Apparently I am not the only person offended when SC justices publicly express their political views. A portion of the excellent column of E. J. Dionne, JR in today's Wash Post...
JUSTICE SCALIA MUST RESIGN
He'd have a lot of things to do. He's a fine public speaker and teacher. He'd be a heck of a columnist and blogger. But he really seems to aspire to be a politican - and that's the problem.
So often, Scalia has chosen to ignore the obligation of a Supreme Court Justice to be, and appear to be, impartial. He turned "judicial restraint" into an oxymoranic phrase. But what he did this week, when the court announced its decision on the Arizonia immigration law, should be the end of the line.
Not content with issuing a firey written dissent, Scalia offered a bench statement questioning President Obama's decision to allow some immigrants who were brought to the United States illegally as children to stay. Obama's move had nothing to do with the case in question. Scalia just wanted you to know where he stood.
-Wash Post, 06/28/12
ALSO - Editorial Board, Wash Post 06/28/12...
JUSTICE SCALIA'S PARTISAN DISCREDIT TO THE COURT
"If you don't think too good, don't think too much"
-Ted Williams
