Sierra Club calls for Scalia to leave Cheney case

[onehandle]

Feb. 23, 2004  |  WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Sierra Club on Monday called on Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia to remove himself from a case involving the vice president, because of a "troubling" hunting trip the two men took last month.

Until now, only outside groups have complained that the vacation, hosted by an energy executive, may have compromised Scalia's impartiality in considering whether names and details of Dick Cheney's energy task force must be released.

The Sierra Club, which had sued to get the information, said Scalia should stay out of the case "to redress an appearance of impropriety and to restore public confidence in the integrity of our nation's highest court."

Scalia has said there was nothing improper about the trip he took with Cheney three weeks after the Supreme Court agreed to consider the case. The two men flew together in January on a government jet to the Louisiana duck hunting camp of a multimillionaire oil-services tycoon.

Twenty of the country's 30 largest newspapers have called on Scalia to recuse himself, the Sierra Club said in a filing with the court.

http://www.salon.com/news/wire/2004/02/23/scalia/index.html

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

1. Quack, quack.

[I AM SPARTACUS]

7. If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck...

If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, then it just may be a duck.'' -- Walter Reuther

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

11. All I know is that when a Scalia decision comes down...

I duck.

[CheshireCat]

2. Of course Scalia should recuse himself

These wingers are pushing the limits.

We need to scream loud and long about this one. Be vocal! This needs to see the light of day with the mainstream media. Unless the average person hears about this discusting absence of ethics, these goons will get away with it.

[dusty64]

3. That would be nice,

have any of our Democratic "leaders" had anything to say about this.

[Marlie]

6. Here in Chicago

Peter Jennings and company gave a full report on their prime time
news this evening and both Scalia and Cheney came out looking
very, very bad. Every little drip makes this Administration look
more and more corrupt.

[GreenGreenLimaBean]

4. I call on Scalia to go f*&k himself.

couldn't resist

[Journeyman]

9. Yeah. "Fuack, fuack". . .

Fat Tony. . .

[patricia92243]

5. Used a government jet to go hunting?

[rfkrocks]

8. Scalia-central casting

Is it me or do you think of Vincent price playing a spanish inquistion priest every time you see scalia in his judicial robes. You know he justs wants to shout "rack him" at any given time. Poor ducks-they never had a chance-just like voters in Florida

[meow2u3]

18. What I see in Scalia....

I think of Tony Soprano, Don Corleone, and John Gotti all rolled into one when I see Scalia! The Mafia has a lot of Opus Dei members, I suppose....after all, both are nothing but no-good, right-wing cafeteria Catholics who pose as devout...:puke:

[Isere]

10. Scalia shows disrespect to America!

What's with the "Quack, quack" comment? Is that supposed to be funny?
What a show of utter disrespect to the American people he is pledged to serve! This man should be impeached!

I say "Hooray!" for the Sierra Club. Show your support by joining today!

[yellowcanine]

12. Impeach the Duck-Blind Justice

If he won't recuse himself, the only redress is impeachment. This needs to be a campaign issue. Congress critters need to say how they would vote on an article to impeach Scalia if he doesn't recuse himself.

[Zhade]

14. Impeach the Justice-Blind duckfucker!

I wholeheartedly agree. What a fascist asshole.

[MsDemeander]

13. Why does it take the sierra club to file?

Is it because the ducks are involved? Does the sierra club support duck hunting or they against it?

[Zhade]

15. Energy policy. That's why the SC is involved.

Remember, they sued Dick "Oh My God My Heart" Cheney over the ETF records.

[MsDemeander]

16. Whatever became of the energy papers?

Are they public now?

[I AM SPARTACUS]

19. I believe that's the decision in question - whether Unca Dick's...

...gotta turn over the papers.

[newyawker99]

27. Hi MsDemeander!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[Bandit]

24. Sierra Club is one of the plaintiffs of the case

They are intimately involved.

[sonias]

17. I agree that we need to support groups like the Sierra Club

I'm a member and I for one am glad that they keep pressing this issue and the secret energy meetings where the bush cabal portioned out pieces of the world to their oil and energy buddies.

Quack Scalia, quack him up side of the head, big time.

Sonia

[llmart]

22. I'm a member also.

Great organization to join. They are continually up on what the * cabal are doing to rape our planet. Even if you don't join you can get their magazine and read it. Lots of good articles in there.

[dusty64]

20. I read judicial watch

has NO problem with this and feels no one should question the great scalia. Very interesting. The Founders left another big hole in their system by making the extremes unaccountable to anyone. I get their theory but in order for it to work honorable people have to be appointed and thats a BIG stretch!

[0007]

21. Nothing improper about shooting ducks - Scalia shot 49 ducks - Cheney 48

Rick Perry would be fun, 'eh? -

[yellowcanine]

25. Shouldn't you post a graphic visual warning - or at least a barf alert?

Some of us have weak stomachs for that kind of thing.

[underpants]

23. Old MacDonald Had a Judge ... (+actual Scalia quote)

http://www.commondreams.org/views04/0217-04.htm

Old MacDonald Had a Judge ...

"It did not involve a lawsuit against Dick Cheney as a private individual," Scalia said of the appeal while speaking at Amherst College last Tuesday. "This was a government issue. It's acceptable practice to socialize with executive branch officials when there are not personal claims against them. That's all I'm going to say for now. Quack, quack."

[bspence]

26. I'm not holding my breath

The final person who has a say as to whether it's a conflict of interest is Justice Scalia, and it's apparent that he has no problem with it. Scalia seems to be the most dangerous person in the Supreme Court, showing no desire to hide is obvious right-wing bias. He doesn't show desire to prove that justice is blind, and that he's ruling from the bench by seriously considering all the facts and viewpoints in the matter.

It's scary.