Hecklers Disrupt Scalia at D.C. Appearance

[Rose Siding]

WASHINGTON -- Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia grew tired of a persistent heckler Tuesday and asked organizers of a legal seminar to do something about the outbursts -- gently.

"Don't use force," Scalia told American Enterprise Institute workers as they grabbed the young man's arm and nudged him toward the door. The workers then let go and the man walked out.

It was unclear what Aaron Yule, 23, of Boston, was asking when Scalia turned to organizers and said, "Can you, somebody ..."
....
After the man left, Scalia answered questions for about 15 minutes but repeatedly declined to engage anyone who asked questions, even of an apparently friendly nature, that he felt were not related to his topic -- the use of foreign law by U.S. courts.

http://www.newsday.com/news/politics/wire/sns-ap-scotus-scalia,0,5729680.story?coll=sns-ap-politics-headlines

[Erika]

1. If he thinks his being heckled now is bad

He should just wait until the conservative court determines a woman must die rather than having a life saving PBA.

He's a GOP prima donna, off hunting and fishing with Cheney and Republican millionaires, while refusing cameras in the courtroom.

[adigal]

15. Why not protest their offices

and their homes, too? They want to be political, and take away the rights of women, minorities and the disabled too. I think they need some protests in their comfortable lives. Scalia, Thomas, Roberts and Alito should be dogged with protestors every single place they go if they start to strip away the rights of Americans. They are not above the rest of us in being accountable.

[NoodleyAppendage]

2. C-SPAN has the realaudio video up right now. Q&A starts at 29min.

Yule on the way out the door called the Kato Center folks "nazis" for ejecting him so forcefully. He was persistent in heckling Scumlia. There were a few other choice comments by other questioners asking about "quail hunting with Cheney."

JB

[onehandle]

3. Pie him.

Pie his narrow-minded ass.

[lonestarnot]

21. Ticket to slammer... Assault on a USSC Justice not taken lightly.

[951-Riverside]

4. I saw it and I wouldnt call that heckling

[951-Riverside]

6. They were trying to ask him questions which he opened himself to

He didnt like it and at one point someone snatched the mic from the person asking the question, the audience was very orderly he was the one out of order.

[liveoaktx]

5. VIDEO- Here's just that clip

Unhappy participant

My fave "Scalia is an ass" footage

[Critters2]

10. Did the guy who was made to leave

identify himself as being with the Cato Insitute as he was leaving? That's what it sounded like.
Interesting.

[AnneD]

18. I liked the one where...

he was always right and you were wrong. He is nothing more than a pompous ass suffering from short man syndrom (apologies to my vertically challenged brothers that have their heads on straight).

[fshrink]

7. Best part was the miscellaneous asshole proclaiming:

"This is not a public forum". Sure wasn't and I don't see this pathetic little man even daring to participate in one.

[InsultComicDog]

8. heh

Was that the question about whether he would go quail hunting with Cheney?

[The Roux Comes First]

9. Good for Yule

Pretty sorry to have a pathetic scrapheap denizen like Scalia even in a position to be pontificating before a hand-chosen crowd of syco's. Dress him up like a quail and send him back out with the shooter-in-chief!

[xchrom]

11. scalia can't be heckled enough.

[Nomen Tuum]

12. oooo, what will Tony Soprano Scalia do when he kills Roe?

Just IMAGINE all those hecklers outside his house. Maybe a mob...

[DoYouEverWonder]

13. For someone who is such a 'devote' catholic

he certainly doesn't act like one.

He acts more like a devout asshole, but that's the way those pauline christians are.

[AnneD]

19. Remember when he made those remarks

about orges being a good thing. I don't get speechless, but even I raised an eyebrow on that.

[DoYouEverWonder]

22. Devote = Devout

If only I could type and spell at the same time.

Duh.

[wordpix]

14. Scalia: member of the power elite that hunts & vacations with KingGeoW

[stepnw1f]

16. Scalia Needs to Be Impeached

He is a dirtbag.

[fujiyama]

17. The best question

someone asked Scalia a while back was "Do you sodomize your wife?".

[Mithras61]

20. Should have taken a page from Marx...

Groucho that is, and asked "Have you stopped...?" :D