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Originally posted by bilmore
One clarification (that might be a result of visions and confusions on my part, but I don't think so):
Scalia has the policy. The marshall acted on her own authority, pursuant to that policy. Scalia actually had nothing to do with the specific actions - he didn't request that anyone go and get the tapes he saw being made.
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The two accounts I've come across don't distinguish that specific point for us, although
one of them does point out that Scalia had no qualms with taking similar action earlier that same day to some sadly uninformed members of the media:
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Earlier Wednesday, Scalia prompted a minor flap at nearby William Carey College, a private Baptist school.
Reporters and TV crews were told that they could not record Scalia's speech, but that they could photograph him afterward at a social reception. But when the justice entered the reception area, he told the reporters and TV crews that they would have to leave.
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Originally posted by bilmore
The head marshall has stated that, in retrospect, he wishes it had been handled differently. But, I find it hard to believe that the reporter didn't know exactly what Scalia's policy was beforehand, anyway.
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One of them was an AP reporter, so you may be right there. The other one, however, was a
school reporter for the Hattiesburg American, so I doubt that this schoolgirl should be charged with knowing Scalia's individual fetishes.
Gattigap
