LETTERS IV: SCALIA SHOULD RECUSE HIMSELF

Finally for now, Charles Goodsill has been writing me for the past few weeks in an attempt to get me to post something on Scalia, duck-hunting, and recusal. Charles is for recusal. He points to this LA Times story about another hunting trip, and this NYT editorial.

I'm undecided on the issue, to be honest, but I think that Justice Scalia would have an easier time arguing that his impartiality can't "reasonably be questioned" if he didn't revel in creating a contentious public persona for himself.

I can imagine very well what would happen if I attempted to answer student complaints about my grading procedures by saying, "hey, my grading procedures are beyond reproach, D, D, F, F, good night."