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Tuesday, February 16, 2016

A Friend Assesses Scalia's Legacy










(The Old Philosopher sent me an email yesterday.  Thank you, sir!)


SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES

No. 00—949

GEORGE W. BUSH, et al., PETITIONERS v.
ALBERT GORE, Jr., et al.

ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE FLORIDA SUPREME COURT

[December 12, 2000]
Chief Justice Rehnquist, with whom Justice Scalia and Justice Thomas join, concurring.
We join the per curiam opinion. We write separately because we believe there are  additional grounds that require us to reverse the Florida Supreme Court’s decision.
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Seldom has a man's legacy so quickly and clearly been demonstrated upon his death.
Four men -- Rehnquist, Scalia, Thomas and Kennedy -- joined by Sandra Day O'Connor, who later said she made a mistake, "elected" a president who consulted a mythical father-figure (not his own father but a higher father) before invading Iraq based upon claims of mythical WMD's, thereby destabilizing not only the Middle East but the entire world.
In cases between the federal government and the states, Scalia typically upheld states rights -- but not in this case, not for Florida.
In this case, Scalia thought he should choose a president.  And that president chose Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld and Condoleeza "Mushroom Cloud" Rice, who in turn gave us Shock and Aw-Shucks.  And the legacy of the most dysfunctional government since the Civil War.
D.W.

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