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With this year’s term again presenting a docket that looks like a wish list personally stuffed into Justice Clarence Thomas’ breast pocket by Harlan Crow after a long day of duck hunting, people should be forgiven if they find themselves turning queasy at the first cry of “Oyez, oyez!”

A town crier then rang a bell and boomed, as Charles chuckled: "Oyez, oyez, oyez! I officially proclaim Colchester Zoo's newest addition as baby Dara."

As the Oyez Project summarizes, the high court held in the 1964 decision that "to sustain a claim of defamation or libel, the First Amendment requires that the plaintiff show that the defendant knew that a statement was false or was reckless in deciding to publish the information without investigating whether it was accurate."

The chief had assigned the investigation to Ms. Curley, the marshal, whose best-known task was crying “Oyez, oyez, oyez!” as justices entered the courtroom.

“And that’s just the bad beginning. But, not to worry, I have come up with the happy ending! You see, fellow library lovers, kids all across this wondermous country are eager to prove that they are bibliophilic champions, too. Therefore, oyez, oyez, and hear ye, hear ye.”