Scott Brown: Antonin Scalia Is Model Supreme Court Justice

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/01/scott-brown-antonin-scalia_n_1930960.html

During Monday night's Senate debate here, incumbent Republican Scott Brown was asked by NBC's David Gregory to name his model Supreme Court justice. The name that came to his mind may cost him with the state's Democratic voters: Antonin Scalia.

"Let me see here, that's a great question. I think Justice Scalia is a very good judge," Brown said. GOP members of the crowd roared with approval as those on the other side booed just as loudly. Brown's Democratic opponent, Elizabeth Warren, appeared just as happy to hear the answer.

Scalia, an ideologue and GOP partisan, is a political lightning rod who would have helped the Supreme Court overturn health care reform if Chief Justice John Roberts hadn't flipped his vote. Expressing support for Scalia plays directly into the argument Warren has been making against Brown -- that while he may be more moderate than the rest of the Senate GOP, a vote for Brown empowers national Republicans.

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Warren, after the debate, said she was "amazed" that Brown selected Scalia as his favorite justice. Warren's campaign manager, Wendy Myers, said in a statement later that Scalia's opposition to the court's Roe v Wade ruling, women's constitutional rights and birth control "speak loudly about Scott Brown's values."


Scott Brown Really Shot Himself In The Foot When He Said Justice Scalia Was His 'Model' Supreme Court Justice
http://www.businessinsider.com/scott-brown-scalia-supreme-court-massachusetts-senate-debate-elizabeth-warren-2012-10

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"Let me see, here. That's a great question," Brown said. "I think Justice Scalia is a very good judge."

The crowd at the debate immediately booed, and Warren began to cover up her face, perhaps realizing her challenger's mistake.

That Brown's first answer was Scalia was shocking, because Scalia is widely considered among the top two most conservative justices on the bench. Brown, meanwhile, has become popular in Democratic-heavy Massachusetts by becoming a largely Independent member of Congress.

Brown fumbled for words and quickly threw out almost every single justice currently on the bench.

[mattvermont]

1. I would think that those words

killed his chances in Mass.

[lonestarnot]

2. Let us hope so! Fucking freak!

[Electric Monk]

3. There's an animated gif of that moment (link)

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021449089

[yellowcanine]

4. Could have been worse. He could have said Roger Taney.

Of Dredd Scott decision fame.

[hifiguy]

5. The derp is strong in this one.

Why isn't Warren up by double digits when the Prez is up by nearly 30 in MA?