Orgy @ Justice Scalias' House!
POSTED BY: Ghoulman
UPDATED: Tuesday, October 5, 2004 16:05
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Originally posted by SoupCatcher:
Actually, I think Scalia is a Reagan appointee. *quick googling*. Yup. The current court has 1 Ford, 4 Reagans, 2 Bush Is, and 2 Clintons. Breyer was the last appointed in 1994.
*editted to add: Actually, Rehnquist was a Nixon appointee who was elevated to Chief by Reagan, so revise as appropriate.
There are three kinds of people: fighters, lovers, and screamers.
Actually, it's strikingly odd that there weren't one or two retirements last summer so that they would be sure a Republican would (for sure) get to make the reappointments.
Maybe something could be read into that... exactly what, I have no idea.
"FOX! Where the shit hits the fans." - Tim Minear
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'Fraid the orgy's off. The Harvard Crimson apparently mis-quoted the Justice in a big way.
Here's Al Kamen's column from today's Washington Post.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A4520-2004Oct3.html
A Supremely Provocative Remark
The Harvard Crimson, arguably the nation's best college newspaper, raised many an eyebrow last week with an article saying that Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia favored sexual orgies.
The newspaper quoted Scalia, speaking at a symposium Tuesday, as saying, "I even take the position that sexual orgies eliminate social tension and ought to be encouraged."
Nino? Who knew?
Turns out, though, Scalia didn't quite say that. A court spokesman said Friday the quote was "not only inaccurate but also taken out of context," a double whammy.
To set the stage, the Crimson reported that Scalia had ridiculed a decision by the European Court of Human Rights, striking down British law barring group gay sex on the grounds that the law intruded upon private life.
Scalia asked -- rhetorically -- how many individuals would have to be involved in a sex act for it to no longer qualify as "private."
"Presumably it is some number between five and the number of people required to fill the Coliseum," Scalia joked, according to the Crimson.
Someone in the audience asked Scalia "whether you have any gay friends, and -- if not -- whether you'd like to be my friend."
"I probably do have some gay friends," Scalia said. "I've never pressed the point." No answer to part two of that question.
But Scalia said his personal views on social issues have no bearing on his courtroom decisions.
No, he didn't quite say that "sexual orgies eliminate social tensions and ought to be encouraged." What he said was: "I even accept, for the sake of argument, for example, that sexual orgies . . . "
It was one of those "assuming arguendo" things that lawyers like to indulge in.
The Crimson, after reviewing the Kennedy School of Government's transcript, said it would issue a correction on Monday. The reporter didn't have a tape recorder, probably thinking back to a Scalia speech awhile back in Mississippi at which two reporters' tapes were confiscated.
"There had been a miscommunication on whether we could have a recorder," Crimson Managing Editor Elisabeth S. Theodore said. (Scalia's policy allows print reporters to use tape recorders to check accuracy.)
"Keep the Shiny side up"
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Originally posted by Da Washinton Post:
But Scalia said his personal views on social issues have no bearing on his courtroom decisions.
HAHAHAHA!! Fuggin' right. Wow, what a liar.
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No, he didn't quite say that "sexual orgies eliminate social tensions and ought to be encouraged." What he said was: "I even accept, for the sake of argument, for example, that sexual orgies . . . "
Thanks Geezer.
Yea, this makes Scalia just as frightening! lol!
And what a terrible article, it doesn't even give a context to where this info was coming from. Who the hell is this mysterious "court spokesman"??? Is the Washington Post making things up again?
And my fav part... Scalia's policy allows print reporters to use tape recorders to check accuracy. ... As if he gets to decide. What a fascist! ALL reporters use tapes or notes. That's how they can back up thier stories accuracy! Wouldn't the Washington Post know this??? WTF!!!??!!
Sorry... the insanity is gettin' to me!
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