"B*tch Probably Had It Coming"

Sorry for the title, but few people get my ire up more than Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. Remember that this is the guy, a Catholic Opus Dei guy, whom the GOP and the GOPriests point to as a model Justice. This is the type of Justice that they insist Presidential Candidates promise to appoint.

Apparently Antonin's Bible tells him to "spare the rod and spoil the wifey".

Here’s the background: In 1994 Randy Hayes was convicted in West Virginia of putting the beat-down on his then-wife (and Mother of his child). That domestic violence offense was considered a misdemeanor by West Virginia at that time.

In 2005 when police were called to his house for another domestic violence incident, they discovered that he was in possession of several shotguns. He was charged and convicted of violating a federal law that prohibits people convicted of misdemeanor domestic violence assaults from possessing firearms.

He challenged the conviction, claiming that the 1994 crime did not fall under the offenses covered by the federal firearm law.

His case was argued before the Supreme Court last week. And in a nutshell, Justice Scalia sided with the wife-beater because, well, he wasn’t such a bad guy. I mean, it was nothing a nice pair of sunglasses wouldn’t cover up.

Seriously. Here’s Scalia grilling the Government lawyer who was arguing in favor of the conviction:

MS. SAHARSKY: a person who has committed a serious violent offense like Respondent's previous offense in this case should be on notice that his possession of firearms might be regulated.
JUSTICE SCALIA: What -- a serious violent offense. Are there -- is there felony assault and battery?
MS. SAHARSKY: Yes.
JUSTICE SCALIA: And this was misdemeanor assault and battery, wasn't it?
MS. SAHARSKY: Yes, that's right. I mean, I really -
JUSTICE SCALIA: So it's not that serious an offense. That's why we call it a misdemeanor.
MS. SAHARSKY: Well, I mean, certainly the offense is this particular case was serious. The charging document reflects that Respondent hit his wife all around the face until it swelled out, kicked her all around her body, kicked here in the ribs -
JUSTICE SCALIA: Then he should have been charged with a felony, but he wasn't. He was charged with a misdemeanor.

Unbelievable. This is the Justice who thinks torturing suspected terrorists is fine. But trying to take a gun away from a good ol' boy just because he had to "correct" his woman? That's were Nino draws the line.