[EL] Supreme Court now seems as bad-mannered as congress

[Steve Klein]

There's certainly room for everyone to be more civil, and I enjoy the
heightened professionalism that's still part of the legal profession on the
whole, but this isn't new for Scalia. A quick search reveals he ended his
dissent in *Boumediene v. Bush* the same way in 2008 (joined by Roberts,
Thomas and Alito). Especially in controversial cases, I think a little
temper is inevitable.

In a conversation a few months ago, I was confronted with the cliché
"Congress these days is more divided than ever" line. Upon asking "Really?
Was there a caning I missed?" I only received a blank stare. But seriously:
that's when I'll get concerned.


On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 11:21 AM, Richard Winger <richardwinger at yahoo.com>wrote:

> My e-mail is not really election-law related, but since Richard Pildes
> posted on the election law blog about today's DOMA decision, subject matter
> constraint is relaxed today!
>
> This morning I read Justice Scalia's dissent in Windsor, and I don't
> remember seeing such a bad-tempered dissent ever before in the US Supreme
> Court.  And, yes, at the end, he said, "I dissent", not "I respectfully
> dissent", the more normal ending line for dissents.  Chief Justice Roberts
> dissent in the DOMA case doesn't end with either line.  Alito ended his
> dissent with the normal "I respectfully dissent."
>
> Then we have the eye-witness accounts from a few days ago that Alito
> rolled his eyes while Ginsburg was reading her dissent in another case.
>
> Richard Winger
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Steve Klein
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**Licensed to practice law in Illinois. Counsel to the Wyoming Liberty
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