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Originally posted by bilmore
My sense, when I read that, was that it kind of ties in to his fairly arrogant approach to life, in that he fails to see any compelling legal reason for recusal, and, while he might entertain the idea in a not-so-close case just to appease the idiots who are wrong about the law, (his thoughts, remember), he's not going to give in to stupidity in a close case.
I think he's right on the legal reasons, and on his analysis of history, but, damn, what a dumb trip to go on. Perception, even when it's wrong, counts, and he just caused problems for no good reason.
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With this I agree.
Heard radio reports today that in his justification, Scalia pointed out (among other things) that this was a larger group trip, he never spent time in a duck blind with Cheney, etc etc. It helped move my perception of the matter from (a) incredibly arrogant and likely not supportable, to (b) technically supportable but still arrogant and blind to the importance of perception. The attitude does fit in well with Scalia's dissents spent shouting at the rain, though.
