What was with the fucking crazy hat?

[UnrepentantLiberal]

[question everything]

1. wondered the same thing

Also wondered whether all the Justices were present. Saw only Roberts, Scalia and Sotomayor

[annabanana]

2. Not sure why he's wearing a Canterbury Cap..

Looks weird on him

[madinmaryland]

22. According to info I found, it was a gift from the St. Thomas More society...

According to Walshslaw, Scalia’s headgear is actually a custom-made replica of the hat in Hans Holbein’s famous 1527 portrait of St. Thomas More, the Catholic martyr and patron saint of lawyers. The website said the hat was a gift from St. Thomas More Society of Richmond, Va.

http://www.ibtimes.com/justice-scalias-weird-hat-other-2013-inaugural-fashion-trends-1028894

[JaneyVee]

3. It completes his look of 15th century worldview & proponent of torture.

[RKP5637]

26. It does, doesn't it ... n/t

[babylonsister]

29. Perfect! nt

[Hekate]

47. That is exactly what I thought

At least it kept his head warm.

[applegrove]

57. So true dat.

[backscatter712]

4. Scalia had to wear something to hide his horns. n/t

[patrice]

9. You win the thread!!! he, he . . .

[RavensChick]

15. Bingo!

This is his public face, so there you go.

[RKP5637]

28. Scalia was horny! n/t

[Luminous Animal]

5. Here...

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.

http://walshslaw.wordpress.com/2013/01/21/about-justice-scalias-headgear/

[Permanut]

6. Mouseketeer?

[notadmblnd]

7. It's the latest fashion from Paris and he's in touch with his feminin side?

[lunasun]

36. Or just completely out of touch..........

Lord High Chancellor???

[rgbecker]

8. He's running for Pope.

[Canuckistanian]

10. Makes as much sense as this

[madinmaryland]

23. Who knew the Pope was a Colorado Rockies fan!!!

[RKP5637]

31. When a little cross just isn't cross enough. n/t

[GoneOffShore]

39. Ratzy has been cross for years. n/t

[RKP5637]

42. Yep, he sure has!!! The one before him was likable, this one grates on me.

[GoneOffShore]

45. I've not liked any of them.

Well, maybe John XXIII was a little OK.

The rest of them, not so much.

Wojtyła was pretty reactionary.

And Ratzy is evil.

[RKP5637]

46. ... but Ratzy has nice shoes! lol n/t

[GoneOffShore]

49. They cover his cloven hooves. n/t

Meant to say cloven.

[RKP5637]

50. Ohhhhhhhhh ...

Yep!!!

[GoneOffShore]

51. I shouldn't post after glasses of wine.

I meant to say "cloven hooves".

[RKP5637]

53. Sounded OK to me, I got it ...

PS: I'm on the same wavelength tonight! lol

[muntrv]

11. Didn't employees of Burger King or Wendy's where that hat back in the 70s?

[Laochtine]

12. Don't bemoan his

pope regalia.

[jillan]

13. To keep the hole in his head warm???

[Squinch]

14. It's to keep the tinfoil beany from getting too cold.

[muntrv]

16. That was the beret the Griswolds wore in "European Vacation."

[MrMickeysMom]

17. That's so he can take it off to FLOG himself!

Go Fat Tony, GO!

[TheCowsCameHome]

18. It's a dog dish, in case he gets hungry during the ceremonies.

Don't ever get between Big Tony and his meal.

[jpak]

19. That's his Venetian Doge Hat

[Kalidurga]

20. He looks angry. Ha ha hope there is something I could say to make him even madder.

That hat actually doesn't look ridiculous on him it's a natural fit. And now he doesn't have to change to go host an inquisition.

[rateyes]

21. Why is Scalia wearing that funny looking

thing on his ass?

[Coyotl]

24. Is he hoping to lead an Inquisition or something?

This did not really happen, right? It is a PhotoShop, not?

[LeftInTX]

35. I saw him wearing it on live TV. It's not a Photoshop.

[REP]

25. He always looks like he'd fit in a Bosch painting

[robinlynne]

27. You see, this is why I love DU!

[pkdu]

30. It's a "fuck you" to non-Catholics ....from he Thomas More Society. Nt

[Lifelong Protester]

32. A nod to the Borgias?

[AnnieBW]

37. That's what I thought

Maybe he's auditioning to be in this upcoming season?

[lunasun]

38. oh make me laugh more than the hat !!

[babylonsister]

33. This thread could be perhaps the funniest

I've ever read on DU! You guys and gals slay me!

[baldguy]

34. Be thankful it wasn't a powdered wig.

[GoneOffShore]

40. That was under the hat.

[backscatter712]

60. No, there was no room for a wig under the hat.

See my earlier post #4.

[canoeist52]

41. Fashioning himself after another tyrant in History

http://www.channel4.com/programmes/henry-viii-the-mind-of-a-tyrant/articles/thomas-cromwell-c-1485-1540



Thomas Cromwell (c. 1485-1540) "Low-born but brilliant, Cromwell ascended the greasy pole of ambition until he became Henry VIII's chief minister and thug."

[RKP5637]

48. He's got that pious holier than thou look down well. n/t

[MADem]

43. He was channelling one of those rabbits with a pancake, perhaps? nt

[bluestate10]

44. It is a jurist cap. On the head of a man who doesn't understand what compassionate

deliberation is.

[immoderate]

52. Styled after Snap, Crackle, or Pop! One of those...

--imm

[jpak]

54. Someone is missing a douchebag

[Warren DeMontague]

55. Ass

Hat

[Shankapotomus]

56. Well,

you are dealing with a crazy person...

[HooptieWagon]

58. It must be an asshat...

[lonestarnot]

59. Most assuredly!

[JDPriestly]

61. It is for the St. Thomas More Law Honor Society, an organization

for law students and lawyers from Catholic Law Schools (and maybe other law schools).

https://www.thomasmoresociety.org/about/the-attorneys/