Scalia Addressed Advocacy Group Before Key Decision

[kskiska]

WASHINGTON — As the Supreme Court was weighing a landmark gay rights case last year, Justice Antonin Scalia gave a keynote dinner speech in Philadelphia for an advocacy group waging a legal battle against gay rights.

Scalia addressed the $150-a-plate dinner hosted by the Urban Family Council two months after hearing oral arguments in a challenge to a Texas law that made gay sex a crime. A month after the dinner, he sharply dissented from the high court's decision overturning the Texas law.

Some experts on legal ethics said they saw no problem in Scalia's appearance before the group. But others say he should not have accepted the invitation because it calls into question his impartiality on an issue that looms increasingly large on the nation's legal agenda.

Scalia declined to comment on his appearance before the group.

Scalia's activities outside the court in two other instances — both involving hunting trips — have also drawn criticism for suggesting partiality on cases before his court. But the Philadelphia dinner May 20, unlike the other cases, shows him appearing to support partisan advocates on a hotly disputed issue.

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[I AM SPARTACUS]

1. hmm...the ever scantier appearances of propriety are falling away...

before long, Fat Tony'll need one o' Crisco Johnny's "Drapes O' Justice"...

[truthisfreedom]

3. i need a little background on this crisco thing.

i see it in here from time to time... someone wanna clue me in?

[burrowowl]

5. The only difference is that:

Scalia should be using olive oil and not Crisco.

[booksenkatz]

11. Do a Google

for "ashcroft crisco" and you'll find a wealth of commentary. Try this one:

http://quest.cjonline.com/stories/011101/gen_0111017691.shtml

I had read awhile back that he anoints himself each morning before his prayer service for his employees at his office, but I don't have a link for that, so it could be rumor.

[Mokito]

2. Striiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiike three!

YOU'RE OUT, SCALIA!

[MurikanDemocrat]

4. Can Supreme Court Justices be Impeached?

[burrowowl]

6. Yes!

It has happened, go google.

[MurikanDemocrat]

7. Found it. But I doubt it would happen to a Repug Judge

with Repugs in power.

[CRYINGWOLFOWITZ]

8. no SCOTUS judge has ever been impeached

One or two federal judges have. For the most part, we have to wait for Scalia to just die. He probably will be on the court for a few more DECADES!

[CRYINGWOLFOWITZ]

9. hense another reason KERRY HAS TO WIN!!!!!

WE CANNOT let Bush appoint 3 or 4 new Scalia clones to the SCOTUS.

[onehandle]

12. The greatest reason Kerry must win...

And the single strongest thing that will unite the far left with the party this Fall.

[MaineDem]

14. Bingo!

The Supreme Court alone is a major reason we HAVE to win in November.

[schultzee]

10. Scalia is a 1984 PIG doing his best tot support the PiGS in power

[Walt Starr]

13. Scalia is setting himself up for impeachment

The standard is NOT impropriety.

The standard is the APPEARANCE of impropriety.

I guess he missed that day in first year law school.

[Jawja]

16. Scalia

should be impeached for treason in December, 2000, when he stopped the court mandated vote recount in Florida.

IMHO, he violated the U.S. Constitution by interfering with the State of Florida's right to choose their electors to send to the U.S. House of Rep. Constitutionally, it was Florida's right to work it out within Florida.

[matcom]

15. i'll piss on this man's grave someday

happily

[joshdawg]

19. That would be a waste of good urine

This p.o.s. is not worth it.

[BiggJawn]

17. Well, golly, you can't expect the guy to live in a bubble, can you?

That was the argument offered as an explanation for the Elmer Fudd trip with TinMan..."If the Justice avoided everyone he might possibly have to sit over, he'd be a very lonely man inside the Beltway..."

So get your friends from OUTSIDE the fuckin' Beltway.

Now the judges peek out of the corp's pockets and wave at us as they go by....

<grumble>

[dusty64]

18. One of the top

priorites needs to be removing this unqualified and corrupt extremist from the court. He never has acted professional or even tried to hide his nasty bias and conflicts of interest and has seriously harmed the credibility of the court. How many times does he have to rub the People's nose in his idealogical shit before anything happens?