IF THE SUPREME COURT CHANNELS “THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE,” how exactly do “the people” communicate with the Court? Barry Friedman answers — in the SCOTUSblog live-chat — “gosh, the justices *are* living in the world with us; they read the papers, watch the news, go to cocktail parties. chief justice rehnquist discussed this in print. the people don’t have to speak directly to them – as president obama did at the state of the union – the constitutional conversation just goes on around them.” Good thing MSM tells it straight… and in vino veritas.