Scalia To America: 'Fuck You'

From the Boston Herald-

Amid a growing national controversy about the gesture U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia made Sunday at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross, the freelance photographer who captured the moment has come forward with the picture...

...Smith was working as a freelance photographer for the Boston archdiocese’s weekly newspaper at a special Mass for lawyers Sunday when a Herald reporter asked the justice how he responds to critics who might question his impartiality as a judge given his public worship.

“The judge paused for a second, then looked directly into my lens and said, ‘To my critics, I say, ‘Vaffanculo,’ ” punctuating the comment by flicking his right hand out from under his chin, Smith said.

The Italian phrase means “(expletive) you.”...

Looks like he has a potty mouth just like his hunting buddy Dick Cheney.

Keep in mind this is who the right-wing wanted to be Chief Justice.

This is an addition to unsuccessful calls for Scalia to recuse him from a case debating the rights of enemy combatants after making strong public comments indicating he has already made up his mind on the matter. Details of the saga via the links below...

Newsweek: Supreme Court: Detainees' Rights—Scalia Speaks His Mind

ThinkProgress: Scalia apparently rejects calls for recusal

NY Observer: So Who Put the Temper In Judicial Temperament?

SCOTUSblog: Analysis: Hard day for government in Hamdan case

I wonder if the same conservatives who ranted about Ginsburg's little nap will be equally outraged (and more so, I would hope) at the behavior (in church no less, tsk tsk!) of a Supreme Court Justice with a long history of controversy. Hmmmmm. No, I doubt they will be.