"Justice Scalia set to address Tea Party Caucus on Capitol Hill" Closed Doors..

[Cha]

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"Washington (CNN) -- Justice Antonin Scalia, a popular and entertaining speaker at various forums around the world, has one of the busiest schedules off the bench. But a closed-door address the conservative justice is scheduled to give Monday afternoon has attracted controversy, partly because of who is sponsoring the event.

The Tea Party Caucus, an informal congressional body, had invited the 74-year-old to talk informally with legislators, the first in what leaders are billing as regular "conservative constitutional seminars."

The event was designed as a "teaching event" only for members of Congress, and no cameras or reporters would be allowed to cover it. Scalia's scheduled one-hour topic will be "separation of powers."

"It is a special privilege to have him address the first of what will be regular seminars featuring constitutional scholars," Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minnesota, chairwoman of the Tea Party Caucus, said in December. "In his 24 years of service on the high court, Justice Scalia has distinguished himself by his 'originalist' approach to constitutional interpretation."

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[Peadar O Suileabhain]

Scalia's scheduled one-hour topic will be "separation of powers."

[Cha]

And, their twisted brand of freaking hypocrisy.

[Ikonoklast]

Scalia, the man whose legal opinions are bought for chump change.

The Billionaires laugh at how cheaply he sells himself.

[PoliticalTiger]

Quote:"Political sources say Bachmann personally came to see Scalia in his chambers late last year and offered the invitation, which he accepted."

Something tells me she offered more than just an invitation!

[RoyGBiv]

(01-23-2011 06:13 PM)PoliticalTiger Wrote:  

Quote:"Political sources say Bachmann personally came to see Scalia in his chambers late last year and offered the invitation, which he accepted."

Something tells me she offered more than just an invitation!

Ewww. Ewww. Ewww.

Brain bleach. Now. Need.

[NJMaverick]

A great way for the Supreme Court to show it's above politics

[Peadar O Suileabhain]

Scalia is quite probably violating the rules of judicial conduct. Federal judges are told to avoid partisan activity like the plague, yet this guy has a secret pow-wow with a highly partisan, ideologically fueled extremist caucus.

[JuniperLea]

Gosh, I wonder what they are afraid of... and I wonder why it is that transparency is only demanded of the Obama administration.

[spazito]

I don't get it, I really don't. How is this not inappropriate for a Supreme Court judge to be active in the big P politics of a party and the extreme fringes of a party at that?

[KonaKane]

Isn't there some outrageously illegal.....or at least improper, about this?

[RoyGBiv]

(01-25-2011 10:57 PM)KonaKane Wrote:  Isn't there some outrageously illegal.....or at least improper, about this?

Very improper. Whether it is illegal would depend on what took place at the meeting, which, of course, we don't know. Not being able to know is a part of why it is improper.

There is a flaw in our legal theory involving government officials that high on the food chain. There's an expectation that they act in good faith, which is one reason it's so hard to impeach one of them. Unfortunately, many, many of them do not act in good faith and get away with it.

Like Scalia and Thomas and Bush II and ...