Scalia had 24 expense-paid trips in 2005

[MaineDem]

WASHINGTON --Justice Antonin Scalia was the Supreme Court's most frequent traveler last year, with 24 expense-paid trips that took him as far as Ireland, Italy, Turkey and Australia.

Law schools and legal groups paid for most of Scalia's travel, although Italian heritage organizations, media giant Time Warner Inc., the Roman Catholic Diocese of Louisiana and the Julliard School also covered some trips.

The information was included in Scalia's financial disclosure report, filed earlier this month. The other eight justices' finances for 2005 were disclosed in June. Scalia received an extension.

Scalia also is one of at least six millionaires among the nine justices, with assets of $1.1 million to $2.6 million.

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2006/08/29/scalia_discloses_24_expense_paid_trips/?rss_id=Boston.com+%2F+News

[walkon]

1. If only they were to

a psychiatrist!

[saigon68]

2. HE IS EVIL

LIKE HIS DADDY

[aquart]

3. Corrupt little Satanist, isn't he?

[truthisfreedom]

4. these things happen

and happen, and happen, and happen, and happen...

[chelsea0011]

5. Just how do they do it?

I was always amused that Bob Dole became a millionaire. He never had a dime until he went into politics and then without making barely six figures a year until later in his life, he becomes a multi-millionaire. Like magic. Politics=Corruption.

[shain from kane]

6. Subject of a book, "Senator For Sale".

From Publishers Weekly

"Hilton, former Senate counsel and aide to Dole in 1979-80, has written a book so vitriolic that it will shock even Dole's foes. Dole suffered an arm wound during WWII, and because of the poor army medical treatment he also lost a kidney during his rehabilitation. He recovered, finished college and earned a law degree while a member of the Kansas legislature. Elected to Congress in 1960 and to the Senate in 1968, he became chairman of the Republican National Committee during Watergate and was known as Nixon's "hatchet man." As the Republican vice presidential candidate in 1976, he helped seal President Ford's defeat by waging a disastrous campaign ("I went for the jugular-my own," admitted Dole). After losing inept campaigns for the presidential nomination in both 1980 and 1988, Dole settled into the job of senate Republican leader. The author alleges shakedowns of lobbyists and numerous shady financial dealings; scrutinizes what he claims are Dole's overly friendly relationships with corporations; accuses the senator of "cozying up to Saddam Hussein" before the Gulf War and slashing U.S. aid to Israel when organized American Jewry failed to contribute to his presidential run in 1988. If Dole's reputation for meanness is warranted, Hilton seems to have gotten a little too close to his subject."

[chelsea0011]

13. Thanks. I wasn't aware of this book. I'll have to make a library trip.

[DeepModem Mom]

7. THE JULLIARD SCHOOL??? nt

[Anakin Skywalker]

9. Yes! For SHRILL Singing.

[Canuckistanian]

11. I don't think most Julliard alumni will be happy to hear this

And WTF would possess Julliard to send Scalia anywhere, considering they don't even HAVE a law school?

:wtf:

[DeepModem Mom]

15. I'm at a total loss to explain how that happened. nt

[samsingh]

8. and he's supposed to represent justice

what a pile of bullshit.

repugs have the gall to look at progressive judges after finding a relationship through a relationship through a relationship.

[acmavm]

10. Wonder what the going rate for a ruling is? Or throwing a little

influence someone's way?

[ShockediSay]

19. wonder if those "legal groups" have a partisan edge

to them?

[RCinBrooklyn]

12. He's a fat, obnoxious pig. Hoping his arteries clog sometime soon. n/t

[WhiteTara]

14. Me too LOL

:hi:

[Marnieworld]

16. Not until a dem congress or nominating Pres

We don't need another justice appointed by the repugs at this time.

[No Exit]

17. Lazy idle mooching welfare denizen...

can't even muster the energy to raise his OWN money to pay for his luxuries.

Betcha Justice Scalia is one of those people who, in private life, like to bitch about "lazy welfare mothers" and "food stamp queens" and "people caught up in a culture of dependency". Never realizing that he is a bigger moocher than any of the above...

[ReadTomPaine]

18. It's good to be the King.

[Anakin Skywalker]

20. None of these trips were ever to a gym!

That's for sure!

[MasonJar]

21. Scalia proves again that he is unethical slime. He does not even

have the decency to be embarrassed.

[mitchum]

22. Fat Tony is a corrupt piece of shit