In a unique moment for a Conservative, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia actually apologized on behalf of the U.S. Marshall who erased the tape recordings of two print journalists who were covering a speech of his to students in Mississippi last week.
As covered here a few days ago, Scalia seems to feel that he is above Media scrutiny — despite being a Public Figure as a U.S. Supreme Court Justice for life — and that he may ban all recordings of his public speeches.
Apparently he’s now changed his policy, and will allow members of the Print media to record his speeches, but is still banning Radio or TV reporters from doing so.
Ironically, part of his speech to students reportedly included the line: “I am here to persuade you that our Constitution is something… to revere.”
And just to push the irony meter to ridiculous proportions, I’ve come to learn that Scalia also banned TV Coverage last year in Cleveland when he was presented with a “Free Speech Award” for supporting the First Amendment.
In related news, Scalia is still refusing to recuse himself from the pending Supreme Court case in which Duck Hunting Buddy, Dick Cheney is a defendant.
As he said in his 21-page memorandum in response to those that have reasonably questioned his impartiality in the matter: “Since I do not believe my impartiality can reasonably be questioned, I do not think it would be proper for me to recuse.”
Case closed. All Hail Scalia!
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