It seems only fitting to use Antonin Scalia’s own words for a poetry slam, since the justice’s snarky dissents are filled with so many poetic gems. The Affordable Care Act victory was followed quickly by the same-sex marriage win, and Scalia’s dissents have become increasingly irate and colorful.
Turns out, trying to bring health insurance to millions of people in the United States is not illegal and neither is letting two people who love each other get married. Go figure. Once the fulminating conservatives cool off, hopefully health insurance and marriage will become boring again and we’ll look back on this and laugh.
Though Scalia had some wins this Supreme Court term, it’s fascinating to see how unhinged he becomes in his dissenting opinions. Amazingly, he even dissented while concurring! As a cartoonist, I love this guy. As a citizen, not so much. Enjoy your Obamacare, go get married no matter who you love and be sure to enjoy the sputtering frustration of Scalia. Oh, and check out the stories behind this cartoon!
Words no longer have meaning
The world does not expect logic and precision in poetry
no semblance of shame
mummeries and straining-to-be-memorable passages
showy profundities are often profoundly incoherent.
Ask the nearest hippie.
a style that is as pretentious as its content is egotistic,
California does not count
judicial Putsch
tall-building lawyers
silly extravagances, of thought and expression
I could go on.
jiggery-pokery!
I dissent.
whatever that means
whatever that means
never mind
pure applesauce
mystical aphorisms of the fortune cookie
Hubris
o’erweening pride; and pride, we know, goeth before a fall.
I would hide my head in a bag.