[frankjr]

Mmmm, I guess Kennedy and Souter deserve the benefit of the doubt. Maybe something suddenly came up. Hopefully something very, very important.

[cmsgop]

THEY SKIPPED IT?

[gopwinsin04]

Souter guarding his house from seizure?

[wideawake]

I understand that Souter finally got Andrew Sullivan to get back together with him today, so they're having some alone time.

[uncitizen]

Maybe Souter was pissed because his pall bearer spot was given to Roberts.

[Petronski]

Souter's still pissed because Rehnquist didn't ask him to the prom.

[madison10]

Maybe something suddenly came up. Hopefully something very, very important.

It had better have been their own funerals to show such disrespect.

[atomicpossum]

Mmmm, I guess Kennedy and Souter deserve the benefit of the doubt. Maybe something suddenly came up. Hopefully something very, very important.

They probably had a romantic weekend in the Poconos already paid for.

[FreedomHasACost]

I think Kennedy is out of the country but returning and Souter well....he would not even issue a statement.

[isom35]

was souter out "jogging" ?

[roylene]

I thought the supreme court justices were not supposed to all be in the same place at the same time. They do not all show up the swearing in of the president or state of the union speeches.

[Lunkhead_01]

Could it be that atheists don't attend prayer services?

[Jake The Goose]

Souter was busy having his "beard" manicured.

[kittymyrib]

Kennedy is returning from Europe tomorrow. Souter didn't come and didn't give a message of condolence as all the rest of the justices did because he is a weird jerk. He's probably guarding his homestead from the guy who wants to build a hotel on it after Souter's evil ruling permitting the government to seize everyone else's homesteads.

[linkinpunk]

Every justice on the Supreme Court issued a statement praising William Rehnquist, except Souter.

Methinks Souter has a grudge against the Cheif.

[ConservativeDude]

This is really, really, really beyond the pale for that little weasel Souter. If Ginsberg were to die, Scalia would be there...and it would be the right thing to do. This is shocking.

I gotta say that Roberts serving as a pallbearer makes me feel a lot better about him. It's sort of like the legacy of the Chief is being passed on to him. Hard to imagine that he would cut out a path far different from the Chief now. It could happen and I am still deeply disturbed about the gay pro bono thing. But this makes me feel quite a bit better.

[BibChr]

Maybe something suddenly came up. Hopefully something very, very important.

Brief, passing flare-up of conscience?

Dan
Biblical Christianity BLOG

[afraidfortherepublic]

Souter also is the only one who did not pen a tribute for
Rehnquist. He truly is a despicable man. Where is lightning when you need it?

[Alter Kaker]

You are hysterical -- they didn't skip anything.

This is also from the Washington Post:

Justice Anthony M. Kennedy was traveling in China and was unable to make it back in time for the ceremony; Justice David H. Souter was also out of town. Court officials said both men will be in Washington for the chief justice's funeral tomorrow.

SOURCE

[NCLaw441]

Kennedy is in China, Souter in New Hampshire..... I'll cut Kennedy some slack, but Souter didn't even make a STATEMENT. BA$TARD.

[Peach]

Justices Kennedy and Souter skipped the ceremony??? What lowlifes. No class. None.