My favorite line of questioning was the Breyer/Scalia comment: JUSTICE BREYER: Well, one reason might be that this has really never been a problem be

My favorite line of questioning was the Breyer/Scalia comment: JUSTICE BREYER: Well, one reason might be that this has really never been a problem because all the legitimate -- or most of them, anyway -- that these organizations that have interests in privacy are actually taken care of by the other 17 exemptions here. JUSTICE SCALIA: Another reason might be that personal -- nobody ever thought that personal privacy would cover this. I think that combined with the burdens analysis from Scalia is much more damning: JUSTICE SCALIA: Is it the burden of the government to show that they intended to exclude corporations, or is it your burden to show that this exception was meant to include corporations? I would think the latter is where the burden lies in this case. MR. KLINEBERG: Well, Justice Scalia, our -­ our burden is to -- is to defend our view of the statute. JUSTICE SCALIA: Well, but if you're asking the government to show that the -- there was an intent to exclude corporations, I don't think that's their burden. I think it's your burden to show that this exemption was intended to include corporations. MR. KLINEBERG: I agree, Your Honor, that we are -- our burden is to demonstrate to you why the words "personal privacy" in the statute apply to corporations. If the Government had to demonstrate that Congress intended to exempt corporations, none of Robert's questions matter. It might weaken AT&T's case, but it wouldn't destroy it. That the Court & AT&T agree that AT&T needs to demonstrate that Congress intended to exempt the privacy of corporations and that 35 years of FOIA requests don't have a single example of such a decision is what really damages AT&T's position. And Mr. Yang closed well: Now, AT&T has given up on the grammatical imperative that guided exclusively the court of appeals decision in this case, there's nothing left. AT&T can provide no example where the term personal privacy has ever been used to refer to a corporation, much less a foreign government or state or local government in any context, whether it be FOIA, the law generally, or even in common usage. Also, for what it's worth, one other 'fun line' came at the expense of Mr. Yang. Justice Scalia: Well, I'm not going to help the government's position if the government doesn't want to be helped. I'm happy to leave you where you put yourself.