After years of disingenuous platitudes about respecting precedent, imagine thinking a leak to the press is the “grave betrayal.”
Of all the many conservative whiners across the landscape, Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito stands alone. First of all, he’s got a lifetime gig—nobody can vote him out. He is free for the rest of his life to make the lives of millions miserable, and then bleat his outrage when he is criticized for having done so. He copped the gig during his confirmation process by committing the easiest sin of omission ever concocted—including, according to my pal Jack Farrell’s splendid new Ted Kennedy bio, right to EMK’s face. …
