Our geeky sister showed us the Google Slut-o-meter, which uses a complicated mathematical algorithm to determine precisely levels of skankiness. Our initial tests, using Nancy Pelosi’s score of negative 5% and Paris Hilton’s 84% for reference, had a couple surprises: MORE »

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The Supreme Court is frequently described as an aloof institution. The justices themselves are depicted as isolated individuals, toiling away in their white marble palace. But based on the Supreme sightings you’ve sent to us, the justices have been painting the town during their four-week recess. Justices just wanna have fun!

After the jump — i.e., click on that pointing finger next to the word “More” — read about the Supreme Court’s newest member, coming to a Chipotle near you (or not).

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Last night, four Supreme Court justices — Chief Justice John Roberts, Justices Clarence Thomas and Stephen Breyer, and Justice Samuel Alito, sworn in just a few hours earlier — attended the State of the Union. The SCOTUS at the SOTU always presents tricky issues. The judiciary is the least political of the three branches, so how should its members comport themselves at this most political of events? To clap, or not to clap; that is the question.

But it’s not just about the clapping and the standing; the justices also need to monitor their facial expressions. A reader asked us: “Did you notice Clarence Thomas wince when Bush mentioned wiretapping (9:35ish)? And Roberts smile? In the same shot.”

We didn’t catch this — but it’s not that surprising. The squeaky-clean Chief Justice isn’t afraid of someone eavesdropping on all his calls — he probably tells off telemarketers politely. But Justice Thomas wants some privacy for all those calls to 1-900-BIG-JUGS.

After the jump, additional analysis of reactions from the robed ones.

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• Reliable Source: Sen. George Allen tests a Segway at the Auto Show. [WP]
• Inside Politics: Federalist Society wants ABC to double-check its report on Antonin Scalia; group says the judge didn’t skip John Roberts‘ swearing-in to play tennis. [WT]
• Liz Smith: Democrats “lost two big liberal voices” in Maureen Dowd and Molly Ivins. [NYP] MORE »

• Under the Dome: Bush twins attended “a celebration of vice” at the Play Lounge; Jenna reportedly danced on a sofa. [The Hill]
• Cindy Adams: Prosecutors are investigating whether Jack Abramoff and Mike Scanlon brought down Robert Livingston at Tom DeLay’s “behest.” [NYP]
• Rush & Molloy: Osama bin Laden reportedly likes Larry King. . . Antonin Scalia skipped John Roberts‘ swearing-in to play tennis with the Federalist Society. [NYDN]

• Reliable Source: Cheney impersonator Darrell Hammond was invited to vice president’s Christmas party; other guests included Alan Greenspan, Andy Card, Newt Gingrich, Wolf Blitzer, John Roberts, Antonin Scalia. . . John Roberts and Clarence Thomas sat separately at the Capital Grille. Roberts had a cheeseburger and a Coke. [WP]
• Under the Dome: Band-members of the only congressional rock group, the Second Amendments, plan a short world tour for U.S. troops abroad. . . Lawmakers whip out purple ink pads to celebrate solidarity with Iraqi voters. [The Hill]
• Cindy Adams: Bush urged not to pardon Scooter Libby. . . Tom Kean Jr. has raised over $1m for N.J. senate race. [NYP]
• The Scoop: George Clooney: “I hate it when smart men and women are saying,

This week’s New Yorker outs the author of the deliciously superficial and winkingly naughty judicial blog “Under Their Robes.” What’s under this blogger’s robe must have come as something of a surprise: That catty motherfucker is a boy! David Lat. This, after months of self-references what “she” likes in her hotties of the federal judiciary. Guess John Roberts isn’t the only cross-dresser on media’s j-dar. Or his he? Lat’s response to the NYer piece seems to be wanting to, ah, have it both ways. Lat argues that he is no more the “Article 3 Groupie” who is the blog’s narrator than “Vladimir Nabokov ‘was’ Humbert Humbert.” Lat also says that he emails A3G when he has an idea and that he often disagrees with A3G. Wow: such dedication, such consistency. Give that man a book contract. Or some Clozaril. Or maybe a political nomination: “My persistent denials of being A3G have been, in a technical and perhaps Clintonian sense, quite correct.” Hell, all of the above. Now if he’d just blog about getting paid for sex… MORE »

The RNC just hosted a conservative conference call to discuss Democrat attacks against Samuel Alito. First, the stuff most of you don

Interesting fact about J. Michael Luttig, now back on the SCOTUS shortlist after Miers’ withdrawal: he was the best man at Chief Justice John Roberts’ wedding. Believe it or not, we’ve actually had Chief Justice who has served on the Court alongside his best man once before. For sixteen years, Chief Justice Warren Burger shared the company of Minnesotan buddy Harry Blackmun. If Luttig and Roberts value their relationship, though, Luttig might think twice about accepting a nomination–Burger and Blackmun ended up estranged as a result of working together. And legal precedent is a powerful thing. MORE »

Romenesko has snippets from a NYT article about Les Moonves and his plans to “break the mold” of the CBS News division in attempt to “enlarge” and “bring down the median age” of its audience. (Read: More than a dozen, not dead.) What caught our attention:

“‘The news anchor Andrew wants to use is not surprising,’’ Moonves had told me, referring to John Roberts, the chief White House correspondent for CBS and one of Heyward’s leading choices (not the hot, gay one). ‘‘That’s bothering me. On the one hand, we could have a newscast like ‘The Big Breakfast’ in England, where women give the news in lingerie. Or there’s ‘Naked News,’ which is on cable in England. I saw a clip of it. It’s a woman giving the news as she’s getting undressed. And then, on the other hand, you could have two boring people behind a desk. Our newscast has to be somewhere in between.’’

This sounds a lot like having John Roberts give the news from behind a desk while undressing from lingerie over breakfast, which could make us lose our lunch. MORE »