Comments on: Scalia Holds Forth on the Proper Use of Torture — As Experts Debate the Propriety of Such Public Statements http://jonathanturley.org/2008/02/14/scalia-holds-forth-on-the-proper-use-of-torture-as-experts-debate-the-propriety-of-such-public-statements/ Res ipsa loquitur ("The thing itself speaks") Sat, 11 Feb 2012 07:19:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: The Decline of the Supreme Court « Light Sound Dimension http://jonathanturley.org/2008/02/14/scalia-holds-forth-on-the-proper-use-of-torture-as-experts-debate-the-propriety-of-such-public-statements/#comment-107753 Fri, 29 Jan 2010 01:28:19 +0000 http://jonathanturley.wordpress.com/?p=1103#comment-107753 [...] the legality of Cheney’s actions, and then rules in Cheney’s favor.  Scalia has an increasing tendency to make highly politicized comments about purely political conflicts, most recently defending torture in an interview with 60 Minutes.  As part of Clarence [...]

]]> By: Judicial Restraint? Next Time, Put Him in Restraints! « HYSTERICAL RAISINS http://jonathanturley.org/2008/02/14/scalia-holds-forth-on-the-proper-use-of-torture-as-experts-debate-the-propriety-of-such-public-statements/#comment-107734 Fri, 29 Jan 2010 00:10:20 +0000 http://jonathanturley.wordpress.com/?p=1103#comment-107734 [...] the legality of Cheney’s actions, and then rules in Cheney’s favor.  Scalia has an increasing tendency to make highly politicized comments about purely political conflicts, most recently defending torture in an interview with 60 Minutes.  As part of Clarence [...]

]]> By: Justice Alito’s conduct and the Court’s credibility | TheWorldPolitics http://jonathanturley.org/2008/02/14/scalia-holds-forth-on-the-proper-use-of-torture-as-experts-debate-the-propriety-of-such-public-statements/#comment-107700 Thu, 28 Jan 2010 22:03:01 +0000 http://jonathanturley.wordpress.com/?p=1103#comment-107700 [...] the legality of Cheney’s actions, and then rules in Cheney’s favor.  Scalia has an increasing tendency to make highly politicized comments about purely political conflicts, most recently defending torture in an interview with 60 Minutes.  As part of [...]

]]> By: deeply worried http://jonathanturley.org/2008/02/14/scalia-holds-forth-on-the-proper-use-of-torture-as-experts-debate-the-propriety-of-such-public-statements/#comment-6665 Fri, 15 Feb 2008 13:39:01 +0000 http://jonathanturley.wordpress.com/?p=1103#comment-6665 I think you’re right JR. This topic came up a few years ago on another of Scalia’s ‘avoid giving the appearance of’ transgressions….

]]> By: JR http://jonathanturley.org/2008/02/14/scalia-holds-forth-on-the-proper-use-of-torture-as-experts-debate-the-propriety-of-such-public-statements/#comment-6661 Fri, 15 Feb 2008 08:35:19 +0000 http://jonathanturley.wordpress.com/?p=1103#comment-6661 DW, I think the only oversight of the conduct of SCOTUS Justices is the impeachment authority the Congress possesses, but I’m sure Prof. Turley can correct me if I’m wrong about that (IANAL…yet).

]]> By: deeply worried http://jonathanturley.org/2008/02/14/scalia-holds-forth-on-the-proper-use-of-torture-as-experts-debate-the-propriety-of-such-public-statements/#comment-6616 Thu, 14 Feb 2008 05:28:38 +0000 http://jonathanturley.wordpress.com/?p=1103#comment-6616 The states have their judicial canons, but so far as I know, there is no canon bearing on conduct of the Justices at the Supreme Court. Otherwise Scalia would have been censured long ago, on one of the boilerplates, like: “giving the appearance of…”

Someone correct me on this, if I have erred.

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