Comments on: TOM THE DANCING BUG: Judge Scalia, in "Legislative Soul Search"

By: pbasch

pbasch — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 23:27:00 +0000

Wasn’t there an odd inconsistency of Scalia decisions… the one on the 2nd amendment, where the text about a militia was treated as so much chuffa (i.e., pointless verbiage), and another one where it was asserted specifically that the founders (or whoever) knew EXACTLY what they were doing and not a SINGLE WORD could be disregarded. I can’t remember that second one. Anyone?

By: Zachary_Bos

Zachary_Bos — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 22:17:00 +0000

I’ve just sent an email to RB, asking if a nomination might be in order.

By: John Napsterista

John Napsterista — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 21:09:00 +0000

Here’s the info: http://www.herbblockfoundation.org/herblock-prize/rules-eligibility

tl;dr: No entry fee, winner gets a $15,000 tax-free cash award and a trophy from Tiffany & Co. Second place gets a $5,000 tax-free cash award. Entries must be “published” works and can be submitted by the cartoonist his/her/itself or by publisher of said Work. Bolling’s not gonna submit his own work, not even after a Louis Maltby-like night of tortured introspection, so we’ll have to get his publisher to do it behind his back. Hmmm, not sure if web publication counts as “publication” for purposes of the prize, so boingboing might not be able to submit it. Whoa, wait…. Boingboing used to be a paper publication. We’re gonna need Percival Dunwoody’s help on this one.

By: Sagodjur

Sagodjur — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 03:41:00 +0000

Justice Scalia, did you google yourself again?

By: Zachary_Bos

Zachary_Bos — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 01:41:00 +0000

Thirded. Tell us here, won’t you, if you find out about that nomination?

By: Charlie B

Charlie B — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 23:13:00 +0000

Minority of states with a history of voter suppression?

I thought this was a comic about America!

By: MattAtDoyle

MattAtDoyle — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 21:03:00 +0000

I have no idea what’s going on here, but I enjoyed the pretty pictures.

By: Christopher

Christopher — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 17:49:00 +0000

I’ve long been fascinated by Scalia’s stated belief that the Constitution must be interpreted according to what its original authors intended and his decisions which reflect a much deeper belief that the original authors were a bunch of wishy-washy liberals whose document only annoys him.

By: Navin_Johnson

Navin_Johnson — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 17:25:00 +0000

You mean there’s not much effort in him contemplating which decision of his would be most pleasing to people like the Koch Bros and then choosing accordingly?

Scalia alone is enough reason to laugh when people babble about the sacredness of constitution as if it was chiseled by God on a mystical monolith… serious credibility probs…

By: John Napsterista

John Napsterista — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 17:00:00 +0000

Seconded. Let’s look into how to get him nominated.

By: Christopher

Christopher — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 16:16:00 +0000

The real joke is Scalia putting that much effort into coming to a legal decision.

By: RR Anderson

RR Anderson — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 16:13:00 +0000

When is Bolling going to win the Herblock prize?

By: Daniel Krause

Daniel Krause — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 16:09:00 +0000

I like that there are no female justices in Scalie’s world. Weird that Thomas speaks instead of simply nodding though.

By: PhosPhorious

PhosPhorious — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 16:06:00 +0000

Scalia: 50% Punisher, 50% Doctor Strange.

100% Awesome.