Comments on: A Toobin Assertion I’m Not Buying

By: JVW

JVW — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 05:30:02 +0000

Not to diminish all of our anticipation for Patterico’s review, but David Garrow comes off as rather unimpressed with Toobin’s book in the LA Times.

By: PrestoPundit

PrestoPundit — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 05:26:49 +0000

Notice here that your first assumption is that this leftist law journalist is essentially dishonest. And why are you so confident of your prediction — BECAUSE IT’S ALMOST ALWAYS TRUE.

The big question — why is there such consistent overlap between being leftist and being dishonest?

By: Itsme

Itsme — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 04:05:42 +0000

jpe #2:

A little googling shows that he’s said it multiple times. I’d expect what we’ll see is that Scalia was comparing himself to the constitution in exile movement. So the accuracy hangs on the the extent to which Thomas himself hews to that position (no idea, personally).

Good point. Here’s a little more:

Dorf on Law

By: JD

JD — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 01:12:43 +0000

AD - Justice Thomas, Dr. Rice, et al. are considered to be inauthentic, race traitors, or self-loathing, and therefore, the Left can vilify them in whatever way they choose. Change that R to a D, and their positions would be racist, sexist, etc … Nice control of the language, in which the media is a willing conspirator.

By: Another Drew

Another Drew — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 00:51:14 +0000

Of course, the Left can say anything about Justice Thomas, and it would never be considered racist, would it?
It must be so comfortable to be as a God!

By: jpe

jpe — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 00:49:17 +0000

By: DRJ

DRJ — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 21:50:14 +0000

Good catch, Patterico.

Of course, it’s possible that Scalia said, “I am not a nut” on more than one occasion but he did say it in November 2004, according to this AP report archived by Zogby:

“Scalia was named to the Supreme Court in 1986 by President Reagan. Since then, Scalia _ a Catholic raised in Queens and father of nine children, one a priest _ has become an anti-abortion hero to many in the American political right and a leading conservative voice on the court.

An “originalist,” Scalia believes in following the Constitution as written by the Founding Fathers, rather than interpreting it to reflect the changing times.

“Our Constitution does not morph,” he said Monday, deadpanning, “As I’ve often said, I am an originalist, I am a textualist, but I am not a nut.”

On this occasion, Scalia’s statement apparently had nothing to do with Thomas.