I'll show Scalia some respect on the day of his death by acknowledging the one major vote
that he got right.
He voted to keep Veronica Brown with her father and not to gut the Indian Child Welfare Act. Unfortunately, Stephen Breyer bolted on that one and so poor Veronica was still taken away by the Capobiancos, her needy prospective adopters. The South Carolina Supreme Court made it official in a 3-2 vote, based on blatant lies.
Children have a right to stay with their biological families. The Capobiancos, and their lawyer, schemed and manipulated from the beginning to make it look like Dusten Brown was an abandoner who took no interest in his daughter. They did this precisely because they knew just how much he would be against her adoption. They are evil and I feel sorry for that little girl growing up with her de facto kidnappers.
The Indian Child Welfare Act was created to prevent exactly this type of situation. Its principles should be expanded to the whole country, not gutted for Native American children. Sonia Sotomayer correctly labeled the shameful ruling "a strained reading of the text."
Justice Sotomayer is IMO the best Supreme Court appointment of the last 60 years, since Brennan was placed on the Court. I hope President Obama will select a Justice to replace Scalia who is cut from the same mold as her.
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