Scalia'ed

Here is an example why we here at TKM love Justice Antonin Scalia. Stephen Spruiell reports that Texas Democrats are unlikely to find relief from SCOTUS on Texa re-districting.

There was a tense moment during the oral arguments when Justice Scalia, who disagrees with the idea that courts should get involved in these partisan redistricting cases, challenged Perales on this double-standard. Near the end of her allotted time, Perales said that upholding the Texas redistricting plan would give states "free rein to use race to manipulate outcomes."

"Of course you want to use race to manipulate outcomes," Scalia replied. "Just sometimes."

Priceless.