U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor adjudicated a dispute between Goldilocks and Baby Bear on Sesame Street — and she let Goldilocks off the hook.
“Does the justice think it was right for Goldilocks to come into my house — uninvited, mind you — sit in my chair and break it?” Baby Bear asked Sotomayor, who replied, “I’m not sure” and said she needed to hear from Goldilocks.
Goldilocks led with an apology — hardly a strong defense strategy — before saying she “didn’t mean to break it” and adding that she “was tired and it was the only chair that fit just right.”
But the argument stuck with Sotomayor, who told Baby Bear that “it was an accident” that Goldilocks broke the chair. “And accidents do happen,” she noted. When Baby Bear noted that his chair was still broken, Sotomayor told Goldilocks to help him glue it back together.
