From Thinkprogress:
During a recent legal conference, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia defended television character Jack Bauer, the “maverick federal agent” who “routinely tortures terrorists.”
The conservative jurist stuck up for Agent Bauer, arguing that fictional or not, federal agents require latitude in times of great crisis. “Jack Bauer saved Los Angeles. … He saved hundreds of thousands of lives,” Judge Scalia said. Then, recalling Season 2, where the agent’s rough interrogation tactics saved California from a terrorist nuke, the Supreme Court judge etched a line in the sand.
“Are you going to convict Jack Bauer?” Judge Scalia challenged his fellow judges. “Say that criminal law is against him? ‘You have the right to a jury trial?’ Is any jury going to convict Jack Bauer? I don’t think so.
“So the question is really whether we believe in these absolutes. And ought we believe in these absolutes.”
Oh, man. We are in deep trouble if the Supreme Court's decisions are relied on a fictional T.V. character!
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It's sad when the Supreme Court Justice has to go so low as to use a TV character to justify torture.
Next we'll hear Harry Potter is running for office of the President. Voldemort is going to be Vice President. When the world applies the Bush policy of torture on American soldiers look for the out cry of injustice.
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