Flutterby™! : Pot & the Pledge

Two notes from the Supremes. Yesterday, they left in place a ruling that struck down attempts to revoke the licenses of doctors who discuss marijuana with their patients, and today we learn that the man who said:

"Indeed, it seems to me that the more Christian a country is, the less likely it is to regard the death penalty as immoral. Abolition has taken its firmest hold in post-Christian Europe and has least support in the church-going United States. I attribute that to the fact that for the believing Christian, death is no big deal."

(thanks to David Chess for the pointer) Has removed himself from the U.S. Supreme Court hearing the challenge to the Pledge of Allegiance. My estimation of Justice Scalia just went up. Still close to epsilon, but it's up.