"What happened to the Eighth Amendment? You really want us to go through these 2,700 pages? And do you really expect the Court to do that? Or do you expect us to -- to give this function to our law clerks? Is this not totally unrealistic? That we are going to go through this enormous bill item by item and decide each one?"
- Anton Scalia, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
The above was asked of Solicitor General of the United States by Associate Justice Anton Scalia during oral arguments on the Affordable Healthcare Act (A/K/A: ObamaCare).
My response is; YES, G*DDAMIT, I DO EXPECT YOU TO READ ALL 2,700 PAGES OF THE HEALTHCARE LEGISLATION….YOU POMPOUS A**! THAT IS WHY WE, THE AMERCAN TAXPAYERS, ARE PAYING YOU $213,900/YEAR! IF YOU THINK THIS IS TOO MUCH TO ASK, THEN MIGHT I SUGGEST YOU RECONSIDER YOUR CAREER OPTIONS? FIND ANOTHER JOB MORE TO YOUR LIKING, BECAUSE IF YOU WORKED FOR ME (and you do in a sense), I WOULD FIRE YOU OUT OF YOUR OFFICE WITH A CANNON WITH AN ATTITUDE LIKE THAT!
Regardless of which side of the issue on health care you happen to fall, shouldn’t you be pissed off at such a comment? Justice Anton Scalia, who I happen to believe is one of the most intellectually dishonest jurists in the history of the United States, actually believes that he is above reading the laws on which he has the power to decide their Constitutionality! This is abominable!
We give Justice Scalia the power and authority to render decisions that will affect the people of this nation for generations, and yet, he does not feel it is a position that requires him to actually read the legislation on which he will pass judgment. Ya, there are those that will tell us he was “just kidding”. BULLSH*T!! He is just the kind of conservative, elitist, snob who believes he is above the necessity to actually do the people’s work. It is beneath him and a waste of his time…and he believes that no one has the authority to tell him otherwise. It would make no difference as he is absolutely convinced he is perfect and knows everything, so why consider anyone else? They are wrong.
A man with Justice Scalia’s attitude has no business on the Supreme Court. He may be learned, smart, and clearly educated beyond his intelligence, but he has lost sight of the concept of public service and, after all is said and done, he is a public servant, supposedly doing the people’s business. He needs to get off his high horse and do his job!
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