I will point out that this is not the first time that Scalia has issued a
scathing rebuttal opinion to a dissent from one of his retiring "liberal"
colleagues; in particular, Scalia's concurrence in Callins v. Collins, 510 U.S.
1141 (1994) comes to mind -- in that case, Justice Blackmun declared in a
dissent his opinion that the death penalty was unconstitutional in all cases,
to which Scalia responded ... strongly, shall we say.
Best regards
Aaron Clements
----- Original Message -----
From: Joseph E. Olson
To: Guy Smith ; [email protected]
Sent: Monday, June 28, 2010 8:10 PM
Subject: Re: Scalia in McDonald
Intellectual bankruptcy can only hide behind "judicial courtesy" for so long.
The written Constitution is meaningless to the "Liberals" on the Supreme
Court. As Justice Thomas once said "they make it up as they go." I think
Justice Scalia just reached the breaking point with Stevens.
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>>> "Guy Smith" <[email protected]> 6/28/2010 2:40 PM >>>
Perhaps I simply have read too few decisions by the Supremes, but Scalia
mocking evisceration of Stevens’ dissent seems exceptional. Granted Steven’s
opinions have recently entered the realm of science fiction, but Scalia’s
assault treats Stevens (rightly) with a very heavy hand.
Guy Smith
www.GunFacts.info
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