Apparently Scalia Doesn't Hold the Government in Very High Regard These Days

Does the federal government do pointless things? That's what Justice Scalia seems to think.

Is it the law that the state of Virginia cannot do anything that’s pointless? Only the federal government can do stuff that’s pointless?

— Justice Antonin Scalia, commenting during oral arguments in McBurney v. Young on a Virginia FOIA law that favors requests from state residents.

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