Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia rejected the notion that US courts have any control over the actions of American troops at Guantanamo Bay, argued that torture of terror detainees is not banned under the US Constitution and insisted that the high court has no obligation to act as a moral beacon for other nations.[...]
Scalia said it was "extraordinary" to suggest that the 8th Amendment, which prohibits the government from engaging in "cruel and unusual punishment," could be applied to the actions of US interrogators questioning foreign subjects detained overseas.
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Scalia suggested that it would be inappropriate for the court to deliberately outlaw certain tactics, such as waterboarding.
And surely he would have trouble acting as a moral beacon with that attitude.
Does this guy have any health problems that might get him off the bench?
....but hey, do what you want....you will anyway.
Update: Scaglia today has made WaterTiger lose her cool.
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