antonin scalia

  • Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia is teaming up with legal writing expert Bryan Garner to write a book on "the art of persuading judges." I own the excellent Garner's Modern American Usage (based on David Foster Wallace's rave review), and have admired the prose (but usually not the arguments) of Scalia's decisions -- so although I have no professional need for this book, I still think it will be an interesting read. (5) #
    11/27/2007
  • Nothing scares me more than Supreme Court Justice Scalia using the example of 24's Jack Bauer to support his positions:
    The conservative jurist stuck up for Agent Bauer, arguing that fictional or not, federal agents require latitude in times of great crisis. "Jack Bauer saved Los Angeles. ... He saved hundreds of thousands of lives," Judge Scalia said. "Are you going to convict Jack Bauer?" Judge Scalia challenged his fellow judges.
    Isn't the presidential pardon a sufficient escape hatch for these one in a billion ticking time bomb hypotheticals? (6) #
    6/19/2007
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