Scalito Joins Bachmann for Republican Activism

There’s never a shortage of nut cases at extremist Republican fundraising galas like the American Spectator event, headlined by Michelle Bachmann, who helps put the insane in InsaniTEA.  That’s probably a good thing, because it helps identify the attendees as the extremist ideologues they are.  On the other hand, there should be an absence of Supreme Court Justices at such venues.  Sadly, that is not the case.

…It’s not the first time Alito has attended the Spectator dinner. In 2008, Alito headlined the Spectator’s annual gala, helping to raise tens of thousands of dollars for the political magazine. According to Jay Homnick, a conservative who attended the 2008 Spectator gala, Alito spent much of his speech ripping then Vice President-elect Joe Biden as a serial plagiarizer.

As Alito entered the event last night, I approached the Justice and asked him why he thought it appropriate to attend a highly political fundraiser with the chairman of the Republican Party, given Alito’s position on the court. Alito appeared baffled, and replied, “it’s not important that I’m here.” “But,” I said, “you also helped headline this same event two years ago, obviously helping to raise political money as the keynote.” Alito replied curtly, “it’s not important,” before walking away from me.

After the gala, I again tried to approach Justice Alito — this time, with a video camera in hand — to ask him about the ethical issues raised by his right-wing political fundraising. Before I could come close to him, his security guards threatened me with arrest. Watch it:

Apparently, Alito is a regular [wingers delinked] benefactor for highly political conservative fundraisers. Last year, he headlined [wingers delinked] the fundraising dinner for the Intercollegiate Studies Institute (ISI) — the same corporate front that funded the rise of Republican dirty trickster James O’Keefe and anti-masturbation activist Christine O’Donnell. According to the sponsorship levels for the event, Alito helped ISI raise $70,000 or more… [emphasis added]

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It’s a sad say in US politics when a Supreme Court Justices like Scalito and Teabag Thomas feel free to flaunt their Republican activism equally on the bench and in their personal lives.  If only Harry Reid had not been too busy humping Republican legs to filibuster his nomination.  Scalito should be impeached, but that cannot happen before 2013.