Scalia's Own Memo Offers Best Reasons for Recusal From Cheney Case
Charleston Gazette › March 24, 2004
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Perhaps because I'm in Florida, I can't stop thinking about that bizarre memo Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia issued last week. It's the one in which the justice heaped scorn and ridicule on all who questioned whether he could be fair in deciding whether Vice President Dick Cheney should have to disclose which oil and gas bigwigs he consulted when he ran President Bush's energy task force.
Let me admit: My view is that Scalia should stay out of any case involving the political interests of this administration. Here, after all, is the man who played such a central role in putting Bush and Cheney into office through that abominable Bush v. Gore decision. How can the kingmaker be expected to offer a fair judgment on the king and his hand-picked deputy?See the full content of this document
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Scalia's Own Memo Offers Best Reasons for Recusal From Cheney Case
But forget the past: Scalia's own argument for why he should stay on the Cheney case offers the best evidence for why he should get off.
The 21-page Scalia memo is, in part, a heart...See the full content of this document
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