Thursday, April 28, 2005

Scalia asked about 'love life'

Ok. I want to give a shout out here to NYU law student Eric Berndt. Scalia was one of the dissenters in Lawrence V. Texas. Lawrence was having sex- sodomy- with another man in the privacy of his own apartment, a neighbor called complaining of a weapons disturbance( as described in the official ruling), the police responded to report, broke in, saw two men committing sodomy- which was against Texas law and arrested Lawrence( and his 'partner in crime' Garner). Lawrence believed that the law was unjust and took it to the supreme court.

The court ruled that the law was unconstitutional. Scalia disagreed- basically saying it was the business of the court if two MEN commit sodomy in their own home. So I applaud Eric Berndt for asking Scalia what sexual activities HE performs.

There are many sites that will tell you whether it was ethically right or good manners for the question to be asked. I however think that if Scalia wants to rule about OTHER'S people's sex life then he must be honest with his own.

And for the record, I would like to point out there is no ACTUAL record of Berndt's question because Scalia doesn't allow people to tape him.

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