Reply #93: Excuse me, I beg to differ,

[Kelvin Mace]

This is not some amusing little academic discussion amongst law students and a professor, this is a Supreme Court Justice of the United States talking about issues which will have a DIRECT impact on people's lives. This is a Supreme Court Justice of the United States telling us how he will rule on a torture case when it comes before him. This is not just a violation of judicial ethics, this is a raping of judicial ethics.

The Constitution is quite clear on the matter.

While Scalia can twist the Eighth Amendment as much as he wants, international treaties ARE the supreme law of the land once ratified. Torture is illegal, PERIOD.

People are dying in US custody. People are being tortured to the point of insanity in US custody. This is real. The blood is on OUR hands if we dismiss this as an academic discussion.