Supreme Court Justice Scalia Ticketed for Triggering 4 Car Fender-Bender
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WASHINGTON (AP/THE BLAZE) — Just because he‘s good on the bench doesn’t mean he’s good on the road.
U.S. Park Police ticketed Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia after a four-car fender-bender Tuesday along the George Washington Parkway. No one was injured in the accident, police said.
Justice Antonin Scalia
Scalia, 75, was driving his car to work at the time of the accident, court spokeswoman Kathy Arberg said. He was on the bench when the court’s morning session began about 10 a.m. EDT.
Police said Scalia was driving south on the parkway just before 9 a.m. when his car collided with a vehicle in front of him, triggering a chain reaction. The justice’s car was towed from the scene.
Park Police Sgt. David Schlosser said Scalia received a ticket for following too closely, The Washington Post reported. The justice can pay the $70 fine and $20 special assessment or contest the ticket in court, Schlosser said.
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Comments (77)
Gonzo
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 7:33amWe need to drive these guys around in armoured cars, we sure as heck can’t afford to loose one of the good ones while Obama is calling the shots.
Report Post »melmatmic
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 7:23amI wonder if the air bag went off. Oh, I forgot, she was making law in Wisconsin.
Report Post »RightUnite
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 6:54amThis is a non story.
Report Post »delhoghe
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 3:58am$70 + $20 , I’d probably pay $90 to see a 4 car fender-bender.
Report Post »joan k
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 12:57amHe needs to be very careful. We don’t want to lose one of the Conservative justices with Obama in office. God forbid we get another leftie…. it will tip the balance of the court!
Report Post »jim
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 12:45amAt least he drives his own car, and doesn’t fly around in his own federally funded jet.
Report Post »dawg of gawd
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 7:56amLike who?
Report Post »billypol
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 12:21amChain reaction? He probably should not have been the only one ticketed.
Even if he knocked the car in front of him into 2 other cars, THAT car would have been following too close also.
Or, if he was rear ended by the 2 cars behind him, they should also have been ticketed.
Too bad the article doesn’t state if more than one driver was ticketed or if his was the only one towed.
Report Post »He could have driven into a traffic stall and plowed into the back at a high speed, but fast enough to knock the first car into a chain reaction probably would have had him at the hospital at 10am instead of on the bench.
TRONINTHEMORNING
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 12:13amMy favorite SCJ. He’s humnan too. By the way, why is it that when libs on this site try to be funny; they are not at all; very cliche garbage and just gross. I think it’s a spiritual problem at its base. And very base, these libs are.
Report Post »TheRealElvis
Posted on March 29, 2011 at 11:28pmThis is the opportunity of a lifetime for an illegal immigrant. Sue, Sue, Sue! This is better than hitting the lottery. Lawyers will be lined up to take the case. He probably has enough insurance to choke a fat lawyer and then some. I smell at least 10 million out of it. It’s the American way. Lawyers sue when nobody even is hit. It’s how we do it now in America. No integrity. Just legal BS.
Report Post »PITMASTER
Posted on March 29, 2011 at 11:21pmHe swerved to miss hitting Joe Biden who was jaywalking. He said if he had it to over again, he would have hit Biden. When the cop asked why, Scalia told the officer, “well, you can fix a wrecked car, but you can’t fix stupid.”
Report Post »Stevie Scardone
Posted on March 29, 2011 at 11:10pmIn DC back 2000 I was in a crosswalk and a car screeched to a stop just inches from my legs. I looked up at the driver and it was judge Sooter. Obviously, proper driving skills are not a prerequisite to the SCOTUS.
Report Post »shagstar
Posted on March 29, 2011 at 10:59pma little accident and the sh@t hits the fan!!
Report Post »i friggin cannot stand liberals!
dawg of gawd
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 6:51amHave you seen Michelle Obama’s arms? Do you know she has a VEGETABLE garden! She actually says that kids should try to eat healthier. You have a right to hate anybody you want. Just hate the right people. (get it? duh huh duh huh duh huh)
Report Post »BetterDays
Posted on March 29, 2011 at 10:52pmReally? fellow justice Ruth Ginsberg was just a few car further ahead, Justice Scalia knew this because he saw her blue hair peaking just barley above the leather seat of her Bugatti veyron. He tried to text her on his blackberry, but she wouldn’t respond, More that likely because his text read ” wuzzz up liberal biochhhh?” Irritated at his being ignored he then decided to play bumper cars.
Report Post »Exrepublisheep
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 1:28amlol
Report Post »Lt_Taz
Posted on March 29, 2011 at 10:51pmSorry about your misfortune your honor, however I guess we are all just human.
