Scalia: Turkey Hunter A.D. - DoublePlus Impartial.

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http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/nation/2530091

Scalia, hunting partners have strong political ties
Los Angeles Times

HATTIESBURG, Miss. -- It's turkey season in Mississippi, and Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia was tramping through the countryside here this month in pursuit of the big birds.

His hunting partners, as usual, included Charles Pickering Sr., the federal judge who President Bush recently elevated to the U.S. court of appeals, and his son, Rep. Charles "Chip" Pickering Jr., a four-term Republican member of Congress.

Two years ago, as the justice who oversees legal appeals from the deep South, Scalia played a key role in a messy congressional redistricting fight and helped ensure that the younger Pickering held onto his House seat.

In 2002, Mississippi was forced to merge Pickering's district with one held by a Democratic congressman. Just days before the deadline for resolving the matter, Scalia rejected an emergency appeal from Democrats and cleared the way for a Republican-friendly plan.

The redistricting case marked at least the third time in three years that Scalia has participated in Supreme Court decisions involving friends he hunts with. Some argue that the practice raises questions about the appearance of impartiality.

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[The Backlash Cometh]

1. What appearance? What perception?

The man has no objectivity. He IS a tool for the Republicans and will push forth the conservative agenda.

Let's call a duck, a duck here.

[lil-petunia]

2. what appearance

I think you went on too long.

"He is a tool" says it all.

[rock]

3. Scalia - another member of the bushsucks* misAdministration n/t