The Volokh Conspiracy - The Supreme Court is Getting Funnier:

So sayeth The New York Times:

The mood under Chief Justice Roberts has brightened, . . . with the average number of justice-generated laughs per argument rising to 2.9 from 2.6 the previous term.
In the current term, the Times analysis found, there has also been movement in the funniness-of-individual-justices department. Justice Breyer has taken the lead, at 28 laughs, edging out Justice Scalia, with 25. They also tied in the largest-number-of-jokes-in-a-single-argument category, each squeezing five into a single hour.

The Times story builds on an amusing 2-page article by BU lawprof Jay Wexler in the latest issue of The Green Bag.

	[Orin Kerr, December 31, 2005 at 12:14am] Trackbacks The Supreme Court is Getting Funnier: So sayeth The New York Times: The mood under Chief Justice Roberts has brightened, . . . with the average number of justice-generated laughs per argument rising to 2.9 from 2.6 the previous term. In the current term, the Times analysis found, there has also been movement in the funniness-of-individual-justices department. Justice Breyer has taken the lead, at 28 laughs, edging out Justice Scalia, with 25. They also tied in the largest-number-of-jokes-in-a-single-argument category, each squeezing five into a single hour. The Times story builds on an amusing 2-page article by BU lawprof Jay Wexler in the latest issue of The Green Bag.