Friday, April 09, 2004
Down the memory hole with Fat Tony
Of course, Scalia never wants anything taped ("plausible deniability") except he forgot to announce that at this particulular event.
None whatever, Jon. Your point?
A federal marshal guarding Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia ordered two reporters to erase audio recordings they were making of Scalia's speech to a group of high school students in Mississippi on Wednesday, prompting protests from local journalists who said they were victims of official interference with the press.
"I find it very curious where a Supreme Court justice spends a significant amount of time talking about the Constitution, he seems to omit the part about freedom of the press," said Jon Broadbooks, executive editor of the [Hattiesburg] American. "What authority does the marshal service have to try to confiscate reporters' tape recorders?"
(via WaPo)
None whatever, Jon. Your point?