Scalia Took Dozens of Trips Funded by Private Sponsors
WASHINGTON Antonin Scalia was the longest-tenured justice on the current Supreme Court and the countrys most prominent constitutionalist. But another quality also set him apart: Among the courts members, he was the most frequent traveler, to spots around the globe, on trips paid for by private sponsors.
When Justice Scalia died two weeks ago, he was staying, again for free, at a West Texas hunting lodge owned by a businessman whose company had recently had a matter before the Supreme Court.
Though that trip has brought new attention to the justices penchant for travel, it was in addition to the 258 subsidized trips that he took from 2004 to 2014. Justice Scalia went on at least 23 privately funded trips in 2014 alone to places like Hawaii, Ireland and Switzerland, giving speeches, participating in moot court events or teaching classes. A few weeks before his death, he was in Singapore and Hong Kong.
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bemildred
(90,061 posts)mgmaggiemg
(869 posts)you know the movie about the two guys who go to a party and the host dies...from the 80's very funny movie
bemildred
(90,061 posts)Scalia seems to me very much a Milton.
tanyev
(42,636 posts)Just sayin'.
Vote2016
(1,198 posts)line about "originalism" to mask his blatant bias.
eppur_se_muova
(36,305 posts)How dishonest do you have to be to get that kind of swag ?
About as dishonest as it's possible to get, apparently.
kimbutgar
(21,224 posts)Friendly rulings. Citizens United probably easily netted him 5 million.
mgmaggiemg
(869 posts)won't be taking trips funded by gun groups
Judi Lynn
(160,649 posts)The very idea of something like him sitting in judgement of human beings would make a maggot gag.
vinny9698
(1,016 posts)Then there is Thomas's wife working for RW groups for years and not filing any tax from that income.
When they were finally caught, they said it was an honest mistake. Paid some fines and the tax. And that was that.
How to bribe and get away with it, hire wives and relatives of the politician you want to bribe. Money laundering at it's best.