U.S. Supreme Court justices have cited the prospect of being quoted out of context as one reason for their resistance to cameras in the courtroom. But who needs video when recorded audio, written transcripts and public appearances serve just as well to highlight snippets of the justices' most colorful utterances of 2015. Here's a look back from some of this year's commentary from the justices—from the bench, written rulings and from public remarks.
December 21, 2015 at 10:48 AM
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The clean-cut Rep. Paul Ryan, the new speaker of the House, grabbed some attention recently for showing up to work with facial stubble. Don’t expect Roberts to take a seat on the bench with whiskers.
“I’m not going to grow a beard,” declared Roberts, contrasting himself to the late Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes, whose beard, according to his Depression-era contemporaries, gave him a God-like visage.
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