Impeach Scalia

Jan 5th, 2011

There is a great danger in the casual way the term "impeachment" has been thrown around over the last few years. What's more, to propose impeaching a Supreme Court Justice is and should be almost unheard of. 


It's time to seriously pursue it now. Justice Antonin Scalia has so overstepped the bounds of propriety and into the realm of activist politics that he must be removed from the Court. He is a clear and present danger to the established separation of powers and the independence of the judiciary.


From The L.A. Times:

"Reporting from Washington — 

The decision by Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia to accept an invitation from Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.), the founder of the House's Tea Party Caucus, to speak to incoming House members about the Constitution is drawing fire from some who worry the court is injecting itself into partisan politics.

The meeting "suggests an alliance between the conservative members of the court and the conservative members of Congress," said Jonathan Turley, a law professor at George Washington University, who said Scalia had shown "exceedingly poor judgment."

"Poor judgement?" That's a little like saying of someone who has intentionally run over a dog that they "hit the brakes too late." Impeachment is more than justified.