Scalia: Judges 'ain't what they used to be'

[jaxx]

Scalia: Judges 'ain't what they used to be'

Oct 5, 7:23 PM (ET)
By MARK SHERMAN

WASHINGTON (AP) - Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia says the quality of federal judges has suffered because there are too many of them. Testifying before a Senate committee Wednesday, Scalia blamed Congress for making federal crimes out of too many routine drug cases. In turn, that created a need for more judges.

"Federal judges ain't what they used to be," he said during a rare appearance before the Senate Judiciary Committee..

The federal judiciary should be an elite group, said Scalia, who has served on the high court for 25 years. "It's not as elite as it used to be," he said.

<..> "I'm hopeful that the living constitution will die," Scalia said, not for the first time.

http://apnews.excite.com/article/2011100...EE200.html

That about made me gag. Scalia isn't what I'd call elite....more like a big mistake on the SC.

[There Is No Spoon]

Scalia is indeed a dirt bag of the lowest form.

Sadly, I also have to agree with his point about making a federal case out of all too many routine drug busts. 1 out of every 125 people in the US is in jail, 1 of 20 black males - mostly due to drugs - it's insane.

[jaxx]

I agree about the drugs too. People shouldn't be in jail for using drugs, it's why the prisons are so full.

[SeattleGirl]

(10-05-2011 06:49 PM)jaxx Wrote:  Scalia: Judges 'ain't what they used to be'

Oct 5, 7:23 PM (ET)
By MARK SHERMAN

WASHINGTON (AP) - Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia says the quality of federal judges has suffered because there are too many of them. Testifying before a Senate committee Wednesday, Scalia blamed Congress for making federal crimes out of too many routine drug cases. In turn, that created a need for more judges.

"Federal judges ain't what they used to be," he said during a rare appearance before the Senate Judiciary Committee..

The federal judiciary should be an elite group, said Scalia, who has served on the high court for 25 years. "It's not as elite as it used to be," he said.

<..> "I'm hopeful that the living constitution will die," Scalia said, not for the first time.

http://apnews.excite.com/article/2011100...EE200.html

That about made me gag. Scalia isn't what I'd call elite....more like a big mistake on the SC.

"I'm hopeful that the living constitution will die." WTF???

[There Is No Spoon]

(10-05-2011 07:34 PM)SeattleGirl Wrote:  "I'm hopeful that the living constitution will die." WTF???

...or the traitor who hates the country he lives in.

[atomic]

Scalia is old school douchebag. That corrupt POS should have recused himself on numerous cases involving Cheney but didn't. No doubt fellow douchebag, Thomas, won't recuse himself either before the Affordable Care Act makes its debut before the SC. I honestly don't understand how Federalists made it on the court in the first place.

[Cha]

Turns out Scalia is delusional if he thinks he's in anyway "elite". What a tragic farce the USA has for a SC 5..you couldn't make up something this bad if you were a novelist.

[nofurylike]

well, he is proof of his hypothesis.

thank you for posting that, jaxx.