The Zoopreme Court is much cuter than the Supreme Court

April 14, 2011 10:54 AM

Zoopreme Court Ever wanted to remember all the justices of the Supreme Court, past and present? Well it's a whole lot easier if they are animals. Dan Schofield and Alice DuBois are illustrating all 112 justices as various critters, as well as several landmark cases.
posted by melissam (17 comments total)

AND SCALIA IS A SKUNK :D
perfect.
posted by AugieAugustus at 10:56 AM on April 14, 2011 [1 favorite]

Seems like a lot of bears. (also: this is RAD!)
posted by epersonae at 10:57 AM on April 14, 2011

Any bets on who gets the honey badger treatment?
posted by m@f at 11:10 AM on April 14, 2011

Worth it for Landmark Case: Miranaconda v. Bearizona alone.
posted by Wolfdog at 11:20 AM on April 14, 2011 [3 favorites]

Thurgood Marshall deserves better than "Marsh Vole." But it's nice that William Wrenquist is sartorially correct down to the stripes on his shoulders.
posted by dust of the stars at 11:24 AM on April 14, 2011 [1 favorite]

Seems a bit kind to the current 5-4 majority of activist ideologues.

Then again, pretty much anything is too kind for them.
posted by goethean at 11:27 AM on April 14, 2011

The notoriously aquiline J. McReynolds would look rather fetching as an eagle. Just sayin'.

Also, this is cute, although yes, there are too many bears. On the other hand, Sandra Day Okapi is sort of brilliant, as is Anthony Toucannedy.
posted by Sticherbeast at 11:41 AM on April 14, 2011

came to say exactly the same about Scalia (perfectly backhanded zoomage) and David Souter, which, actually, i think is a compliment.
posted by liza at 11:47 AM on April 14, 2011

Any bets on who gets the honey badger treatment?

Since they already did her, they missed the golden opportunity of Ruth Badger Ginsburg.
posted by wildcrdj at 11:57 AM on April 14, 2011

They won an out-loud laugh for Sandra Day Okapi.
posted by Iridic at 11:59 AM on April 14, 2011

What Iridic said, only my thought was "This website is an awfully long way to go just for Sandra Day Okapi".
posted by The Bellman at 12:09 PM on April 14, 2011

Where are the 19th and 18th century justices? John Jay and Salmon P. Chase are layups.
posted by Iridic at 12:14 PM on April 14, 2011

Scalia is far more foul smelling than any skunk and should've been represented by a pile of burning dirty diapers. I know a pile of burning dirty diapers isn't an animal, but still.
posted by Burhanistan at 12:37 PM on April 14, 2011

If they could stretch it beyond the Supreme Court, I'd love to see a stern boar named Learned Ham.
posted by zamboni at 1:10 PM on April 14, 2011 [2 favorites]

Canis rufus rufus Peckham
posted by Sticherbeast at 2:04 PM on April 14, 2011

I've had this same idea for years, but with authors. It makes for a fun dinner party / bar game.

Jorge Luis Boar-ges.
Umberto Gecko.
Ernest Lemmingway.
Roberto Vole-año.

I had a bunch more at some point...
posted by sixacross at 3:58 PM on April 14, 2011 [1 favorite]

Cross the streams and make room for Oliver Wendell Homo sapiens.
posted by Sticherbeast at 4:41 PM on April 14, 2011 [1 favorite]