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SCALIA: I?ve got better things to do than attend the State Of The Union. UPDATE: A reader email?

By Glenn Reynolds

SCALIA: I’ve got better things to do than attend the State Of The Union.

UPDATE: A reader emails: “If I were more conspiratorial and Islamaphobic, the ‘five pillars’ mention with regards to the SOTU speech would send me on a You Tube bender. But I’m well adjusted, so I just going to get back to work.” Well, good.

ANOTHER UPDATE: Regulatory Adventurism:

Usually, the opposition attempt to frame the State of the Union speech comes after the President gives it in the official response, but Senator James Inhofe (R-OK) decided to get a head start. Barack Obama is widely expected to call for a consensus approach to governance with the House controlled by Republicans, but Inhofe gently reminds America that Obama hasn?t tried that approach on regulatory adventurism. Inhofe delivers what could be called a State of the Bureaucracy address, and asks Obama to get back to balance by reining in his EPA.

More at the link.

Full post as published by Instapundit.com on January 25, 2011 (boomark / email).