Mingle Until Departure

• basically steal posts entirely (this via Atrios), and

• link to the Harvard Crimson,

Scalia ridiculed the European Court of Human Rights’ 2000 decision striking down British legislation that bars group gay sex on the grounds that the law intruded upon private life.

He asked—rhetorically—how many individuals would have to be involved in a sex act for it to no longer qualify as “private.”

“Presumably it is some number between five and the number of people required to fill the Coliseum,” Scalia joked.

An audience member later rose to ask Scalia “whether you have any gay friends, and—if not—whether you’d like to be my friend.”

“I probably do have some gay friends,” Scalia said. “I’ve never pressed the point.”

But Scalia said his personal views on social issues have no bearing on his courtroom decisions.

“I even take the position that sexual orgies eliminate social tensions and ought to be encouraged,” Scalia said.

“But it is blindingly clear that judges have no greater capacity than the rest of us to decide what is moral.”

Scalia graduated magna cum laude from Harvard Law School in 1960 and become the first Italian-American Supreme Court justice in 1986.

Wait...what? Let's back up there for a second:

“I even take the position that sexual orgies eliminate social tensions and ought to be encouraged,” Scalia said.

Of Scalia, who staunchly opposes abortion, Bush said:

"The reason I like him so much is I got to know him here in Austin when he came down" for a visit, Bush said. "He's witty, he's interesting, he's firm."

Um...someone else pick up this ball and run with it, please...

perma-linky posted by jkd : 22:27