Now I have always considered Justice Antonin Scalia  to be a sociopathic fascist.  But is he now suffering from dementia as well?

Antonin Scalia’s Blunder Is Unprecedented, Legal Experts Say

Justice Antonin Scalia’s factual error in a dissenting opinion Tuesday has become the talk of the legal community as experts puzzle over the extraordinary nature of the Reagan-appointed justice’s blunder, which the Supreme Court quietly corrected as of Wednesday morning.

It’s common for the Supreme Court to make typographical corrections and insubstantial edits to a decision after its release. But it’s exceedingly rare to see a factual error that helps form the basis for an opinion. Legal experts say Scalia’s mistake appears to be wholly unprecedented in that it involves a justice flatly misstating core facts from one of his own prior opinions. (bold is mine, RB)

Is there a precedent for Supreme Court Justices becoming mentally impaired?  I can’t think of any.  I must admit I have never agreed with any of Scalia’s opinions but the idea that his mind may not be firing on all cylinders is really scary.