RECUSE THYSELF

Up until to now, we have chosen not to weigh in on the demands for Justice Scalia's recusal in Cheney v. U.S. District Court. Those demands are so frivolous, and the media-manufactured "controversy" so transparently political, that we saw nothing to add to the Justice's own typically irrefutable arguments. Kudos, therefore, to William Safire for being the first commentator to offer an intelligent criticism (second item) of Justice Scalia's opinion.