Posted on 07/02/2013 11:41:27 AM PDT by drewh
Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan told a crowd at the Aspen Ideas Festival that fellow Justice Antonin Scalia took her "big-game hunting," boasting that she had bagged a deer on the trip. "I shoot birds with him two or three times a year now," Kagan said. "At the end of last year we had been bird shooting 4 or 5 times ... he said to me, 'It's time for big-game hunting.' We actually went out to Wyoming this past fall to shoot deer and antelope, and we did ... I shot myself a deer."
Kagan said she began hunting with Scalia to fulfill a promise she made during her confirmation process, during which she fielded questions about her views on the Second Amendment.
"Quite a lot of [lawmakers], both Republicans and Democrats, ask about your view on the Second Amendment. ... They'll say, 'Have you ever held a gun?' " Kagan said. "I grew up on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, and this was not something we really did." Kagan said she promised one lawmaker that if she was "lucky enough to be confirmed," she would ask Scalia to take her hunting. "He thought it was hilarious, he thought it was a total crackup," Kagan said of Scalia's response when she attempted to fulfill the promise.
The Supreme Court justice, who just wrapped up one of the more contentious terms, with high-profile cases on the Voting Rights Act and same-sex marriage, admitted that following a grueling session, justices "might need a vacation from one another." But she said her hunting trips with Scalia were indicative of how the justices respected one another despite ideological differences.
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hehe
Riskin at Lincoln Square.
too bad she didn’t go hunting with Dick Cheney!
How was I pushing my religion?
About the former I have no knowledge. However, hunting is generally forbidden. Why? Because for an animal to be kosher it must not only be of the right type (e.g. not a pig), but it must be slaughterd in a kosher manner and you must also be certain that it isn't diseased. Obviously, if one's life is at stake one can hunt (even pigs) and eat whatever you shoot...but that's not what we're talking about here.
Concur with your post.
#37 for a bit more color
Please forgive my ignorance. What did Jewish people do for meat before there weren't butchers in every village?
Who knew the Second Amendment was about hunting?
Apparently Kagen thinks so.
Well said, I’m sure Kagan had no idea what a pleasure it was!
Her biggest fraud is pretending to be a female....
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