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Justice Antonin Scalia, a leading conservative voice on the Supreme Court, is debating with the American Civil Liberties Union as the high court prepares to hear pivotal cases on race and abortion.

The sharp, intellectual, judicious mind of Antonin Scalia debating someone from the ACLU. Who drew the short straw?

Scalia was scheduled to appear with ACLU President Nadine Strossen in a one-hour televised discussion at the start of the group’s three-day conference, called “Stop the Abuse of Power, Stand up for Freedom.”

Why is the past tense used here? So he’s not schedule to do that now? Or did somebody back down? Where’s the information?

Though this AP piece does not say when on Sunday this is scheduled, it does say where.

Scalia, who has had a prickly relationship with the media, agreed to have C-SPAN televise Sunday’s event live – a more recent accommodation as the court begins to show more signs of openness under Roberts.

Now that’s a descriptive word, “prickly.” Rather odd to apply to a Supreme Court Justice. Especially the one who has talked frankly with the media more than any other. So that means either they misrepresent what he says and he’s not pleased with that, or his frank talk jabs their sensibilities too much.

Maybe it’s the media that have been “prickly.” Some of them are good at that.