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News | May 16, 2016

Debate Continues Over What to do About Scalia’s Futon

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WASHINGTON, DC – Two months after Justice Antonin Scalia’s passing at age 79, President Obama once again urged conservative factions to take action regarding the dilapidated purple futon on which Scalia lounged during oral arguments and still rests in courtroom chambers today. “This is oppositional stubbornness at its worst. It is your responsibility to act. Move it to the curb. Put it on Craigslist. The American people are urging you to do your job,” said the President to reporters on the South Lawn before emphasizing that the “stale sweat stench” has since made the Highest Court unusable. Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) fired back at the President, saying, “It is patently unfair of Mr. Obama to impose this problem. It’s floral upholstery matches no room designed after 1990. Let the people decide what to do with it come November.” At press time, Supreme Court officials had moved the futon to the same storage closet that still houses Justice Rehnquist’s treadmill.