Tongues are wagging about the weird hat that Supreme Court justice Antonin Scalia wore to the inauguration. What would be an appropriate name for this rather unique headgear?
The Tam-O-Fascist
The Nostradominator
Geppetto’s Bitch
The Inquisitor
Monsignor X
Un Chapeau Étrange
The Witch Burner
The Bonnet of Strict Constructionism
Update: For the curious, here’s the real story.
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.
