The witty and erudite Scalia

I am so tired of reading how smart and friendly Justice Scalia was.  He was a nasty and smug man who hated gays, set back civil rights, and failed to understand either the 200 year old Constitution or 21st century America.

I want to quote Jeffrey Toobin of the Feb. 29 issue of the New Yorker, who got it absolutely correct: 

“Antonin Scalia, who died this month, after nearly three decades on the Supreme Court, devoted his professional life to making the United States a less fair, less tolerant, and less admirable democracy.  Fortunately, he mostly failed.  Belligerent with his colleagues, dismissive of his critics, nostalgic for a world where outsiders knew their place and stayed there, Scalia represents a perfect model for everything that President Obama should avoid in a successor.”

Amen.