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...Blood was the Loeb Ex's latest attempt at giving Harvard theater a good kick in the pants. An incomprehensible and highly derivative kick, but a kick nevertheless. The viewers may have wondered at times how so much irritating pretentiousness could be crammed into a seventeen-minute production of Antonin Artaud's play, but director David Gammons did it, and with considerable flair...
...stood by, instructing the guards "not to have too much fun." The high court held that the use of such excessive force may constitute "cruel and unusual punishment" under the Eighth Amendment even if the inmate does not suffer serious injury. But in a dissent joined only by Justice Antonin Scalia, Thomas wrote that the court's decision was "yet another manifestation of the pervasive view that the Federal Constitution must address all ills in our society...
...courts have replaced freedom of religion with freedom from religion. A nation's identity is informed by morality, and morality by faith. How can people freely debate issues like nuclear arms or the death penalty, how can children be educated, without any reference to spiritual heritage? As Justice Antonin Scalia observed in 1987, "Political activism by the religiously motivated is part of our heritage." The accommodationists deny that their agenda is to enforce conformity; all they want is for their positions to get a fair hearing...
...motion. In the early 1970s, during Rehnquist's first few terms on what was still a liberal-leaning bench, he was so isolated that his clerks took to calling him the Lone Ranger. These days he no longer rides alone: he routinely joins a group that includes Reagan appointees Antonin Scalia, Anthony Kennedy, Sandra Day O'Connor and Bush appointee David Souter. Having written only a few rulings since joining the court this term, Souter remains something of an , enigma; yet he has clearly provided the right wing -- spearheaded by Rehnquist and Scalia -- with a crucial fifth vote...
...does "prompt" mean? Last week the Supreme Court held, in a 5-to-4 vote, that suspects may generally be jailed for as long as 48 hours. While the decision was in line with the court's recent law-and-order tilt, there was a surprise dissenter: conservative Justice Antonin Scalia. Arguing that a 24-hour delay was the constitutional limit, Scalia fumed, "Hereafter a law-abiding citizen wrongfully arrested may be compelled to await the grace of a Dickensian bureaucratic machine as it churns its cycle for up to two days...