Nice: Justice Scalia Wears Martyr's Hat at Inauguration

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by Fr. John Malloy, SDB

From Fr. Z come the story of the surprising hat Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia wore to the inauguration of the loathsome Barack Obama:

"Kevin Walsh of the University of Richmond School of Law writes:

'The twitterverse is alive with tweets about Justice Scalia’s headgear for today’s inauguration. At the risk of putting all the fun speculation to an end . . . The hat is a custom-made replica of the hat depicted in Holbein’s famous portrait of St. Thomas More. It was a gift from the St. Thomas More Society of Richmond, Virginia. We presented it to him in November 2010 as a memento of his participation in our 27th annual Red Mass and dinner.'"

Fr. Z then comments:

"Wearing the cap of a statesman who defended liberty of church and integrity of Christian conscience to the inauguration of a president whose policies have imperiled both: Make of it what you will."

Posted by Gibbons J. Cooney