Antonin Scalia shares the "proudest thing he's done on the bench"

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

HARTFORD, Conn. -- Conservative U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia had some advice Wednesday for those who questioned his impartiality after he refused to recuse himself from a case involving his hunting buddy, Vice President Dick Cheney.

"For Pete's sake, if you can't trust your Supreme Court justice more than that, get a life," Scalia said.

Scalia, addressing an audience at the University of Connecticut's law school on Wednesday, said recusing himself from the 2004 case -which focused on an energy task force that Cheney led - would only have given fuel to newspaper editorial writers and other detractors who have said he is too close to the vice president.

"I think the proudest thing I have done on the bench is not allowed myself to be chased off that case," Scalia said. The case in question involved Cheney's request to keep private the details of closed-door White House strategy sessions that produced the administration's energy policy.



:grouphug:

http://www.wfsb.com/Global/story.asp?S=4761664

[neuvocat]

1. You know, no matter what the article says...

one can hardly keep from laughing while staying afloat in your sea of middle fingers.

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

4. I felt the need to capture the essence of his statement...

...and I feel like it was a case of "Mission Accomplished"...

:evilgrin:

:toast:

[teryang]

2. His lack of insight into human bias proves his lack of judicial

...temperment. It's simple arrogance to turn his greatest defect into a virtue. This is the vanity of a purported "thought leader." Dwelling on partisan talking points.

[NJCher]

7. Ah yes, a thought leader who talks like this:

"For Pete's sake, if you can't trust your Supreme Court justice more than that, get a life," Scalia said.


OK, so I'm supposed to "trust" some fat f&%$ who doesn't even have the sense to refrain from an obscene gesture after he walks out of church? I'm supposed to trust that?

And I should "get a life" because I don't trust him? Huh? This is Supreme Court-level logic?

Get the hell out of this country, Scalia. You DO NOT DESERVE to be an American. You are a shame to this country. Go. GO!!!




Cher

[meow2u3]

20. Go back to Sicily, Fat Tony!

The Mafia needs a new godfather now that the Italian cops nabbed Bernardo Provenzano!

[AtomicKitten]

3. maybe he should go hunting with a drunk Cheney again

[Vickers]

5. I'm pretty sure Scalia has been shot in the face before.

I mean, c'mon, LOOK at him!

:spank:

[alfredo]

6. I thought it was when he cut a silent but deadly beer fart and

successfully blamed it on O'Conner.


Some say that was what was behind her retirement.

[driver8]

10. Damn...I didn't see this post before I posted mine!

Now you are going to think that I'm a copy cat.

Love the avatar, by the way.

[alfredo]

14. Thanks. It's Apple's implimentation of X11

It is so distinctive and easy to find in big threads.

I liked the way you said what you said in your post.

[Jacobin]

8. I thought it was when he appointed Bush emperor

:shrug:

[driver8]

9. The proudest thing he has ever done on the bench is to sneak

out a fart without getting blamed for it.

[ShortnFiery]

11. Yeah BEB ... The Devil's Rejects Pic? How apropos :P

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

12. It's the overall tone I've felt in the news lately...

...I really feel like Captain Spaulding's running the show.

:patriot:

[ShortnFiery]

13. Yes, and we're all a like hapless "Jamie Lee Curtis" character ...

In one of those seemingly endless number of horror flicks, "screaming our fool heads off" but yet doing nothing smart to help ourselves. The rest of the world community is like 'the audience' rooting for the people, someone other than an asylum inmate to step up and take charge.

... but alas, do I hear the Introduction to Skynard's Free Bird? :scared: :nuke:

*btw, the absolute WORST movie (no class, no redeeming factors, no likable characters) is "The Devil's oops :blush: REJECTS." You'd have to tie me down and tape my eyes open to watch that again. But I kept thinking to myself, "Naw! It can't get more depraved and disgusting? Oops, yes it can!" :puke:

[Donkeykick]

15. Just goes to show you...

which way this country is headed under republicans!:wtf:

[annabanana]

16. A DUer from SUNY New Paltz asked him the same thing on

last Friday, I think...

Ah HAH! found it:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=889601&mesg_id=889601

It seems as if everyone's getting under his skin!!

[DemGirl7]

17. I'm such a bad girl for inspiring this string of attacks on Scalia

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :evilgrin: :evilgrin: Scalia is such an egotistical, obnoxious douchebag, I hope he continues to get these doses of reality from people. :)

[ToeBot]

18. Of course he's proud, obstinately maintain a conflict of interest...

and got away with it, what could be more pleasing to the thug? Oh yeah, gloat about his petty victory every chance he gets. He's a small, vile, shit of a human being.

[silverojo]

19. Proudest thing he's ever done on the bench

Was to hide his erection when he learned that the Chimperor had appointed someone who would finally overturn Roe v. Wade.

[PaDem]

21. Scalia is simply unfit for the kind of responsibility

he's been given.

[Catchawave]

22. Has anyone posted the AOL poll yet ?

http://articles.news.aol.com/news/article.adp?id=20060412183009990005&ncid=NWS00010000000001

[Catchawave]

23. I take that as a "no" :)

Posted the AOL Poll in GD here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x925043

Happy Kicking Scalia Arse :patriot: