Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia goes fishing

Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia was in Portland the other day for a speaking engagement. I wonder if anyone attended? I hope not. While he was here, he went fishing on the Clackamas River. There was a picture of him in the Metro section of “The Oregonian” holding a big salmon he allegedly caught, even though the state advises against pulling wild salmon out of the water. He had hooked a wild Chinook which is listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. It’s ok to catch wild salmon as long as you release them. And to take a picture, you would have to hold the fish right next to the water for only a few seconds and then release it which obviously was not done in this case. How dare Scalia come out here and flaunt our game laws, or any laws for that matter. He’s one of the men who just passed the new abortion bill with no problem at all, and now he comes out here and thumbs his nose at our laws.

Looking at his picture and seeing the stupid grin on his face, I think there’s something that could have made an even better picture. He could have brought his friend Dick Cheney along on the trip and maybe Dick could have shot someone while they were in the boat . . . possibly another fisherman. Then Dick could have cradled him in his arms alongside Scalia for a sort of group photo. And then, hopefully, someone would have made a citizen’s arrest.