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...Cleveland, Ohio, to accept a freedom-of-speech award last week, Supreme Court Justice ANTONIN SCALIA seemed a little hazy on the spirit of the First Amendment. Scalia barred television and radio reporters from the room during his remarks to receive the City Club of Cleveland's award, which honored him for his votes in rulings that struck down flag-and cross-burning laws. Scalia, who started his law career in Cleveland, was chosen for the club's annual Citadel of Free Speech Award as a "distinguished American" who has contributed significantly "to the preservation of the First Amendment." Upon...
...fight is in part about ideology. Democrats hear from Republican insiders that Estrada's beliefs are to the right of those of Antonin Scalia, the Supreme Court's most conservative Justice. And they fear that Bush would try to elevate Estrada to the high court. The showdown is also about process. Estrada has refused to answer questions about his stands on such issues as abortion and affirmative action, and the White House won't release his old Justice Department memos. Underlying it all is the ill will toward President Bush that has built up as a result of such moves...
...punishing confirmation battle, in which he faced charges of sexual harassment. The advance is the largest ever offered to a sitting judge. That is surely due in some part to the fact that few other judges have starred in a national imbroglio involving frequent references to pornographic actors. If Antonin Scalia is hoping for a big payday, he may want to think about spicing up his personal life...
...Penry's case in 1989. At that time just two states, Georgia and Maryland, forbade it. Now 18 do--almost half the number, 38, that permit capital punishment. In the majority opinion he wrote last week, John Paul Stevens called that a "dramatic shift in the state legislative landscape." Antonin Scalia, who wrote for the dissenters--Chief Justice William Rehnquist and Clarence Thomas were the other two--declared that the majority's decision rested upon nothing but "the personal views of its members...
...with implications - political as well as legal. The majority opinion, written by Justice John Paul Stevens, described the changing landscape of American opinion on the subject, citing numerous state legislatures that have outlawed the practice. Dissenting from the majority were Chief Justice William Rehnquist and Justices Clarence Thomas and Antonin Scalia, who penned a scathing rebuttal to their colleagues' opinion. The three judges have expressed frequent and vocal displeasure over what they consider the Court's softening attitude toward the death penalty. For years there has been widespread speculation that Court moderates Justices Anthony Kennedy and Sandra Day O'Connor...