Oh, the ironies and hidden truths in his (non)recusal message. Yes, Antonin, we are indeed in deep-deep trouble in the country and you're part of the reason!
"A defiant Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia refused Thursday to remove himself from a case involving his good friend, Vice President Dick Cheney, dismissing suggestions of a conflict of interest.
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"The justice said he was guilty only of hunting with a friend and taking a free plane ride to get there. "If it is reasonable to think that a Supreme Court justice can be bought so cheap, the nation is in deeper trouble than I had imagined," Scalia wrote."
http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/bw-scotus/2004/mar/18/031809136.html