Scalia apologizes for US Marshall's tape erasures

two reporters had recorded his speech at a high school and were ordered by US marshalls to erase their recordings.

it is good that scalia has apologizes, but as is pointed out in the article, the issue is the Marshall's behavior. this is a curtailment of the right to freedom of the press.

but they were carrying out orders according to scalia's own policy, so they were essentially "under orders" to make sure there were no recordings of scalia speeches.

he seriously needs to revise his "policy" -- especially because he is running around making speeches all the time, some of which demonstrate his biases. but maybe he keeps this policy to avoid having his words fall into the hands of attorneys who will call for his recusal in certain cases.

I think all speeches by justices can and must be recorded. the public should not be kept in the dark as to what the justices of our nation's highest court think and believe -- especially when they are telling these things to the nation's children.

but this is another example where scalia has the last word on the propriety of his own actions.