Rattle wrote:
] ] U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia had this to say
] ] on Tuesday: "The Constitution just sets minimums ... Most
] ] of the rights that you enjoy go way beyond what the
] ] Constitution requires." According to Scalia, during
] ] wartime, "the protections will be ratcheted right down to
] ] the constitutional minimum."
]
] ] The next day Justice Scalia received a "Citadel of Free
] ] Speech" award from the Cleveland City Club. The camera-shy
] ] justice banned broadcast media from recording his remarks
] ] at the award ceremony, leading a C-SPAN vice president to
] ] write the City Club, commenting that the ban "begs
] ] disbelief and seems to be in conflict with the award
] ] itself. ... How free is speech if there are limits to its
] ] distribution?"

Dear Lord.

You have GOT to be kidding me. This is a joke, right?

Right?

RIGHT?

RE: Justice Scalia says rights excessive, can be scaled down in wartime