It Took Them A While, And The NY Times Hopes You Stop Reading

The New York Times is still indignant that Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia went duck hunting with Vice President Dick Cheney, when a case involving Cheney is before the court.

Until forced to, the Times elected to overlook Justice Ruth Bader-Ginsburg's schmoozing with the National Organization for Women, which also has a case pending.

The Times' headline and most of the editorial roasts Scalia. You have to more than two-thirds of the way into the editorial before you find this modest paragraph.

"This problem is not Justice Scalia's alone. On the other side of the court's ideological spectrum, as another L.A. Times article noted, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg maintains involvement in a lecture series named for her that is co-sponsored by New York City's bar association and the NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund, which frequently participates in Supreme Court cases. Justice Ginsburg is relatively circumspect in her public remarks, but it's still unwise for her to retain an ongoing affiliation with such an active advocacy and litigation group."