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Scalia and Thomas Are Nuts

Booman, Booman Tribune AlterNet: PEEK. August 18, 2009.
Apparently, it's Constitutional to execute a prisoner known to be innocent.

Scalia's Tortured Logic

Jon Ponder, Pensito Review AlterNet: PEEK. May 1, 2008.
Twisting his argument into a legalistic pretzel, Justice Scalia insists that torture is not a form of punishment.

Defending Our Living Constitution

Kirsten D. Levingston, Brennan Center for Justice. March 17, 2008.
Without our "living constitution," some of the most important advances in American racial equality would not have happened.

Justice Scalia Defends Torture, Claims Gov't Should Be Allowed to Smack Suspect's Face

Amanda Terkel, Think Progress AlterNet: PEEK. February 12, 2008.
The BBC interviewer, however, objected to Scalia's use of the so-called "ticking time bomb" scenario to justify government torture.

Justice Scalia's Not-So-Secret Crush on Jack Bauer

Guest Blogger, AlterNet: PEEK. June 20, 2007.
Shelley Lewis: Scalia continues the far Right's love affair with the fictional hero of 24.

Supreme Court Upholds Late Abortion Ban: Right-Wing Judicial Activism Run Amok

Joshua Holland, AlterNet. April 18, 2007.
Bush’s court-packing pays off, and Democrats who voted for Scalia and Roberts get their comeuppance.