Gop3.com:The Triumvirate (Free subscription) | 09/29/2008
The Associated Press reports on two law review articles by right-leaning judges, Wilkinson on the Fourth and Posner on the Seventh, who have criticized Justice Antonin Scalia’s majority opinion in Heller. In the article, the AP reporter, Mark Sherman, who is a regular Supreme Court reporter for them, says: “The guns case was easily the most [...]
Ballot Access News (Free subscription) | 09/29/2008
On September 29, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia asked the Louisiana Secretary of State to respond to the Libertarian Party’s request for an injunction. The state’s response is due Wednesday afternoon, and then the Libertarian Party may respond by Friday. The original filing in the U.S. Supreme Court by the Libertarian Party [...]
Black Bear Blog (Free subscription) | 09/28/2008
The Associated Press is doing what it does best in presenting stories that are not representative of the claims they make. In an attempt to smear Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, the AP claims that conservative judges disagree with Scalia on his opinion in District of Columbia vs. Heller. They found two, one with sour [...]
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 09/27/2008
Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia is no stranger to criticism. He gives as good as he gets.
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 09/17/2008
On the eve of today's 221st anniversary of the U.S. Constitution's adoption, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia told conservative lawyers in Chicago that the University of Chicago Law School -- where he used to teach -- has lost its edge and gone liberal. Back in the days when Scalia -- the court's most vocal supporter of adhering to the text of the constitution -- used to teach at the school,...
lalate news (Free subscription) | 09/15/2008
VIDEO! Here’s video of Justice Scalia on 60 Minutes tonight. In the video rebroadcast, Justice Antonin Scalia or “Nino” to his friends, talks about the constitution. Says Justice Scalia: “It is an enduring Constitution that I want to defend,” he says. “But what you’re saying is, let’s try to figure out the mindset of people back 200 years [...]
First Draft (Free subscription) | 09/09/2008
Ask a question: Will Antonin Scalia be denied the Eucharist for his public mis-statements of the Roman Catholic church's position on the death penalty? Will Scalia, John Roberts, Samuel Alito, and Clarence Thomas be refused communion for their continued enabling...
SWAC Girl (Free subscription) | 08/19/2008
I found this stunning: Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama declared that he would not have nominated Clarence Thomas for the Supreme Court because he was not a “strong enough jurist” for the job. ... He added that he also wouldn't have nominated Antonin Scalia, and perhaps not John Roberts, “though he assured the audience that at least they were smart enough for the job,” The Wall Street Journal...
QandO (Free subscription) | 08/01/2008
K eith Olberman gives the Supreme Court a lesson in the 2nd Amendment. You’ll soon see why, when he left ESPN and joined MSNBC, the IQ went up in both places: KEITH OLBERMANN: And our winner, Justice Antonin Scalia of the Supreme Court. You’ve got around 30,000 gun deaths in this country per year, another 75,000 non-fatal gun wounds, half the suicides are by gun; and this clown and his four colleagues...
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 07/25/2008
It's a pretty good crowd for a summer Friday morning at Kennedy Center. From stage right (where else?) Justice Antonin Scalia enters.
"GroundReport (Free subscription) | 07/06/2008
The Supreme Court overturned the most stringent handgun ban in the country, towards the end of last month. In a 5-4 decision, the Court struck down the Washington D.C. statute banning the public possession of a firearm. In a majority ruling written by conservative justice Antonin Scalia, the Court issued a direct rebuke to gun control advocates, who have long argued that the first clause of the Second...
nogirliemen (Free subscription) | 07/02/2008
That’s right, after the Supreme Court of the United States’ previous two scandalous rulings in recent weeks, SCOTUS finally got it right. Led by the world’s finest jurist, Antonin Scalia, who wrote the majority opinion, the Court’s decision is a love letter to those who cherish “the ancient right of individuals to keep and bear [...]
Truthdig (Free subscription) | 07/01/2008
There’s a silver lining in the Supreme Court’s recent ruling on the Second Amendment: Even Antonin Scalia recognizes that gun control is not the same thing as gun confiscation. READ THE WHOLE ITEM Related Entries June 27, 2008 Doug Henwood on the Global Power Elite June 26, 2008 When Common Sense Is Unconstitutional June 26, 2008 A Court of Radicals June 26, 2008 Courting Disaster June 26, 2008 Supreme...
Gun Guys (Free subscription) | 06/30/2008
Last Thursday, the Supreme Court, headed by conservative justice Antonin Scalia who wrote the majority opinion, overturned the District of Columbia's handgun ban by asserting that the ban violated the Second Amendment. In doing so, Scalia reversed over 200 years of legal precedent and ignored the robust history of gun control since the founding [...]
How Appealing (Free subscription) | 06/30/2008
"Justice Antonin Scalia: Al Gore to blame for 2000 US election mess." This article appeared last Friday in The Telegraph (UK)....
