Friday, 19 March, 2004

Scalia Angry, Thousand Flee Scalia Angrily Defends His Duck Hunt With Cheney(NYT). This is the first time I can recall wanting to practice saying the name of a NY Times piece several times fast. Yesterday Justice Scalia released an twenty one [21!] page memo described in the article as didatic and "filled with scorn" defending his hunting trip with VP Cheney. At some point he gets around to saying Of course we said not a word about the present case.''. That was all he had to say. The lawyer for the Sierra Club felt the same way also noting that Scalia's memo points out that he had bought a round trip ticket to Louisiana and flw back on a commercial carrier. Apparently Scalia would rather spend months feeling self righteous and indignant rather than be up front. The issue now is whether Justice Ginsburg will continue to take criticism for her association with the NOW Legal defense and education fund lecture series, whether people will read this as a general principle reaffirmed. Or whether they will continue to press inquiry into the conscience of the Court. 10:20:59 AM    comment [];trackback [];

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