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Scalia on Obama: 'What can he do to me?'
Comments (135) By KENNETH P. VOGEL | 7/29/12 10:29 AM EDT
Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia on Sunday said he did not view it as a threat when President Barack Obama in April predicted his signature healthcare overhaul will be upheld because it should be upheld and that anything less would constitute judicial activism by the high court.
Scalia conceded in an appearance on "Fox News Sunday" that Obamas forceful comments on a pending Supreme Court case were unusual, but as I say I dont criticize the president publicly. And he normally doesnt criticize me.
But when host Chris Wallace pressed, asking whether Scalia, who in June sided with a minority seeking to overturn the law, felt any pressure as a result of that to vote a certain way, Scalia laughed.
No. What can he do to me? Or to any of us? the justice responded. We have life tenure. And we have it precisely so that we will not be influenced by politics, by threats from anybody.
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