This must have just been eating away at Tony Scalia for years -- to hell with the appearance of neutrality -- he's finally letting the partisan dam burst:
SCALIA RAPS GORE FOR '00 By FRANKIE EDOZIEN
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia says the high court did not inject itself into the 2000 presidential election.
Speaking at the Time Warner Center last night, Scalia said: "The election was dragged into the courts by the Gore people. We did not go looking for trouble."
But he said the court had to take the case.
"The issue was whether Florida's Supreme Court or the United States Supreme Court [would decide the election.] What did you expect us to do? Turn the case down because it wasn't important enough?"
The conservative justice, who grew up in Queens, contended there would have been a difficult transition had the court not stepped in.
He also pointed out that studies by news organizations after the election showed Bush still would have won a Florida recount. [N.Y. Post, 11/22/05]
There, now doesn't that feel better? I mean what's the harm in putting aside all prior precedent and inventing a whole new meaning for the Equal Protection clause of the Constitution so you can let your duck hunting buddy and the little rich kid he hangs out with run the country? And never mind that it was the "Bush people" -- not the Gore people -- who took their challenge of the Florida Supreme Court's decision to the Supreme Court. Details, details...! And why pay attention to those pesky Washington Post and Tribune studies that show Gore would have won Florida, when you can just invent murky "studes by news organizations" of your own (he must have meant a show of hands "study" at Fox News Channel...) Well I know I feel better! Come on, soon-to-be former Justice O'Connor! Your turn...! (Photo courtesy of Bartcop)
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