The Other Scalia Controversy
In case you were distracted by the ruckus over Justice Scalia's statement of the blindingly obvious point that the 14th Amendment was not intended to achieve sexual equality (apologies to Profs. John and Richard for the oversimplification, but still...), you might have missed the other controversy over Justice Scalia's decision to speak at a congressional seminar on separation of powers.
The reason this is controversial is that the seminar is being organized by Michele Bachmann, founder of the tea party caucus. In fact, any member of the House is welcome to attend, but that's not good enough for the left. According to the ABA Journal, the reliably liberal GW University law professor Jonathan Turley accused Scalia of showing "exceedingly poor judgment." Nan Aron, the president of the liberal Alliance for Justice, also criticized Scalia in a news release.
What I can't get -- really -- is what the Left is so outraged about. If Nancy Pelosi and the loony left caucus invited Justice Sotomayor to give a talk, would anybody out there care? So what? Pelosi can't make Sotomayor any loonier than she is and vice versa.
Why should a liberal be alarmed at the prospect of Justice Scalia speaking to Michele Bachmann and Co? Clearly a lesson from Scalia will sharpen the intellect of all in attendance; it will give them a deeper appreciation of the Constitution; and stiffen their spines as they prepare to fight for smaller government. Oh, okay, now I understand why the left is upset.
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Dec '10
Re: The Other Scalia Controversy
Simple: Bachmann is a bete noir. Everything she does is illegitimate because she is Michelle Bachmann. Every liberal knows this.
It's a tautology.
Nov '10
Re: The Other Scalia Controversy
For the Left, there is always a double standard, and all streets go one way.
May '10
Re: The Other Scalia Controversy
Leftists meeting with other leftists is cooperation. Conservatives meeting with other conservatives is collusion.
Jul '10
Re: The Other Scalia Controversy
This is how the Left aggressively tries to dominate the news cycle. The Idiot Steny Hoyer or, as I referred to him given that silly name when I lived in his district, fish-face, (with a wriggle of the nose to indicate an unwholesome, spoilt quality) has announced a "presumption" that Tea Partyers come from homes that were unhappy, perhaps in some way broken. In psychology, this is referred to as transference. No family could possibly have been happy with stinky fish-face in it.
(Some days an ad hominem attack requires a response in kind.)