Report Post »MightyMouth
Posted on March 29, 2011 at 10:47pmCan anyone produce Obama’s tickets? Check the ILL DMV someone… please.
Report Post »teachermitch32
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 12:43amDon’t think he had a DL for ILL cuz he could not produce a BC. Any more BS on the POTUS or the SCOTUS? Now I have to change my BVD’s.
Report Post »glennisright.com
Posted on March 29, 2011 at 10:44pmDidn’t Ted Kennedy get in a accident once? I’m sure he answered to the law like he was supposed to.
Report Post »HEARDENOUGHCRAP
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 1:03amI have to answer that one! Ted Kennedy NEVER answered for the murder of MaryJo or their unborn son. Kennedy has been lauded for his “humanitarian work”. He was a drunken, shameless, womanizing, murdering, piece of scum polluting the air of patriotic Americans. It was worse the the lepers of old…at least one could SEE their affliction, the big difference being, of course, THEY couldn’t help it. They were victims…..TK just MADE victims.. The jerk deserves to be on a pedestal…..right next to Adolf Hitler, and Sadam Hussein.
Report Post »Ashrak
Posted on March 29, 2011 at 10:24pmHow much you want to bet several lawsuits are already in the works?
Report Post »Myth
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 11:17amMakes me wonder from how many fronts conservatives are being attacked. Since the Left is obviously out to cause chaos, are they using accident scams too? Sooo glad he’s ok. 75 is nothing to sneeze at.
“Many car accidents are just insurance scams that consumers end up paying for through higher premiums.” statement is from Fraud Guide. http://www.fraudguides.com/auto_insurance_accident.asp
Report Post »AKMIIKEUS
Posted on March 29, 2011 at 10:23pmHe was probably texting Clarence Thomas’s wife.
Report Post »marine249
Posted on March 29, 2011 at 10:39pmshut up
Report Post »marine249
Posted on March 29, 2011 at 10:44pmAKMIIKGUS
Report Post »forgot to add you are just plain crude
UlyssesP
Posted on March 29, 2011 at 10:46pmNo, he was texting your mom about last night…
Report Post »BetterDays
Posted on March 29, 2011 at 10:54pmChuck off Farley, you’re not so bucking futch.
Report Post »hifi74
Posted on March 29, 2011 at 11:46pmWow you’re original. Grow up kid.
Report Post »Ron_WA
Posted on March 29, 2011 at 10:21pm“… liberty and justice for all.”
Report Post »Ron_WA
Posted on March 29, 2011 at 10:32pmHonestly, I think this is a good thing – it shows we’re all equal under the law & that no one is infallible.
Report Post »marine249
Posted on March 29, 2011 at 10:20pmbe a good judge pay the $75.00 +$20.00
and let the libs cry on msnbc
Report Post »GreenSicko
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 1:48amLet us be thankfull that he did not get hurt. that all we need is 3 Obama judges
Report Post »AKMIIKEUS
Posted on March 29, 2011 at 10:19pmThe Blaze must be desperate for news.
Report Post »Psychosis
Posted on March 29, 2011 at 10:43pmand your desperate for a friend
your looking in the wrong place troll
Report Post »dawg of gawd
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 7:51amyou’re . . . no charge.
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on March 29, 2011 at 10:18pmWay to go, Blue Gold! Congrats!
Report Post »You’re first “at the scene.” Now, tell me, sir, what happened?!
bluegoldnationdotcom
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 6:20amWell apparently making an appropriate internet meme towards a hard hitting news story such as this will get your post removed. I will need to remember that the next time they post a cat in the tree story.
I wasn’t on the scene of the accident and so I cannot report the damage but from all accounts it appears to be something that will be handled in traffic court, unless of course it makes it to Wisconsin and in that case it will probably result in an activist judge remanding his driver’s license.
Report Post »teddrunk
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 7:57amThere is no real law anymore in Wisconsin. The judges are corrupt, the law officers are corrupt. It will be Lincoln County NM or Dodge City circa 1879 here eventually.
Report Post »trolltrainer
Posted on March 29, 2011 at 10:17pmfirst AND second! I think that is a new record!
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on March 29, 2011 at 10:13pmHope he will pay it and not try to dodge it just like the congress members seem to love doing. Not to mention dodging responsibilities, taxes, and so many other things,
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on March 29, 2011 at 10:19pmI feel sure he will pay it. Not that big a deal. Not sure about the points on his driving record, though. Guess he could get them “court-ordered” off his record!
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on March 29, 2011 at 10:35pmShowtime:
If he has any respect for the law he adjucates then he would, if he choses to have the points removed, do it in the same manner as everyone else should.
