{"id":568,"date":"2006-03-27T23:44:43","date_gmt":"2006-03-27T23:44:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.docbug.com\/blog\/archives\/568"},"modified":"2006-03-27T23:44:43","modified_gmt":"2006-03-27T23:44:43","slug":"two-quotes-by-justice-antonin-scalia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.docbug.com\/blog\/archives\/568","title":{"rendered":"Two quotes by Justice Antonin Scalia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bafweb.com\/60308scalia.wmv\">Comments by Justice Antonin Scalia<\/a> on whether Guant\u00e1namo Bay detainees have protections under the Geneva or human-rights conventions, as quoted by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/12017271\/site\/newsweek\/\">Newsweek<\/a> (March 8, 2006):<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;If he was captured by my army on a battlefield, that is where he belongs. I had a son on that battlefield and they were shooting at my son and I&#8217;m not about to give this man who was captured in a war a full jury trial. I mean it&#8217;s crazy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gpoaccess.gov\/congress\/senate\/judiciary\/sh99-1064\/31-110.pdf\">Confirmation Testimony of Hon. Antonin Scalia, To Be U.S. Supreme Court Justice<\/a> (August 5, 1986):<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><b>Senator Mathias:<\/b> &#8220;&#8230;if a reasonable litigant actually believed that your judgment would be distorted because of some strong personal bias or belief, would that dissuade you from sitting on a case?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><b>Judge Scalia:<\/b> I think the statute reads that way, Senator. I have  the statute somewhere. I am quite sure that the way you put it is  about the way the statute reads, requiring disqualification. If I  may, title 28, United States Code, section 455: &#8220;Any justice, judge  or magistrate of the United States shall disqualify himself in any  proceeding in which his impartiality might reasonably be questioned.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bafweb.com\/60308scalia.wmv\">Comments by Justice Antonin Scalia<\/a> on whether Guant\u00e1namo Bay detainees have protections under the Geneva or human-rights conventions, as quoted by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/12017271\/site\/newsweek\/\">Newsweek<\/a> (March 8, 2006):<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;If he was captured by my army on a battlefield, that is where he belongs. I had a son on that battlefield and they were shooting at my son and I&#8217;m not about to give this man who was captured in a war a full jury trial. 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