Scalia On Bush v. Gore... and Acceptance

There are a couple of decent quotes here:

Scalia On Bush v. Gore: Get Over It!, Supreme Court Justice Tells 60 Minutes It’s Nonsense To Say The Decision Was Politically Motivated - CBS News

(excerpted)

"The principal issue in the case, whether the scheme that the Florida Supreme Court had put together violated the federal Constitution, that wasn’t even close. The vote was seven to two," he says, referring to the Supreme Court’s decision that the Supreme Court of Florida’s method for recounting ballots was unconstitutional.

Furthermore, says the outspoken conservative justice, it was Al Gore who ultimately put the issue into the courts. "It was Al Gore who made it a judicial question…. We didn’t go looking for trouble. It was he who said, 'I want this to be decided by the courts,'" says Scalia. "What are we supposed to say -- 'Not important enough?'" he jokes.

This is the major point about the case that people like to forget.

The Florida Supreme (Kangaroo) Court decided to change the rules of the game after the game had been played. Life just doesn't work that way... even if "your guy" loses.


and:

Scalia also denies there is anything personal in his decisions or comments, which can often be biting. Stahl asks how he can be a close friend of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg, his liberal bench mate, despite the fact that they oftentimes disagree. "I attack ideas, I don’t attack people, and some very good people have some very bad ideas," he tells Stahl. "And if you can’t separate the two, you got to get another day job. You don’t want to be a judge, at least not a judge on a multi-member panel."