{"id":2855,"date":"2006-05-20T17:36:01","date_gmt":"2006-05-20T21:36:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.test.bradblog.com\/?p=2855"},"modified":"2006-06-14T23:45:36","modified_gmt":"2006-06-15T06:45:36","slug":"feeney-watch-scalia-spanks-feeney-for-attack-on-judiciary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=2855","title":{"rendered":"FEENEY WATCH: Scalia Spanks Feeney for Attack on Judiciary"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>Rep. Tom Feeney (R-FL) has made such a jackass of himself, so frequently of late, in his desperate bid to save himself from a challenge to his U.S. House Seat in Florida’s 24th district this fall, that we can’t help but begin a new feature we’ll call “Feeney Watch” for a while here at BRAD BLOG<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Feeney’s emerging strategy: Act like he’s an actual conservative again, distance himself from Bush for the first time ever, and otherwise do anything he can to get his name in the paper for anything other<\/i> than the mounting corruption charges against and around him.<\/p>\n

Here’s his latest jackassery, for which he recieved a spanking from none other than his idol Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia — from today’s WaPo<\/i><\/a> (We’ll try to get caught up with some previous Feeney Foolishness in the days and week’s ahead)…<\/p>\n

Scalia Tells Congress to Mind Its Own Business<\/b><\/p>\n

Justice Antonin Scalia rebuked fellow conservatives on Capitol Hill yesterday, saying they have gone too far in trying to prevent the Supreme Court from using foreign law in its constitutional rulings.
\n…
\n“It’s none of your business,” he said, referring to Congress. “No one is more opposed to the use of foreign law than I am, but I’m darned if I think it’s up to Congress to direct the court how to make its decisions.”
\n…
\nRep. Tom Feeney (R-Fla.)<\/b>, who has co-sponsored a nonbinding resolution against the use of foreign law, said that Scalia’s comments were “like being told your favorite baseball player disagrees with your approach to hitting.”<\/p>\n

Scalia’s “brilliance,” Feeney said, “has not convinced a majority of the court. He needs our help, even if he doesn’t want it.”<\/p>\n

Feeney said that Scalia’s remarks may have damaged chances for his resolution’s passage, since they will probably be quoted by its opponents.<\/p><\/div>\n

Of course, Feeney is running against vote-rigging whistleblower Clint Curtis<\/a> this year, whose story we originally broke here at BRAD BLOG<\/a> in December of 2004. Curtis has alleged — amongst other “Tom”-foolery — that Feeney asked him to create a vote-rigging software prototype when they both worked for Yang Enterprises Inc. (YEI) in Florida in 2000. In addition to being YEI’s general counsel and registered lobbyist, Feeney just also happened to be the Speaker of the FL House at the time.<\/p>\n

No conflict of interest there, of course, just because YEI had millions of dollars in state contracts.<\/p>\n

Speaking of millions of dollars, Feeney’s got ’em, as he’s one of the top-tier money-collectors in the Tom DeLay\/Jack Abramoff Big-Buy GOP network.<\/p>\n

Curtis, on the other hand, is raising his money the old fashioned way: By earning it. From regular old citizens. Please feel free to help him do so<\/a>. He needs it!<\/p>\n

For more info on The BRAD BLOG’s <\/a> continuing investigative series on
\nThe Clint Curtis\/Tom Feeney\/Yang Enterprises Vote-Rigging Scandal series, please see:
\n– A Quick Summary<\/a> of the story so far.
\n– An Index of all the Key Articles & Evidence<\/a> in the series so far.
\n– Curtis is now running for U.S. Congress against Feeney.
\nTo support or for more info, see: www.ClintCurtis.com<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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