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U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia doesn’t have to answer to you or anyone:

When he was asked by a member of the audience whether he would like to revisit his decision in 2000 the Al Gore/George W. Bush election dispute, Scalia cut off the questioner, saying, “I’m inclined to say it’s been four years and an election. Get over it.” That drew loud boos from the crowd.

“The issue is not whether the decision should have been decided in the Florida or U.S. supreme courts, but that the Constitution had been violated. … The only decision was to put an end to it after three weeks and looking like fools to the rest of the world,” Scalia said. “It was too much of a mess. The equal-protection clause had been violated because they were counting votes differently. What did you expect us to do, not take the case because it wasn’t important enough?

Scalia’s not really old enough to really be losing his mind, but his mention of the U.S. looking like fools to the rest of the world exposes an ironic lack of awareness.

Scalia also has an interesting reading of the Constitution for someone who’s supposed to be an expert:

Scalia says he is an “originalist” because he tries to stick to what he thinks the Constitution meant to the society of the late 18th century, when it was written. Scalia said that’s why he supports the death penalty and believes abortion shouldn’t have become legal by the court’s ruling in 1973.

I’d enjoy watching conservatives playing twister with their reading of the Constitution much more if they didn’t hold all the power in the federal government.

Rule of Law! Rule of Law! Rule of Law!