Scalia says he's proud he didn't recuse himself in Cheney case

[sabra]

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

Scalia says he's proud he didn't recuse himself in Cheney case


HARTFORD, Conn. -- Conservative U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia on Wednesday called his 2004 decision not to recuse himself from a case involving his friend Vice President Dick Cheney the "proudest thing" he's done on the court.

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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. The administration fought a lawsuit brought by watchdog and environmental groups that contended that industry executives, including former Enron chairman Ken Lay, helped shape that policy. The Supreme Court upheld the administration position on a 7-2 vote.

Scalia refused to recuse himself from the case, rejecting arguments by critics who said his impartiality was brought into question because of a hunting vacation that he took with Cheney while the court was considering the vice president's appeal.

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

[fooj]

1. Scalia is as dishonorable as they come.

Peace.

[saigon68]

3. He is undesireable

And a thug in a robe to boot.

[Nickster]

2. Oh please, bwahahaaaa. You sad sad pathetic little man. n/t

[truthisfreedom]

4. "go fuck yourself, america" scalia cries, flipping us off with his chin

and uttering an obscenity in Italian, while claiming to be a "murkin jurist."

[Miss Chybil]

5. He must have a pretty shitty resume, if that's the proudest thing on it.

:eyes:

[AndyA]

6. Sorry Scalia, but you've done nothing to earn anyone's trust.

Why don't you go get a life? You are rude, obnoxious, and not a very good Supreme Court Judge.

And that super top secret energy policy that Cheney's group came up with has resulted in gas prices that are 84% higher now than they were before Bush/Cheney took office. Considering who was involved in those meetings, doesn't it seem like collusion took place?

So, Scalia, you aren't doing your job, deadbeat. Go get a job you're more qualified for. Like lobbying. I hear there's an opening over at Jack Abramoff's old group.

[wtbymark]

7. it would be the proudest thing to him

because that allowed Haliburton and Carlyle and the whole corperate fascist regime to officially take over our country. I bet he's proud. He should hang from a tree right next to king george and buckshot cheney. Execute traitors, that's what we used to do with them, now we elect them president.

[smoogatz]

8. Anytime one of these RW douchebags says "trust me,"

the whole country ought to wonder if it's even going to get a reacharound.

[worldgonekrazy]

11. nice zinger

If ever I was going to type "LOL", this would be it.

[worldgonekrazy]

9. What a loathsome man

Yeah, that takes a lot of guts, Scalia, to refuse to acknowledge any sort of ethical consideration and not recuse yourself. Way to stick it to all those people who worry about impartiality and all that bullshit.

[Stuckinthebush]

10. A Dem congress should remove this scum from the bench

I'd love to see that.

[lumberjack_jeff]

12. dishonesty is nothing to be ashamed of when you're a right winger n/t

[trogdor]

13. I don't trust the government, period.

Including the Supreme Court. And I like my life fine, thank you very much. What I want to know is, since when has "trust" in any government official as an excuse to write bad legislation, make bad rulings, and claim absolute power become a hallmark American value? The very structure of the Constitution is based on a healthy mistrust of each component part of the government. We fought wars to preserve the idea that it is not only OK, but good policy to mistrust the government.

Germans gave Hitler their absolute trust 70-plus years ago, and see where it got them.

Trust is earned, and as far as I'm concerned, Fat Tony hasn't earned it. He's hell-bent on making George W. Bush into some kind of a king, and that makes him unfit to serve on the Supreme Court, and unworthy of my trust.

[fshrink]

14. Can someone put a gag order on this asshole?

[adigal]

31. No, let him keep talking and making obscene

gestures...he must be feeling pretty comfortable to be acting up like this. Let all of America see what an evil man he is, and then after November, we can have him impeached from his position for all sorts of conflicts.

[acmavm]

15. No matter how many lives I get, I still know better than to trust

that particular SCOTUS snake-in-the-grass bastard.

[jobycom]

16. As a Catholic, he knows Pride is the deadliest of the Seven Deadly Sins.

[DoYouEverWonder]

19. I was going to say

for someone who is such a devout catholic, he sure forgot the part about humility.

[Missy M]

17. This pompous, egotistical little man makes me real angry....

he forgets he is supposed to work for the American people and we pay his salary. I think Scalia should "get a life" in the unemployment line.

[dave29]

18. And I'm proud of the friendly sicilian gesture I'm giving him right now

n/t

[electropop]

34. Just under the chin, or the whole crossed-arms thing?

Gotta give Sicily some credit for having the most interesting collection of obscene hand gestures. I suppose Scalia's pretty proud of his personal collection.

[Ganja Ninja]

20. What an unsavory piece of sleaze this scumbag is.

He's as unfit to be on the SC as Bush is to be President. If we get control of Congress again we need to boot this sleaze out first thing.

[lovuian]

21. Well Benedict Arnold was proud too!!! In the bible it warns about

people who are too proud!!! This man is showing his unconcious is tweeking him if he had to make that statement...

Sleepless nights...

[AndyTiedye]

22. Scalia Should Go On MORE Hunting Trips With Cheney!

I have changed my mind on this. I completely approve of Scalia, Thomas,
Alito, and Roberts all going on lots of hunting trips with Deadeye Dick!

(pssst, hey Dick. Those guys are lawyers too! Look just like quail
once you've had a few, don't they?)

I think we could all chip in to make sure they have plenty to drink.
Wouldn't want our VP to get dehydrated in that hot Texas sun.

:beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer:

Drink up, and happy hunting!

[struggle4progress]

28. I got over it, too. He can go huntin with Cheney whenever he wants.

[Rose Siding]

23. "Get a life"?

Uh....I know you are, but what am I? :rofl:

[Ilsa]

24. Hey Scalia: "vafanculo"!!!! Now I'm proud. eom

[HuffleClaw]

25. wow, what a slap in the face to common decency

he's LAUGHING at the pubic with a statement like this: "I think the proudest thing I have done on the bench is not allowed myself to be chased off that case."

[Josh]

26. I thought there was precedent on that kind of disclosure -

didn't they make Hillary turn over the names of all the people she met with during the Health Care thing?

[IndianaGreen]

27. Scalia should be impeached!

In Italy he would have been a Mafia judge!

[leesa]

35. In the United States he is a Mafia judge...the Bush Crime Family

[redwitch]

29. Scalia is an ass.

A despicable, miserable, low life, stupid ass.

[NYC]

30. I'm wondering if he came up with this answer because of DUer

Demgirl72 (or similar name). She asked him why he didn't recuse himself from the Cheney energy case a few days ago, and he had no answer.

[Kenergy]

32. Scalia is an intellectually dishonest

He's a disgrace. The Court has no integrity with him there.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

37. If he's so intellectual, how come he

can't come up with anything better than "Get a life"?

[salin]

33. besmirching the Supreme Court...

taking a combative and partisan tone does nothing to assure the public that a Supreme Court justice is worthy of the trust/respect that he implies should be the reality. He is so clueless that he doesn't acknowledge that his own actions are a big part of what has eroded the trust that he seems to believe that he and all justices should engender.

[mitchum]

36. Scalia is a boorish thug