Oh, Give Me A Fuckin Break

Gee, Scalito's wife bursts into tears because, well, shit, we just might like to know something of what legal direction Scalito will steer our country for the next 20,30 or 40 years. (As in, steer us merely "far-right" or "batshit-insane-your-privacy-and-individual-rights-dont-mean-shit-to-us-right").

In addition to all the several/many reasons I could care less why her boo-hooing at the confirmation hearings is considered newsworthy -

has anyone mentioned that, in addition to becoming one of the grand Viziers of our nations judicial branch, there is a nice potential pay raise in store for Scalito?

Another reason Alito is a fan of the Constitution: It prohibits Congress from cutting judicial salaries, in Alito's case $175,100 as a federal appeals court judge - an amount that Alito said he and his family have managed to get by on "up to this point."

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Alito's current salary is nearly four times the median household income for the nation in 2004 and nearly three times the median income in Newark, N.J., the metropolitan area where he lives. It's also $9,900 more than what members of Congress make. As a Supreme Court justice, Alito would be paid $203,000.

Shit, for that kind of money, I'd expect, no DEMAND that congress voir dire Scalito to the point that not only does his wife cry, but also his mother, grandmother, siblings and fourth cousins all burst in to a fit of weeping and gnashing of teeth.