Barney Frank on Justice Scalia's duck hunt

[lcooksey]

Posted online in the Congressional Record, from remarks Rep. Frank made on 26 Feb. You can get the PDF that has these comments at http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getpage.cgi?dbname=2004_record&page=H636&position=all


Mr. Speaker, I think it was highly inappropriate for Justice Scalia to go on a hunting trip with Vice President CHENEY when he was a defendant in a case, but it is inaccurate to say that this calls into question Justice Scalia’s impartiality. You cannot call into question
that which does not exist.

Questioning Justice Scalia’s impartiality is like questioning Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake’s sense of propriety, or Saddam Hussein’s weapons of mass destruction, or the President’s plan to cut the budget deficit in half in 5 years.

In fact, if you read Justice Scalia’s opinions, they are singularly devoid of impartiality. Here is a man of very vigorous views and prejudices, and he does not see any reason why he should not write them into various opinions.

So, I guess in some ways this is a defense of Justice Scalia. I wish he had refrained from going on that hunting trip with the Vice President, but those who accuse him of having damaged his impartiality, he has a defense of that, well-known to lawyers, it is a defense of impossibility.

[MissMarple]

1. Well, Mr. Frank is quite...frank.

Barney's great.

[Dookus]

2. LOL

Barney Frank is the best insulter in the House.

[Bill McBlueState]

3. yeah!

You rock, Barney Frank!! :toast:

[Cooley Hurd]

4. B Frank... takin' it to the SCOTUS!

So, I guess in some ways this is a defense of Justice Scalia. I wish he had refrained from going on that hunting trip with the Vice President, but those who accuse him of having damaged his impartiality, he has a defense of that, well-known to lawyers, it is a defense of impossibility.

Awesome statement, Congressman Frank! :thumbsup:

[boobooday]

5. Barney

One of the few members of congress who has a real sense of humor.

However, he also very effectively makes his point.

Scalia (and four others) should have been impeached for stealing the election a long time ago.

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