Alito and the "living Constitution"
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito threw out the first pitch at the Tampa Bay Devil Rays game a couple of days ago. He said this while taking questions from reporters:
"One of the things I am asked is if I believe in a living Constitution," Alito said in his speech, referring to a thought that the Constitution can reflect the times. "Umpires face this very same problem. For example, do we want a living strike zone?"That's funny. I hope he sticks to this when Parker v. District of Columbia goes to the Supreme Court.
Comments
Funny analogy. Since the rules require the strike zone to extend from the letters to the batters knees and since every batter is a different height with a different stance, the answer to the question is yes, we definitely want umpires to have a "living strike zone". ;)
Posted by: griftdrift | March 13, 2007 11:38 AM
Parker v. District of Columbia has less chance of going to the Supreme Court than Sunday alcohol sales have of appearing on the ballot as a general referendum. Would be nice, though.
Posted by: Steve Perkins | March 13, 2007 01:06 PM