Does Scalia Think Clarence Thomas is a Nutter?

—By Stephanie Mencimer

| Fri Sep. 28, 2007 10:48 AM PDT

In his new book on the Supreme Court, The Nine, Jeffrey Toobin apparently claims that Justice Antonin Scalia called his conservative colleague a "nut" in a public speech. While we can't really blame Scalia if he did, not everyone agrees with Toobin's analysis. Read more about it here.

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