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Scalia: "Sue him or something"

By Melody Evans and Kirk Redmond

Slate's Dahlia Lithwick is again spot on in her coverage of this Supreme Court Batson-based argument (Snyder v. Louisiana) in Race to the Bottom: The Supreme Court takes on the O.J.-obsessed prosecutor. Snyder is represented by the incredibly smart Stephen Bright. Dahlia is, as always, entertaining and sharp in her review of the argument. Here's one excerpt:Justice John Paul Stevens finally brings in the references to O.J. Simpson, asking whether they are "even relevant to what's before us." Bright replies that the prosecutor continued to refer to the Simpson case, even after he promised, midtrial, to stop. "What does that have to do with anything?" asks Scalia. "He broke his promise. Sue him or something." That's Scalia's answer to everything these days, it seems...continue to full post

Full post as published by Kansas Federal Defender on December 05, 2007 (boomark / email).