"...a pompous celebrant of his own virtue and rectitude..." -- SCOTUS has become our own Politburo.

[bleever]

Very good piece by Paul Campos on Salon about Scalia going off the rails. A rant I wish I'd written.

...(Scalia is) a man who obviously no longer cares that he sounds increasingly like a right-wing talk radio host rather than a justice of the Supreme Court, and that his dissents are starting to read more like hastily drafted blog posts than sober judicial opinions.

snip

His career is beginning to resemble that of William O. Douglas, another justice who allowed a combination of immense arrogance and creeping decrepitude to transform him from a formidable figure into a ranting old man, whose performance on the bench became so embarrassing and disturbing that it is said the other justices made an informal agreement not to allow any decision to turn on Douglas’ vote.

No real new information, but an excellent expression of the anger and despondency a lot of us feel about Scalia's utter disregard for his country, and anything else except his own solipsistic arrogance.

http://www.salon.com/2012/06/25/antonin_scalia_ranting_old_man/?source=newsletter

[demosincebirth]

1. SC has the last say on all laws passed by congress. Just like a Kingship of 9

[corkhead]

2. syphilis has a tragic effect on the mind

[Shagman]

3. he needs to be impeached -- or committed nt

[Bill USA]

4. somebody should send Waffen SS uniformss to the Fascist Five on SC

recommended!

[n2doc]

5. ...