Courtroom Erupts In Laughter After Scalia Calls Ginsburg By Wrong Name

FILE - In this Oct. 18, 2011, file photo U.S. Supreme Court justice Antonin Scalia smiles during a college address in Chicago. Scalia said late Wednesday July 18, 2012, that he hasn't had a "falling out" with Chief J... FILE - In this Oct. 18, 2011, file photo U.S. Supreme Court justice Antonin Scalia smiles during a college address in Chicago. Scalia said late Wednesday July 18, 2012, that he hasn't had a "falling out" with Chief Justice John Roberts over the Supreme Court's landmark 5-4 decision validating much of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul."There are clashes on legal questions but not personally," Scalia said of the court. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File) MORE LESS
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Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia on Monday mistakenly called Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg “Goldberg” while delivering a decision in an immigration case, The Hill reported.

Scalia made the mistake while listing dissenting justices as he announced the decision for the case Kerry v. Din, The Hill reported.

Chief Justice John Roberts reportedly whispered to Scalia and seemed to inform him that he’d made a mistake when saying Ginsburg’s name.

Onlookers in the courtroom laughed when Scalia asked: “What did I say?”

Scalia reportedly shook his head and apologized to RBG, saying: “Sorry about that, Ruth.”

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  1. Senility setting in? Perhaps Fat Tony needs to resign.

  2. Sounds like an episode of the House of Cards.

  3. “Eh, iceberg, Goldberg, it’s all the same thing.”

  4. He only had one job!

  5. Avatar for mymy mymy says:

    Just a little bit of old fashioned anti semitism?

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