Scalia: Absurd To Say We Can’t Torture

Posted by | February 12, 2008 18:58 | Filed under: Top Stories


At Think Progress, with audio.

SCALIA: Seems to me you have to say, as unlikely as that is, it would be absurd to say that you can’t stick something under the fingernails, smack them in the face. It would be absurd to say that you couldn’t do that. And once you acknowledge that, we’re into a different game. How close does the threat have to be and how severe can an infliction of pain be?

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