Sotomayor’s Sharp Tongue Raises Issue of Temperament
By JO BECKER and ADAM LIPTAK
Published: May 28, 2009
WASHINGTON — Judge Sonia Sotomayor, President Obama’s Supreme Court nominee, has a blunt and even testy side, and it was on display in December at an argument before the full federal appeals court in New York. The case concerned a Canadian man who said American officials had sent him to Syria to be tortured, and Judge Sotomayor peppered a government lawyer with skeptical questions ...
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/29/us/politics/29judge.html?_r=1&hpThese are frightening allegations. SCOTUS is revered around the world for the balanced judicial temperament of its justices. Surely all good men shudder at the possibility that we might put a shrewish ill-tempered bitchy harridan on our highest court
Justice Scalia Defends Cheney Trip
Hints He Will Not Recuse Himself From SCOTUS Case Involving VP
WASHINGTON, Feb. 11, 2004 | by Dan Collins
... Scalia said .. "This was a government issue. It's acceptable practice to socialize with executive branch officials when there are not personal claims against them. That's all I'm going to say for now. Quack, quack" ... http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/03/18/politics/main607115.shtml
Antonin Scalia's Obscene Gesture
Friday March 31, 2006
Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia stirred up a rather hilarious controversy this week when he allegedly dropped an F-bomb inside the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Boston.
... he looked directly into the lens of a photographer and said, "To my critics, I say, 'Vaffanculo,'" a colorful Italian expletive that translates to this. The sometimes cantankerous justice punctuated the remark by flicking his right hand out from under his chin. Scalia disputed the account and insisted the gesture was not offensive, but the photo suggests otherwise ... http://politicalhumor.about.com/b/2006/03/31/antonin-scalias-obscene-gesture.htm
Scalia's Temper Rises Again
Legal Analyst Andrew Cohen Takes Issue With "Justice Nasty"
Feb. 5, 2009 | by Andrew Cohen
... Tuesday afternoon, Scalia showed again just how easy it is to set him off when a college student asked him a reasonable, even poignant question about accessibility to the workings of the Supreme Court. Here is how the Fort Lauderdale Sun Sentinel chronicled the incident:Student Sarah Jeck stood in front of 750 people and asked Scalia why cameras are not allowed in the U.S. Supreme Court even though the court hearings are open, transcripts are available and the court's justices are open enough to go ‘out on book tours.’ ‘Read the next question,' Scalia replied. ‘That's a nasty, impolite question.’ ... Indeed, the only person who was nasty and impolite was Scalia, who no doubt was feeling defensive because his appearance in South Florida was, in fact, tied to a book tour. Turns out that Justice Nasty is hawking a book called “Making Your Case” that he co-authored with a fellow named Bryan Garner. These unseemly book tours, and the publicity and marketing that comes with them, are part of the new normal at the Court. Justice Clarence Thomas, for example, won’t ask a single question from the bench. But he’s Chatty Kathy when he’s hawking his memoirs ... http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/02/05/opinion/courtwatch/main4777299.shtml
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