Scalia Took Trip Set Up by Lawyer in Two Cases

Apparently Scalia’s hunting trip with Cheney in the lead-up to hearing his case on the Supreme Court is not the first time the Supreme Court Justice whored for the old-boy network.: “Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia was the guest of a Kansas law school two years ago and went pheasant hunting on a trip arranged by the school’s dean, all within weeks of hearing two cases in which the dean was a lead attorney.

The cases involved issues of public policy important to Kansas officials. Accompanying Scalia on the November 2001 hunting trip were the Kansas governor and the recently retired state Senate president, who flew with Scalia to the hunting camp aboard a state plane.” —CommonDreams We might want to begin talking about more than recusals here…