What in the world?! But, it’s true! U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia is scheduled to be a guest tonight on CNN’s “Piers Morgan Tonight.”
Even in dissent, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia stirs controversy: http://t.co/1EMR62po (Scalia will be on @PiersTonight 9 p.m. ET)
— CNN (@CNN) July 18, 2012
Exclusive tonight, a face to face, @piersmorgan interview w/ Justice Antonin #Scalia http://t.co/JTFUPJtI #CNN 9p
— Piers Morgan Live (@PiersMorganLive) July 18, 2012
Piers Morgan had teased it this morning.
Heading to the Supreme Court today to interview Justice Antonin Scalia. What would YOU ask arguably America's most influential lawyer?
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) July 18, 2012
The Twittersphere didn’t quite know what to do with this baffling information. Heads hurt!
RT @davidhauptmann: Seriously? RT @DanFosterNRO: Say wha? RT @samsteinhp: Antonin Scalia on Piers Morgan tonight
— Philip Klein (@philipaklein) July 18, 2012
@DanFosterNRO Sure it's not Antonin Scalia, some opera singer?
— Philip Klein (@philipaklein) July 18, 2012
Once the surreal news sunk in, people started thinking that it will be must-see television.
I may actually DVR this. MT @aburnspolitico: "Tonight at 9 p.m., 'Piers Morgan Tonight' sits down with Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia"
— Charlie Meisch (@CharlieMeisch) July 18, 2012
This will either be fascinating or terrible. No mid ground. RT @TPM Justice Scalia to appear on Piers Morgan Wednesday: http://t.co/OCffSZtG
— Flound the Curve (@FloundOfPesh) July 18, 2012
https://twitter.com/jonathanwald/status/225586623973310464
Of course, the usual suspects had to slam Justice Scalia.
Why doesn't Scalia quit pretending to be a Supreme Court Justice and just run for Congress, already?
— Markos Moulitsas (@markos) July 18, 2012
https://twitter.com/SrCal/status/225676169104732160
Sigh. We are just surprised there have been no vile slurs or death wishes hurled yet again.
Good talk with @piersmorgan yesterday in prep for his interview with Justice Scalia tonight. Shld be great. Tonight @CNN at 9 pm edt.
— Jeffrey Toobin (@JeffreyToobin) July 18, 2012
Oh, dear. Jeffrey “partisan hack” Toobin prepping. This should be good, if Piers followed Toobin’s hackish advice. Scalia will have him for dinner!
.@PiersMorgan is good at silly rhetorical mockery that sounds good but has no substance to it… Scalia will eat him alive.
— ¡El Sooopèrr! ن c137 (@SooperMexican) July 18, 2012
See? That Twitter user agrees. If Piers’ history is any indication, Scalia could do this interview half asleep and still pin Piers to the intellectual mat. We wonder if Piers Morgan considers this interview “a battle,” like he did his interview with NRO’s Jonah Goldberg? No bias there!
No CNN-related news is complete without a snap at CNN’s erroneous reporting of the Supreme Court’s Obamacare decision.
Scalia appearing on CNN with Piers Morgan. He wanted to be on one of the channels where Obamacare got overturned.
— Eric Kleefeld (@EricKleefeld) July 18, 2012
Anyway, no hidden conspiracy theories here. Justice Scalia has written a book and, like most who write books, must hit the media to promote it.
Scalia Plans Media Blitz http://t.co/KclrVQZS
— MAHMOUD ASHOUR (@masrawy25jan) July 18, 2012
Still, Twitter users are thankful for the invention of the DVR tonight!
@piersmorgan When does Scalia interview air? Tonight? DVR alert. He's gonna eat you alive 😉
— Jeff Schroeffel (@capdc) July 18, 2012
Hubby set DVR already! "@MegMcPartland: Tonight: @piersmorgan Intv w/ Justice Scalia. rare look behind scenes at Supreme Court. 9pm #CNN"
— shimrit sheetrit (@ShimritS) July 18, 2012
Whoa! Scalia on @PiersMorgan tonight on @CNN! DVR:engage!
— Matthew DesOrmeaux ⚜ (@authoridad) July 18, 2012
Twitchy will, of course, have all the latest from the interview when it airs. Stay tuned!
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