Warren Earl Burger was understandably miffed when the mail brought his invitation to Jimmy Carter's Inauguration this week as the 39th President of the U.S. It asked a fee of $25 for a hard, wooden bleacher seat to watch the 2-hr. Inaugural parade. "If I have to pay $25," joked the Chief Justice of the U.S., "I'll charge Carter $50 to swear him in."
Was the billing of Burger the epitome of egalitarianism, a felonious breach of etiquette or a simple gaffe? Most probably a gaffe, and as such it typified the confusion...
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