The Libertarian Snakebite Kit - Day

10:46PM - Another conservative asshole

From the Libertarian Party blog entry entitled "Background on Judge John Roberts":

David R. writes:
"By the way, I recommend to anyone Scalia's book, "A Matter of Interpretation". In it he talks about, among other more complicated things that Badnarik is utterly unacquipped [sic] to deal with, keeping policy-setting (that would include hardcore libertarianism) out of the process of statutory interpretation."

Hey David R., since you claim to be disgusted with libertarians, why don't you just crawl back into your reptile hole and spare us your arrogant rantings. As it says in a review of Scalia's "book" (he didn't even put it together, there was an editor credited with that task), Scalia's "philosophy of textualism, [is] an approach that eschews legislative intention in favor of focusing on the original meaning of the text to be interpreted." In other words, he sees no problem with the same kind of activism (making law) that conservatives rant about liberal judges doing.

To call Scalia a constitutional scholar superior to others (just because you agree with his opinions) sounds to me like the hypocrisy that conservatives are famous for. Scalia's superiority is a figment of your (and other conservatives) imagination. Scalia is a political hack, just like all judges, who was elevated because of his political viewpoint. And worse, his training is in the "law", a corrupt, self-serving and amoral (if not immoral too) profession if there ever was one.