Entries by Joe Miller

Part IV: Why are Justices Scalia and Thomas Lavishing Praise on their Extremist Liberal Colleagues?

IV. SPECIFIC VALUE and POLICY JUDGMENTS: Hypocrisy and Perversity Hypocrisy Without using the word, Justices Thomas and Scalia repeatedly portray fellow justices as hypocrites pretending to do and be the opposite of what they really do and are. In deciding cases, “self-righteous” justices impose their professed personal values on everyone else when it suits them, […]

Part II: Why are Justices Scalia and Thomas Lavishing Praise on their Extremist Liberal Colleagues?

II. WRITTEN OPINIONS vs. OFF-THE-CUFF TELEVISION INTERVIEWS Chief Justice Roberts has boasted that his Court is unique because “[w]e give a reasoned explanation …We have to spell out in our opinions exactly why we’re doing what we’re doing…. Everybody else can look at it [sic].” On February 5, Justice Sotomayor chimed in, claiming that justices […]

Part III: Why are Justices Scalia and Thomas Lavishing Praise on their Extremist Liberal Colleagues?

III. SPECIFIC VALUE and POLICY JUDGMENTS: Capital Punishment Few subjects exemplify the themes discussed here better than the crusade to protect murderers and rapists. For decades, various justices have virulently and surreptitiously opposed capital punishment. For example, with outright contempt for the Constitution’s clear language, Justices Brennan and Marshall asserted that it bans capital punishment […]