Posted by Eugene Volokh:
Snippet from Supreme Court Argument:
[1]Kevin Russell (SCOTUSblog) has a fascinating report on the Court's
argument in the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act
case (Cutter v. Wilkinson); this will likely be a very important
decision for the Court's church-state jurisprudence. My favorite
snippet, though, is a nonsubstantive one:
International Law
The argument had its lighter moments. At one point, Justice Scalia
interrupted respondent�s counsel to ask whether Satanism is a
non-majoritarian religion. It is unclear why Justice Scalia cared,
or whether he was just making a joke, but the question led to a
bizarre colloquy in which Goldberger noted that the Royal Navy had
promised to abide by a Satanist�s burial wishes. That one reference
to international law was one reference too many for Justice Scalia.
�Our Royal Navy?� he snarled, much to the amusement of the
as-always easily amused Supreme Court audience.
References
1.
http://www.scotusblog.com/movabletype/archives/2005/03/argument_in_cut.html#more
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