Antonin Scalia has been catching it for the blithe inconsistency of the reasoning he exhibited last week in two high-profile Supreme Court rulings. Dissenting from the court's 5-4 decision to strike down the federal Defense of Marriage Act, Scalia accused the majority of "legalistic argle-bargle," which Eric Zorn would explain is a kissing cousin to "crinkie-winkie," and which I bet Scalia used for the satisfaction of knowing Justice Anthony Kennedy, who wrote the majority opinion, would have to look it up to find out how insulted he should feel.…
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