Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia was ticketed after police found he caused a four-car accident on his way to work, Tuesday.
The Washington Post's Reliable Source column found a witness who was on the George Washington Parkway when the accident occured:
US Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonin Scalia participates in the courts official photo session on October 8, 2010.
US Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonin Scalia participates in the courts official photo session on October 8, 2010.
The former NBC reporter told us she was just behind Scalia's vehicle, a shiny black BMW in the left lane. "It slammed into the car in front of his, which pushed the other two forward," and caused them all to skew into the right lane, she said.
According to the piece, Scalia was wearing a dress shirt with no jacket but with an "unknotted bowtie hanging around his neck." If you're wondering, Scalia doesn't have to drive himself during the day, reports Above The Law. The justice has a chambers assistant who can drive him but Scalia prefers to drive himself between the court and his home in McLean, Virginia.
The incident occured at 9 a.m. Tuesday but Scalia made it on time for a hearing in a Wal-Mart gender discrimination case that's gotten a ton of attention. SCOTUS Blog reports Scalia even got in the word "whipsawed" into a question. He was referring to the fact that he was confused by the logic the lawyers suing Wal-Mart were using.
The Los Angeles Times reports Scalia was given a $70 fine for following too closely:
The justice, in his 25th year on the nation's highest court, can appeal the fine to a U.S. magistrate if he chooses, according to a Park Police spokesman, while acknowledging that was unlikely.
"He probably hasn't a clue how to contest a traffic ticket," David Schlosser, the spokesman, joked.
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