Are the Gods Making a Comment on the Alito Nomination?
Chunk of Marble Falls Off of Supreme Court Building - WTOP Radio:
Chunk of Marble Falls Off of Supreme Court Building
Updated: Monday, Nov. 28, 2005 - 2:26 PM
By ANDREW BRIDGES
Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON - A basketball-sized piece of marble molding fell from the facade over the entrance to the Supreme Court Monday, landing on the steps near visitors waiting to enter the building. No one was hurt.
The chunk of Vermont marble was part of the dentil molding that serves as a frame for nine sculptural figures completed in 1935. The piece that fell was over the figure of Authority, near the peak of the building's pediment, and to the right of the figure of Liberty, who has the scales of justice on her lap.