NewSpeakers & Politicians Claim Supreme Court Justices Mate For Life. Not True!

By: Tuesday May 11, 2010 11:12 am

NewSpeakers & Politicians Claim Supreme Court Justices Mate For Life. Not True!
Constitution says: Scalia and Thomas are through.

In Forced Arbitration Case, Justice Scalia Apparently Thinks We’re All Just Stupid

By: Tuesday April 27, 2010 9:00 am

Every single one of us has likely signed a forced arbitration agreement giving up the right to sue in court. Yet rather than seeking to protect us from corporate abuse, however, Justice Scalia apparently thinks we’re just “stupid.”

Previewing the Epic Sotomayor / Scalia Throwdowns to Come

By: Tuesday July 28, 2009 12:06 pm

now that it looks like Sonia Sotomayor is on her way to confirmation by the Senate, get ready for some serious throw-downs! Here’s a preview of some of the daily banter we can expect between a newly seated Justice Sotomayor and her ideological opposite and trash-talking nemesis Antonin Scalia, as well as the rest of the gang on the daily lunchtime run to Quizno’s.

Scalia did what? Banksters unhappy. WOOT

By: Monday June 29, 2009 8:37 pm

Supporting states’ rights to regulate predatory lending, Scalia penned a 5-4 majority Supreme Court decision today. He was joined by the more liberal justices. Clarence Thomas wrote the minority dissent.

Roberts Ignores Precedent, Scalia Ignores the Constitution

By: Tuesday June 9, 2009 1:07 pm

During his confirmation hearing, Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts professed allegiance to legal precedent. Similarly, Justice Antonin Scalia has always professed allegiance to the text of the Constitution. This makes it all the more disturbing that in two separate dissents released yesterday, Roberts and Scalia ignored precedent and the Constitution, respectively.

Montejo v. Louisiana, a case you probably haven’t heard of

By: Tuesday June 2, 2009 1:44 pm

Montejo marks an erosion of the 6th Amendment right to effective legal representation.

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