Scalia Is Positively Medieval

[iamjoy]

Sorry if this has been posted, there has been a lot around the Ten Commandments Case(s) now before SCOTUS, but no one seems to be commenting on this little gem:

"He said that the Ten Commandments have long been accepted by the Nation’s majority as “a symbol of the fact that government derives its authority from God,…

:wtf:

I thought the whole idea behind the enlightenment was rejecting the "divine right of kings" and that governments got their authority from the consent of the governed.

I now realize just how reactionary some of these so-called Conservatives are.

link added on edit:
http://www.scotusblog.com/movabletype/archives/2005/03/ten_commandment.html

[underpants]

1. "Mere factual innocence is no reason

"Mere factual innocence is no reason not to carry out a death sentence properly reached." - Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

2. That quote just boggles the mind.

Un-fucking-believable.