Josh Blackman » “Alito was the keynote speaker on Saturday night at an anniversary banquet [at Regent University]. The school did not allow news outlets to observe Alito’s speech.”

“Alito was the keynote speaker on Saturday night at an anniversary banquet [at Regent University]. The school did not allow news outlets to observe Alito’s speech.”

September 25th, 2011

Yet WaPo still manages to put out a 5 paragraph story.

I don’t like the practice of Supreme Court Justices, or any public figures for that matter, to make their talks closed to the public. If you’re not willing to see something splashed on the pages of the Post, you shouldn’t say it.