The Supreme Court avoided disaster when a chunk of marble fell in a courtyard used by the justices
The Supreme Court avoided a catastrophic accident last year when a piece of marble at least 2 feet long crashed to the ground in an interior courtyard used by the justices and their aides, according to several court employees.
The incident, which the court still fails to acknowledge publicly, took place in the tense spring of 2022, as the court already was dealing with death threats and other security concerns and the justices were putting the final touches on their stunning decision overturning Roe v. Wade.
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God sent a warning but they ignored it 😱
I think God just missed. Shame, really.
He has a habit of that. Hit the wrong Hitchens brother, too.
Chunk of badly maintained building falls on ground a year and a half ago, nobody hurt...
Great news story guys.
The disaster is that it didn't hit Scalia.
2 feet, could've taken out two of em
I pick Thomas as second.
Six years after he died?
Somehow I got it my head that this was a 2014 incident.
Lets pretend I said Alito
Younger would have been better. Beer baby or the Handmade would be best.
It'd be a hell of a story, right?
Thanks for trying marble slab.
The hero we needed.
Dwayne "The slab of marble" Johnson from the top rope with the Supreme Court Vacancy!
Everyone talks about how all powerful god is and how all knowing he is. omniscient my ass. thomas was not even around.
This Court has perverted justice so horribly that the courthouse itself tried to kill them.
Too bad. The world would be a better place had it just managed to take out one of the religious nutjob justices. Hell, it's a symptom of deferred maintenance which would be ironic if it was caused due to restricted spending by their own corrupt compatriots.
disaster?
That’s a weird way to spell miracle
And America avoided an unbelievability fortuitous event.
Written like a Douglas Adams line.
"avoided disaster".... yeah, well, that's just like your opinion man
A metaphor of things to come to the US?
What a perfect metaphor…we already knew the institution was crumbling, but the building itself has had enough of this shit too, it seems.
"I won't miss next time." -The Lord
Big talk!
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Supreme Court spokeswoman Patricia McCabe would not provide any details about the incident or even confirm that it had taken place.
Because of the coronavirus pandemic, the building was closed at the time to the public and members of the news media who regularly cover the court.
In addition to restoring the marble, workers also are updating fountains, plumbing and electrical systems that date to the building’s opening in 1935.
In November 2005, marble molding fell from the facade over the entrance to the court, landing on the steps near visitors waiting to enter the building on a Monday morning.
Chief Justice John Roberts made a joking reference to the 2005 incident when he spoke at Drake University’s law school three years later.
“Now, there were a lot of reasons that we had to renovate the building, including the fact that we were literally losing our marbles,” Roberts said, as quoted in a university news release.
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Don't you Americans have a term for exactly that: "Act of God". And those oh-so-faithful didn't get the hint?
We should cause more marble to be possessed
Luckily a security camera was able to catch footage of the event. Unfortunately Sgt Angle was unable to save the accident victim. Shame.
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