Scalia off his meds again
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During an unpublicized March 8 talk at the University of Freiburg in Switzerland, Scalia dismissed the idea that the detainees have rights under the U.S. Constitution or international conventions, adding he was "astounded" at the "hypocritical" reaction in Europe to Gitmo. "War is war, and it has never been the case that when you captured a combatant you have to give them a jury trial in your civil courts," he says on a tape of the talk reviewed by NEWSWEEK. "Give me a break." Challenged by one audience member about whether the Gitmo detainees don't have protections under the Geneva or human-rights conventions, Scalia shot back: "If he was captured by my army on a battlefield, that is where he belongs. I had a son on that battlefield and they were shooting at my son and I'm not about to give this man who was captured in a war a full jury trial. I mean it's crazy."
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What's crazy is Scalia's view of the constitution, and that little voice in his head that tells him he doesn't have to abide by the rules and is a law unto himself.
The above described outburst points to his inability to detach from personal concerns and base findings on the constitution. Of course, that inability may simply be from of stupidity. Or it may fit into the larger pattern of strange behavior that indicates the justice is a nut job.
Remember when Justice Scalia went to New York and told the Jews he was addressing they're safer with Christians in charge?
How about when he had that tape snatched from a reporter in Mississippi in violation of federal statute?
Not that it surprises me that Scalia never wants a record made of what he actually says at these speaking events.
There are clear signs of mental illness from Scalia. After all, he voted to appoint that beady eyed, war mongering moron to the presidency, which expresses a mood disorder so profound he must surely be bipolar. What but unbridled mania lead anyone to abuse their country that way?
And he most certainly has religious delusions and a narcissistic disorder, a common mental health issue among repiglikkkans and other fascists.
During an unpublicized March 8 talk at the University of Freiburg in Switzerland, Scalia dismissed the idea that the detainees have rights under the U.S. Constitution or international conventions, adding he was "astounded" at the "hypocritical" reaction in Europe to Gitmo. "War is war, and it has never been the case that when you captured a combatant you have to give them a jury trial in your civil courts," he says on a tape of the talk reviewed by NEWSWEEK. "Give me a break." Challenged by one audience member about whether the Gitmo detainees don't have protections under the Geneva or human-rights conventions, Scalia shot back: "If he was captured by my army on a battlefield, that is where he belongs. I had a son on that battlefield and they were shooting at my son and I'm not about to give this man who was captured in a war a full jury trial. I mean it's crazy."
[...]
What's crazy is Scalia's view of the constitution, and that little voice in his head that tells him he doesn't have to abide by the rules and is a law unto himself.
The above described outburst points to his inability to detach from personal concerns and base findings on the constitution. Of course, that inability may simply be from of stupidity. Or it may fit into the larger pattern of strange behavior that indicates the justice is a nut job.
Remember when Justice Scalia went to New York and told the Jews he was addressing they're safer with Christians in charge?
How about when he had that tape snatched from a reporter in Mississippi in violation of federal statute?
Not that it surprises me that Scalia never wants a record made of what he actually says at these speaking events.
There are clear signs of mental illness from Scalia. After all, he voted to appoint that beady eyed, war mongering moron to the presidency, which expresses a mood disorder so profound he must surely be bipolar. What but unbridled mania lead anyone to abuse their country that way?
And he most certainly has religious delusions and a narcissistic disorder, a common mental health issue among repiglikkkans and other fascists.
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