, or mutilated." Grin!

[fullchroma]

No one with a wit of sense jogs in Washington DC at 9:00 at night. Nevermind a 64 year-old Sumpreme Court Justice.

[connectthedots]

No one with a wit of sense jogs in Washington DC at 9:00 at night. Nevermind a 64 year-old Sumpreme Court Justice.

You've not read some of his opinions?

[don-o]

Bumping for the rest of the story.

Ain't passing the smell test, is it?

[Chu Gary]

I sure hope Ruth Bader Ginsberg jogs in the same neighborhood - if she does, can someone please post her running schedule on Thugs.com?

[TheSpottedOwl]

You'd think a Supreme Court Justice would be escorted, epecially at 9pm on a public street.

[tbeatty]

Maybe it was Kevin Spacey who attacked him.

[cynicom]

Those misguided young men are not to blame. Just look at their past and present surroundings. Souter should do the honorable thing and not press charges

[don-o]

You'd think a Supreme Court Justice would be escorted, epecially at 9pm on a public street.

Needs looking into.

[Enterprise]

As a friend of mine used to say, "There's something stinky in Denmark." I agree that this does not pass the smell test.

[TheOldRepublic]

Let's see what the gays have to say about him

http://www.gaycitynews.com/gcn208/emailmike.html

[Checkers]

yep

[mississippi red-neck]

Actually this is a pretty unwise habit for a US Supreme Court Justice to do.

This is certainly not the first unwise decision that Souter or some other U.S. Supreme Court Justices have made. See what happens when you run around in the real world without carrying your gavel.

[Gator113]

This is obviously the work of a group of young men from the Kerry camp, who were (coincidentally) having epileptic seizures...... all at the same time.

I mean think about it..heck, even having too many "Twinkies" can make a person commit murder!!!

I know that for some, this is difficult to believe, but President Bush somehow pushed these young and innocent boys into acting out. We should determine who they are and provide them with the help that they so desperately need....perhaps a free college education or some other tax supported benefit.

[Wheee The People]

No one with a wit of sense jogs in Washington DC at 9:00 at night.
>>> You've not read some of his opinions?

LOL

[pending]

not much info at all...
"Turner wouldn't say where Souter was jogging, describe the nature of the attack or the justice's injuries."

"Metropolitan Police Dept. spokesman Sgt. Joe Gentile refused to comment. A spokeswoman for Washington Hospital Center also would not talk about the incident because of privacy rules."

This is breaking out all over, all are UPI AP or Reuters.
No indication anywhere of any security with him.
Doesn't seem too smart to me.
later

[fullchroma]

Sooooooooooo funny! Good point!

[larlaw]

That was exactly my thought as well...another Kevin Spacey situation.

Odd how the press is not reporting any details about exactly what park this "assault" happened in, what Justice Souter may have been doing there besides "jogging", what time this occurred, why he was assaulted but not robbed, etc.

But even if Justice Souter was hypothetically "outed", would there really be any huge outcry or shock like there would have been 50 or even 20 years ago?

[Southack]

"Hate crime? What color [sexual orientation] were the perps?"

Souter's a 64 year old single, "life long bachelor" who's been rumored to have been gay since 1989...out "jogging" at 9 PM alone on a weekend in one of the most dangerous neighborhoods in America.

[don-o]

But even if Justice Souter was hypothetically "outed", would there really be any huge outcry or shock like there would have been 50 or even 20 years ago?

Sadly, no.

But, it might. Might have to recuse when the queer "marriage" mess makes it to the SC.