Tag: Antonin Scalia

Proudly Speaking Ill of the Dead

Filed in National by nemski on February 15, 2016 • 12 Comments

Scalia is dead and, if I believed in Hell, may he burn there for eternity.

Antonin Scalia is Dead

Filed in National by nemski on February 13, 2016 • 55 Comments

Senior U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonin Scalia has died. There is a special place for him.

“Perpetuation Of Racial Entitlement”

Filed in National by pandora on February 28, 2013 • 5 Comments

Supreme Court Justice, Antonin Scalia, created quite a few headlines yesterday.

Scalia attributed the repeated renewal of Section 5 to a “perpetuation of racial entitlement.” He said, “Whenever a society adopts racial entitlements, it is very difficult to get out of them through the normal political processes.”

That’s quite a statement, and when I heard it all I could think was that the Voting Rights Act was enacted to stop the perpetuation of racial entitlement – for whites.

It’s been a long time since a statement truly shocked me. I’ve been a bit numb to Republican insanity, but this statement was beyond offensive. Since when is voting an entitlement? (Isn’t it adorable how he used the Republican dog whistle?)

Justice Sonia Sotomayor, who asked many questions in defense of the law, appeared taken aback by Scalia’s insinuation. In the final moments of oral argument, she asked Bert Rein, the lawyer for the challengers, if he agrees.

“Do you think think Section 5 was voted for because it was a racial entitlement?” she asked. When he ducked the question, she asked it again. He did not endorse Scalia’s sentiment.

I bet she was taken aback. Scalia’s comment was outrageous.