Marble chunk falls from Supreme Court facade

maybe this'll fly now that there's a link

http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/11/28/scotus.facade.ap/index.html

Marble chunk falls from Supreme Court facade

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A basketball-sized piece of marble moulding fell from the facade over the entrance to the Supreme Court, landing on the steps near visitors waiting to enter the building.

No one was injured when the stone fell.

The marble was part of the dentil moulding that serves as a frame for the frieze of statues atop the court's main entrance.

A group of visitors had just entered the building and had passed under the frieze when the stone fell at 9:30 a.m. ET.

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how fitting.

if you catch my drift.

and is now punishing it and the whole of the US in a variety of ways for 'Hiring" Bu$h

Katrina.
This incident.
all the hurricanes hitting Florida, actually...

all the displaced residents of N.O. moving to his 'home state' of TX, and prompting his mom to make horrible statements and show her (and possibly their) true colors...

Im sure you all can add to the list.

The rich and powerful murder and steal and god punishes the poor. :shrug:

Welcome to DU, BP.

'Tis A Sign
On the fifth anniversary of the Supreme Court accepting arguments for the frivolous lawsuit "Bush vs Gore", the Supreme Court's facade crumbles.

via Atrios
http://oldfashionedpatriot.blogspot.com/2005_11_01_oldfashionedpatriot_archive.html#113319253260606095

been overturned.....

It's a sign from De Lawd!

was all the poor old building could take.

Seems like an omen, like the crows and bleeding statues seen before the Ides of March, doesn't it? The foundations of liberty are crumbling...

I am really not doing well today. Here I was, thinking that Bush had just signed "pre-pardons" for Rove et al. If it was Liberty that was damaged, I wonder what Shrub was up to... (shudder)

Ok by me.

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Uuummmm, no. It's a piece of Vermont marble from the dentil molding around the inside of the trianglar pediment, the third piece of dentil molding from top portion to be exact on the right-side (facing the building), above the allegorical figure "Authority." See photo and description of same from SCOTUS official website:



U.S. Supreme Court, West Pediment, Front of Building
http://www.supremecourtus.gov/about/westpediment.pdf
(pdf format, AdobeReader® required, SCOTUS official website)

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A chunk of Vermont marble that was part of the dentil molding that serves as a frame for nine sculptural figures broke off over the figure of Authority, near the peak of the Supreme Court's pediment and fell to the steps below on Monday, Nov. 28, 2005, in Washington. No one was injured when the basketball-sized piece of marble molding fell from the facade over the entrance to the Supreme Court Monday, landing on the steps near visitors waiting to enter the building. AP Photo/Kevin Wolf

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http://www.cbc.ca/cp/world/051128/w112843.html

Piece of marble moulding on U.S. Supreme Court building falls near visitors

12:48:00 EST Nov 28, 2005
ANDREW BRIDGES


WASHINGTON (AP) - A basketball-sized piece of marble moulding fell from the facade over the entrance to the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday, landing on the steps near visitors waiting to enter the building.

No one was injured when the stone fell. The marble was part of the dentil that serves as a frame for sculptural figures. The piece that fell was over the figures, near the peak of the building, and to the right of the figure of Liberty, who has the scales of justice on her lap.

A group of visitors had just entered the building and had passed under the pediment when the stone fell at 9:30 a.m. EST.

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repotedly the saying under the fallen piece said "equal justice under the law" mmmmm..

:eyes:

the contractor on that job?

From another source: The marble was above the inscription near the top of the building saying, "Equal Justice Under Law" and above the allegorical figure representing "Order," one of nine sculptured figures on the pediment.

I guess we can kiss Equal Justice and Order goodbye???


http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2005-11-28T164743Z_01_SIB856755_RTRUKOC_0_US-COURT-ROOF.xml&archived=False

allegorical figure "Authority" not "Order." See DU post #34 which depicts a photo (and description) from the official website of SCOTUS. I noted, too, that AP and Reuters were incorrectly reporting the wrong allegorical figure on the pediment.

Real order went out the window a long time ago!!!

And the present POTUS has never had any REAL authority since he was selected!!!

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How true !! And as president !
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Flem.

"The piece that fell was...to the right of the figure of Liberty, who has the scales of justice on her lap."

billions into Iraq War and Big Oil subsidies

The court refrained from speaking on why they wouldn't hear her case today, and now he's letting us know he's not happy about us ignoring the truth!

after the 2000 election debacle those words fit together so appropriately.

If only it had happened in 2000.

the hyper occupation of all the REPUKE CRIMINALS currently housed within.

Very very symbolic, indeed. In the same vein of asscraps curtains.

someone "doesn't believe" in acid rain or air pollution controls.

of a national landmark.

In ancient Rome or Greece, they would have taken this as an unfavorable sign from the Gods.

I take it as sanity trying send us a clue.