Justice Antonin Scalia refused to sign the paragraph of the opinion in which Justice Alito cited the legislative history of the Speedy Trial Act as further evidence for his interpretation of the statute.Just one more reason not to call him Scalito.
"The use of legislative history is illegitimate and ill advised in the interpretation of any statute," Justice Scalia's concurring opinion declared in what has become a familiar theme from him.
UPDATE: WaPo echo.
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I agree. In the end, I think it will be Roberts who turns out to be Scalito.
I am waiting for the apologies from all the moonbats who claimed that Alito was going to destroy individual rights and pave the way for complete govermental rule of our lives.
My fav qoute from the PFAW
......Judge Alito’s troubling, evasive and misleading answers on questions vital to Americans’ rights and interests: unchecked presidential and executive branch power, congressional authority to protect Americans, privacy and reproductive rights, and his long record of favoring powerful institutions over individuals in civil rights and other cases.....
but it was never about his legal ability
*shrug* The media can say one thing today, say its exact opposite tomorrow, and few people would notice. Ten of thousands died in Katrina, so I hear.
Brian, to Peter Griffin (Family Guy): "Are you sure you read it in a book? Are you sure it wasn't...nothing?"
Newspapers have about the same information content as nothing these days.
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