Chief Justice John Roberts Plays Silly Boy.

They want us to think they are smart, cool and funny -- and intimately familiar with the lines from Tom Sawyer.

I think Chief Justice John Roberts looks like a tone-deaf fool here, myself.  Even in the Age of Trump, he clearly has still not gotten the message of seriousness and sobriety.  He thinks this is the elites' idea of funny...

“It was a movie about a big monkey. Did I lose my dignity? Yes, I did. Did I lose my self-respect? Absolutely. Fool me once, shame on me. That is the same lesson I think these boys learned from transacting with Tom Sawyer.”

Chief Justice Roberts let out a hearty laugh.

After a brief deliberation, Chief Justice Roberts announced that the matter was moot in light of the high-price legal talent in the case, Rogers v. Sawyer, No. 47-022. The trinkets at issue — the rat, cat, marbles, tadpoles and the rest — could not be returned to the boys, he said.

“It doesn’t make any difference because wherever the objects were sent, they would immediately be seized by their respective lawyers for attorneys’ fees,” he said. “So the lawyers win.”

There was laughter and applause in the ballroom, followed by Baked Alaska.

Tell me again,