IF you listened to Kennedy's comments on Alito this morning, you heard many quotes from the Federalist Society, which advocates the wierd 'unitary' theory of the executive which gives the Executive Branch unfettered power to determine or ignore the law as it pleases. Alito is, of course, a member, and...
Scalia was the only justice to miss the Sept. 29 White House ceremony welcoming Chief Justice John Roberts to the bench.
The network also quoted critics who raised questions about the propriety of what they characterized as "judicial junkets."
Leonard Leo, executive vice-president of the lawyers' group, The Federalist Society, said Tuesday that Scalia attended the group's meeting to teach ... ... the separation of powers under the U.S. Constitution.
The meeting was at the Ritz-Carlton Bachelor Creek in Avon, between the Vail and Beaver Creek ski resorts.
Leo said in a statement Tuesday that ABC wrongly characterized Scalia as playing tennis at the resort instead of attending Roberts' swearing-in.
That, or they were war-gaming the Supreme's role when the domestic spying case comes up...