Though if he does challenge the case in traffic court, could not the fact he is a Supreme Court Justice make ANY judge hearing the case in a quandry? He did get a citation from an officer of the law, and yet he is among the highest who deal with the law.
Interesting predicament if it comes to the case in court.
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on March 29, 2011 at 10:49pmMaybe he will fight this all the way to the Supreme Court. He would get at least one vote.
Report Post »82dAirborne
Posted on March 29, 2011 at 10:57pmI’ll take any bet that he will admit fault and pay the fine. Name another country on this planet where a member of the Supreme Court of the Land would even receive a ticket. Much less pay a fine. The officer should be proud for doing his/her duty. That couldn’t have been an easy ticket to write.
Report Post »sissykatz
Posted on March 29, 2011 at 10:12pmTake it to court Judge. lol
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on March 29, 2011 at 10:32pmMaybe he will.
Report Post »VanGrungy
Posted on March 29, 2011 at 10:35pmnow that’s classic court tv..
I’d buy that episode for a dollar… lol
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on March 29, 2011 at 10:41pmI see the next episode of Judge Judy.
“Judge Scalia took a hard turn to the right and caused a DC traffic jam. Harry Reid says he was busy shredding the constitution, Nancy was just putting on her make up. Obama swears the only driving he does is on the golf course. We are here to decide in Judge Judy’s court”
Report Post »Rational Man
Posted on March 29, 2011 at 10:41pmThis was obviously a malicious rightwing attempt to create chaos with heavy racist overtones. He is not fit to be a judge and should be disbarred immediately!!! We can’t stand for this kind of racist rightwing attack on social justice! There were union members involved in the horrific crash that claim he did it on purpose!! He is subverting the constitution and we will picket his house untill he steps down from the bench!!!!!!
WHOA!!!………………I gotta quit watching MSNBC……………..BRRRRRRR!!!!……………
Report Post »MODEL82A1
Posted on March 29, 2011 at 10:50pmAnyone going to take note that a (conservative) Supreme Court Justice does his own driving to and from work? How many high-level Liberal bureaucrats do their own driving? Scalia (bad driving indecent and all) knows he’s not Royalty, demanding to be chauffeured via limo, chopper and/or jet on Our dime everywhere he goes.
Report Post »HappyStretchedThin
Posted on March 29, 2011 at 10:52pmModel82,
Report Post »Wait. If they’re liberal, shouldn’t they be riding mass transit?
Showtime
Posted on March 29, 2011 at 10:54pmWonder if he’ll plead the Fifth?!
Report Post »redneck
Posted on March 29, 2011 at 11:11pmSEIU official observed Scalia in his review mirror and excitefully slammed on his breaks as a thrill ran up his leg.
Report Post »Stoic one
Posted on March 29, 2011 at 11:13pmI am glad no one was hurt.
Report Post »marine249
Posted on March 29, 2011 at 11:24pmREDNECK
you may be right
Report Post »or he got a tight feeling in butt because he saw the law on his tail
banjarmon
Posted on March 29, 2011 at 11:39pmCONGRESS RACKS UP $15,000 IN UNPAID PARKING TICKETS…
On the Drudgereport now…
Report Post »right-wing-waco
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 1:14amI agree, take it to court, the Supreme court.
Report Post »silentwatcher
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 1:33amHey,,,it’s ok for him.
Report Post »Mee the People
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 4:03amcel phone call or texting
Report Post »dawg of gawd
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 6:48amDui
Report Post »grandmaof5
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 8:16amAnd just because he has a fender doesn’t make him a bad driver either. Wonder where his Secret Service detail was? They may want to do the driving from now on.
Report Post »BlazingPatriot
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 9:45amYour U.S. Constitutional “Checks and Balances” at work.
Report Post »Libertyluvnmomma
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 9:47amWhy is Glenn so gross where alex jones is concerned?
What he did to the Charlie Sheen thing was sick Glenn is becoming a hypocrite- a corporate one.
http://www.youtube.com/user/TheAlexJonesChannel
Glenn after 8/28 and all your talk about God This is what you do. Credibility is down 65%
Report Post »You said Alex was licking charlie’s hemorrhoids? suggesting they are gay? what is wrong with you? I no longer believe you.
BlazingPatriot
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 9:53am@Libertyluvnmomma:
Report Post »Honey, I think you just might be on the wrong thread. lol
Cemoto78
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 9:57amWhere do I send the check to pay the fines for this OUTSTANDING Supreme Court Justice. I’m very thankful neither he nor anyone else was hurt. Also, if you need another car to get to work, Justice, I will give you mine as your job is more important right now than it has ever been.
Report Post »weeblewacker1
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 10:07amwonder if they did a breathalyzer on him?
Report Post »independentvoteril
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 3:07pmBad day huh??
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