Scalia To Teach Bachmann's Inaugural Class On The Constitution

[Donnachaidh]

http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/scalia-teach-bachmanns-inaugural-class-constitution

Last week we noted that Rep. Michele Bachmann intends to have David Barton as one of the instructors for the weekly class on the Constitution that she is organizing for members of Congress.

On Friday, she told Lou Dobbs that Justice Antonin Scalia had agreed to teach the inaugural class:

:snip for video at link:

Since this is "practice," if you will, doesn't that pretty much make Scalia the coach?

Am I the only one who senses a possible problem with having a sitting Supreme Court Justice essentially coaching members of Congress on how to vote in accordance with the Constitution?

More at the link ---

[fascisthunter]

1. I didn't realize both could read

[midnight]

6. Humor is so important right now.... Thank you!

[SharonAnn]

14. Is that the Constitution where the Supreme Court elects the president?

[SoCalDem]

2. Isn't it great that SCOTUS gets lifetiime appointments to keep them apolitical

:puke:

[walldude]

3. 1st class.. How to steal an election 101.

2nd class, how to take money from lobbyists while retaining the look of propriety..

[rucky]

4. He's totally porking her. n/t

[Donnachaidh]

8. gee thanks. I didn't need dinner anyway

:spray: :puke:

[glinda]

17. Just ate and now will go vomit thank you.

[mmonk]

5. But what if they've studied it before?

Won't that cause problems?

[burnsei sensei]

7. Yeah. This is that great constitutional scholar

who said that the government gets its power from God instead of the consent of the governed.
Stellar.

[WillyT]

9. Big K & R !!!

:wtf:

:kick:

[Stevenmarc]

10. We should give Congressional candidates a test on the Constitution before they can run

Excuse me but this is one of those things I expect a member of Congress to know.

[fascisthunter]

11. A fascist whack job is going to teach a moron the COnstitution

is this SNL material or what?

[sakabatou]

12. My irony meter exploded

[Donnachaidh]

13. mine too. n.t

[Initech]

15. How are they going to explain "no religious test shall be required for public office"?

[glinda]

16. And this is how they will now think..... at link....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonin_Scalia