Saturday, April 26, 2008

Picking at a scab

60 Minutes, of course.

They've made a dynasty of it, but even Leslie Stahl can't tarnish this good time with Justice Antonin Scalia. He appears on the CBS commentary program, 60 Minutes, this Sunday @ 7PM ET.

This man is television gold! And his interview during this hyper contentious, mob rule primary season is a timely reminder of the genius behind our constitution - namely that pure democracy is a bad idea.

"It was Al Gore who made it a judicial question…. We didn’t go looking for trouble. It was he who said, 'I want this to be decided by the courts.'"

"What are we supposed to say — 'Not important enough?'



TY Dean's World

A very long, but interesting commentary from Prof. Ann Althouse on that 2000 SCOTUS decision is here.