I hear Scalia was a bit of a wag. On Fri, Feb 26, 2016 at 6:11 PM, Louis Proyect <[email protected]> wrote:
> WASHINGTON — Antonin Scalia was the longest-tenured justice on the > current Supreme Court and the country’s most prominent > constitutionalist. But another quality also set him apart: Among the > court’s members, he was the most frequent traveler, to spots around the > globe, on trips paid for by private sponsors. > > When Justice Scalia died two weeks ago, he was staying, again for free, > at a West Texas hunting lodge owned by a businessman whose company had > recently had a matter before the Supreme Court. > > Though that trip has brought new attention to the justice’s penchant for > travel, it was in addition to the 258 subsidized trips that he took from > 2004 to 2014. Justice Scalia went on at least 23 privately funded trips > in 2014 alone to places like Hawaii, Ireland and Switzerland, giving > speeches, participating in moot court events or teaching classes. A few > weeks before his death, he was in Singapore and Hong Kong. > > > http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/27/us/politics/scalia-led-court-in-taking-trips-funded-by-private-sponsors.html > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l > -- Cheers, Tom Walker (Sandwichman)
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