Flub-a-dub-dub

[libertango]

Here's Steven Pinker in the New York Times writing a good piece on Chief Justice John Roberts' lapse when giving the oath of office to Mr. Obama the other day. It's not a bad theory -- that Roberts is a grammar weenie of the variety who thinks he can re-write quotes to suit his own beliefs (as it's claimed he's done with Dylan, for example).

But I can't help thinking Nino Scalia probably ribbed Roberts about, "Expounding a 'living constitution' and revising on the fly, eh?" And for once, Scalia would have a point.

UPDATED TO ADD: Ye Olde Comical sez: "Two previous presidents, Chester Arthur and Calvin Coolidge, retook their oaths under similar circumstances."