Scalia Took Dozens of Trips Funded by Private Sponsors

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WASHINGTON — Antonin Scalia was the longest-tenured justice on the current Supreme Court and the country’s most prominent constitutionalist. But another quality also set him apart: Among the court’s members, he was the most frequent traveler, to spots around the globe, on trips paid for by private sponsors.

When Justice Scalia died two weeks ago, he was staying, again for free, at a West Texas hunting lodge owned by a businessman whose company had recently had a matter before the Supreme Court.

Though that trip has brought new attention to the justice’s penchant for travel, it was in addition to the 258 subsidized trips that he took from 2004 to 2014. Justice Scalia went on at least 23 privately funded trips in 2014 alone to places like Hawaii, Ireland and Switzerland, giving speeches, participating in moot court events or teaching classes. A few weeks before his death, he was in Singapore and Hong Kong.

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[bemildred]

1. Scalia:

[mgmaggiemg]

7. is that weekend at bernie's ?

you know the movie about the two guys who go to a party and the host dies...from the 80's very funny movie

[bemildred]

8. Office Space, that is Milton.

Scalia seems to me very much a Milton.

[mgmaggiemg]

9. lmao

[tanyev]

2. If I had that many health problems, I would never travel to a destination so remote.

Just sayin'.

[Vote2016]

3. Scalia was without conscience and without principle. He repeated his bullshit

line about "originalism" to mask his blatant bias.

[eppur_se_muova]

4. That's *TWO* free trips every month for TEN YEARS !

How dishonest do you have to be to get that kind of swag ?

About as dishonest as it's possible to get, apparently.

[kimbutgar]

5. I bet there is a grand cayman bank account in his name with the money he received for his corporate

Friendly rulings. Citizens United probably easily netted him 5 million.

[mgmaggiemg]

6. the next scotus

won't be taking trips funded by gun groups

[Judi Lynn]

10. Highly disgusting, entirely wrong, unprincipled, unwholesome tumor of a "man."

The very idea of something like him sitting in judgement of human beings would make a maggot gag.

[vinny9698]

11. Don't forget his annual pilgrimage to the Koch event. He took his side kick Thomas with him

Then there is Thomas's wife working for RW groups for years and not filing any tax from that income.
When they were finally caught, they said it was an honest mistake. Paid some fines and the tax. And that was that.
How to bribe and get away with it, hire wives and relatives of the politician you want to bribe. Money laundering at it's best.