I only hit a few events here and there (as I only play a lawyer on TV anyway) during their annual meeting in D.C., but a few stray observations:

Ted Olson enjoys Nancy Pelosi jokes too much to ever want to be on SCOTUS.

I think I know exactly what Hadley Arkes means by Edith Clement being “disarming.” (Also, the nickname – Joy – is quite obvious.)

Samuel Alito provides a serious challenge to John Roberts’s status as SCOTUS stud. And if he didn’t have that job-security thing going for him, would have a great fallback career in stand-up comedy.

The Powerline guys are real gentlemen.

Federalist Society could double as the official Dick Cheney Fan Club. Where the heck else could you say such a thing? Okay, so maybe at the NRO convention.

Remembrance of battles won: How glad are we that Senator Schumer & co. didn’t win when it came to Judge Pryor? Pretty darn.