Justice Scalia Opens His Mouth

The more people like Justice Scalia keep running off at the mouth, the more it will drive independents and moderates into the Democratic camp run November.

I really do respect John McCain, but the prospect of another Scalia-type justice appointee makes me support Obama's candidacy all the more fervently.

I'm amused at how Republicans keep referring to people like Scalia a "strict, constructionist judge". Scalia is right, the Founding Fathers might not have considered smacking someone in the face as cruel and unusual punishment.

But waterboarding and other forms of torture is another issue entirely. To put it this way, if Justice Scalia's over-the-top, Jack Bauer scenario of a "bomb about to blow up Los Angeles" were to actually happen, I wonder if he would consider it appropriate to break a finger or two to get the information?

I mean, come on ... If simulated drowning (which the mind cannot distinguish from real drowning) is not "cruel and unusual punishment", surely a few broken bones aren't either, right?

The likes of Scalia being a "constructionist" is about as accurate as George Bush being compassionate.