Legalities

5.

That was CJ Rehnquist's favorite poem.

Rehnquist gave Thomas the poem, but Thomas is the one who keeps it on his desk.

The false one is A, Martha Ann did not tell Alito to join the group.

A is not true- see
http://marriage.about.com/od/politics/p/samuelalito.htm
Samuel attended Princeton, where he received his A.B. in 1972, and Yale Law School, where he received his J.D. in 1975.

Martha-Ann was a student at Rutgers University inn France, 1973-1974. She received her BA from the University of Kentucky in 1975 and her MSL.S. from the University of Kentucky in 1977.

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2005/11/01/soft_spoken_but_sharp_alito_has_shown_focus/
Married to Martha-Ann Bomgardner, whom Alito met when she was a librarian

Number 2 is false, Bush actually said, referring to young Jack Roberts,(aka spider man) once told supporters "I kept hoping his mom WOULD HAVE LEFT THAT CHILD BEHIND" Wonk Wonk.

When I typed A I meant number 1 is not true-
1. It was Martha-Ann Alito who volunteered her husband for Concerned Alumni of Princeton

I also meant 1 instead of A. Give the Book to me, the other guy doesn't deserve it.

Trick question! All of them are false, or at least misleading due to missing information. Here are the corrected versions:

1. It was Martha-Ann Alito who volunteered her husband for Concerned Alumni of Princeton['s Annual Bachelor Auction. Sadly, the winning bid was only forty dollars.]

2. Bush, referring to young Jack Roberts,(aka spider man) once told supporters "I kept hoping his mom would yank him out of there [and explain to him that his web-slinging technique was all wrong.]"

3. John Roberts went to school with Jane Ginsburg daughter of a well known chef and a jurist[. The classmates actually agreed on most points of law but just couldn't see eye to eye on the best recipe for blood pudding.]

4. Alito thinks if anything he should be called "Scalino"[, or maybe "Samuelito," which is how everyone in the broadcast media referred to him during his confirmation hearings.]

5. Souter's favorite poem, kept on his desk, includes the words: "Westward look, the land is bright"[, and his second favorite poem, also kept on his desk, is Shel Silverstein's "I'm Being Eaten by a Boa Constrictor."]

6. At her first conference Byron White brought tears to O'Connor's eyes [by trash-talking about their most recent pick-up basketball game. Fortunately for O'Connor, she ended up getting the best of him in a dance competition the following day, in which White reportedly "got served in a manner fully consistent with the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure."]

7. Scalia has a large mounted buck in his office named "Leroy" [pronounced "le-ROY"] and Jan Crawford Greenburg has one in hers that sings "Sweet Home Alabama." [In life, the two bucks were related. Both were shot by Scalia on a hunting trip with Vice President Cheney.]

In case you couldn't tell, I'm going for the coffee mug.

The incorrect choice is #5. The poem is kept on Thomas's desk, given by Rehnquist. (Reading an extended excerpt from Jan's book on another site does have its rewards.)
In fact, Justice Souter's favorite poem (which he has passed on to Justice Kennedy) does have the following line:
"Leftward list, the right is dissed. . ."

So do I get the mug?

I believe the poem actually reads:
"Westward look, the line is bright;
Must have been written by Kozinski."

The mug first, then the answers.

4 . Alito thinks if anything he should be called "Scalino",

Just finished the "Supreme Conflict" by Ms. Greenburg and it was unique in it's educational worth, political and historical insight, and attention keeping style of writting. Most important line of the book is on page 145, where Justice Stevens said, "America has evolved from a Christian nation...to a country that has expanded it tolerance of other religions." I would like to see the author write a book on that topic alone. Where can one obtain further information of this topic?