Congratulations to Judge Douglas Ginsburg
(former boss of Conspirator Erik Jaffe) on his engagement!
Congratulations also to Judge David Sentelle (former boss of Conspirator Jonathan Adler) for having been recognized, contrary to original reports, as not a bigamist. Thanks to How Appealing for the pointer.
UPDATE: D'oh! I originally called Judge Ginsburg "David," a silly slip — a colleague of mine is named David Ginsburg, and though the two of them look not much more alike than Judges Ginsburg and Sentelle, some neurons somehow got crossed in my head. Embarrassing; thanks to a reader for correcting me on this.
You are obviously part of the superstition problem. I resent your deleting my posts on your whim. I said nothing defamatory and used none of George Carlin's favorite words. You deleted my posts out of your religious narrow-mindedness.
Be that as it may, congratulations are certainly in order.
And at the risk of getting this post deleted, I will agree it is a darn shame it is not Justice Ginsburg. I often think how incredibly unlucky he got--I strongly suspect that had he been nominated under almost any other circumstances, a bit sooner or a bit later, he would have sailed through.
I believe the reports came out in the press, and just a few days later Ginsburg withdrew his name (I assume after discussing it with the Reagan Administration, but I don't know for sure). I don't recall, however, who might have said what in those few days.