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Justice Antonin (Nino) Scalia.
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Jan. 23, 2004: PoliSat
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Justice
Scalia faces recusal decision in appeal of case for access to Cheney's Energy
Task Force records.·
Now pending in the Supreme Court is Cheney's appeal
from a lower court decision granting at least partial relief to demands by
Judicial Watch and the Sierra Club for access to records of the energy-policy
meetings Cheney conducted as Vice President to formulate energy-policy plans to
recommend to Bush. Also potentially pending are motions by the litigants
for Justice Antonin Scalia to recuse himself from participating in the appeal on
the basis of Scalia having accompanied Cheney to Texas on a duck-hunting
trip.
Because I hope the Supreme Court would reverse the lower-court
decision to uphold executive privilege in order to avoid having a chilling
effect on the ability of whoever is president to receive candid advice on policy
matters, I hope that Scalia will choose to recuse himself-- not because I think
he would allow his relationship with Cheney to influence his decision but
because his failure to recuse himself would simply provide fodder for critics to
imply that to have been the case in the event the case were to be decided in
favor of Cheney by only one vote with Scalia being in the majority.
My
admiration for Scalia began in law school. He was one of my favorite
professors and also one of the smartest. He's also not thin-skinned and
not the kind of person who would hold grudges against critics or grant favors to
supplicants. To the extent practicable, the
judiciary should utilize the prerogative of recusal to minimize circumstances
that could be described in a manner to create appearances of impropriety despite
the actual absence of same.
Should hunting of ducks be
grounds to throw muck?·
Scalia's a man I admire,
in school against whom I conspired
to caricature
with humor, for sure,
before grade announcements transpired.
That students could clearly perceive
the risks that a grade they'd receive
would not be diminished
by speaking as critics,
showed trust that he wouldn't be peeved.
Though certain Scalia'd not waver
from goals to not punish or favor
a side in a case
for personal tastes,
recusal I sometimes would favor.
And therefore, I'd favor recusal
in cases demanding perusal
of notes of proceedings
by Cheney in meetings
on tunes for the energy bugle.
Since Justice Scalia had flown
with Cheney to Texas to roam
the woods hunting ducks,
recusal would shuck
the basis for muck to be thrown.
Justice Scalia is an honorable and fair-minded
man. I predict that he will choose to recuse himself not because refusing
to do so would be dishonorable but because he recognizes the value of the
judiciary avoiding circumstances that could be mischaracterized in a manner to
create a false appearance of impropriety. --Jim Wrenn, Editor@PoliSat.Com
and former student of, and continuing admirer of, Justice Scalia. (P.S., I do
not now have and do not conceive that I would ever have a case pending before
the U.S. Supreme Court.)
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Scalia (tune of
"Maria" from West Side Story)
Sca-li-a ... I've just angered Justice Sca-li-a.
He said I'm out of bounds; quite angry at my sounds ... is he
Sca-li-a, when he's loud you can feel the ground shaking
When he's quiet, there's no need for praying
Sca-li-a, I must make amends with
Sca-li-a.
Sca-li-a ... I called him a
greedy Sca-li-a
What put him on the skids? Tuition for nine kids ...
not free
Sca-li-a, he's so broke that he needs better paying
And for raises he's not alone praying
Sca-li-a, he needs more for little Sca-li-as.
Sca-li-a, I'm sorry I picked on Sca-li-a
My words were out of bounds, I hope he'll stop his frowns ...
at me
Sca-li-a, pay him more so the ground will stop shaking
Pay him more 'cause end's-meat he ain't making
Sca-li-a, we must give a raise to Sca-li-a.
© 2000 --Inspired by AP/AltaVista
report on 10-02-00 about Justice Scalia's letter excoriating Tony Mauro for
inaccurately reporting that a desire for judges to receive larger honoraria was
the basis for Scalia's support for a proposal for Congress to raise the
outside-income limit for federal judges.
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