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A few more opinions critical of Scalia

From Edward Lazarus, at Findlaw:

http://writ.news.findlaw.com/lazarus/20040205.html

Lazarus interprets Scalia's service to the Court charitably, but still criticizes the failure to recuse and calls for Scalia to change his mind. Hmmm.
A Letter to the Editor at the Globe makes the Case for impeachment:

http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/letters/articles/2004/03/24/challenging_scalias_actions/

Reasonable. Points to Article 3, section 1, which states that Judges "shall hold their Offices during good Behaviour."
The editors of the San Antonio Express-News make the point that the hunting trip was easily avoidable--in case you missed that from reading Scalia's opinion. It's an embarassment, alright.

http://www.mysanantonio.com/opinion/editorials/stories/MYSA24.06B.scalia2ed0324.168c3301.html
Here's a piece by Grist columnist Amanda Griscom

http://www.gristmagazine.com/muck/muck032304.asp

Griscom concludes that although Scalia is behaving reprehensibly, the Scalia affair is in the final analysis a sideshow from the Cheney scandal. Personally, I'm having a hard time telling where one stops and the other begins. Impeach Scalia, and it won't be an issue.
E.J. Dionne says Scalia's right:

http://www.workingforchange.com/article.cfm?ItemID=16634

That is, his impartiality can't be questioned--it can't even be imagined.

Take Griscom's piece, and instead of consulting the lawyers from Sierra and Judicial Watch, think about it in terms of constitutional government, and that should lead you towards Dionne's conclusion:

This is a scandal. Because of ideological connivance across the branches of our political system, we are abandoning the checks and balances that make our government work.
Finally, a lark of sorts. Scalia in his memorandum admitted to "promissory fraud" against the airlines.

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/24/opinion/24AYRE.html?ex=1080709200&en=5c44fb6f7602ccdb&ei=5062&partner=GOOGLE

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