Nothing scares me more than Supreme Court Justice...

Nothing scares me more than Supreme Court Justice Scalia using the example of 24 ‘s Jack Bauer to support his positions:

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. “Are you going to convict Jack Bauer?” Judge Scalia challenged his fellow judges.

Isn’t the presidential pardon a sufficient escape hatch for these one in a billion ticking time bomb hypotheticals?

Submitted by crazymonk on Tue, 06/19/2007 - 5:00am.

Comments (6)

scary stuff, cm. but not as outrageous after i read the article. a fellow panelist presented Jack Bauer as a hypothetical scenario, not scalia. i still don't agree with scalia; mr arar's lawyer shot him down pretty good. but it's interesting to think about. i especially liked the reporter ending the article by copying and pasting IMDB quotes from JB.

liam | Tue, 06/19/2007 - 7:39pm

There's a new book out written by one of the Guantanamo defense lawyers that looks interesting - can't remember name/title, was just reviewed in the Economist though. Anyway, the author's a staunch critic of the ticking bomb scenario, argues that the entire Kennedy administration was a 'ticking bomb era' and we never resorted to Jack Bauer tactics...

ODB | Wed, 06/20/2007 - 5:51am

CM/Flee: are you Vegas locals yet? Get any of these questions? http://vegasblog.latimes.com/vegas/2007/06/vegas_questions.html

ODB | Wed, 06/20/2007 - 5:54am

Wow, CM actually already commented on that. I would be disappointed to think that he and flea DON'T have restaurant recommendations for guests, though.

Lorelei | Wed, 06/20/2007 - 11:06am

I do. I have them in spades. But most of them aren't on the Strip.

crazymonk | Wed, 06/20/2007 - 11:09am

the only things i would add are:

8: people born in NV, in a freak of statistics, are an identical set to people who hold an elected or appointed office;
7: "I gamble a little"
6: we can get you free tickets to the largest sex club in the world
4: you can score with a stripper if you start with #6 and then co-write/transcribe her amorphous 'stripper with a heart of gold' screenplay.

flea | Thu, 06/21/2007 - 1:09am