Slog - Comments on Every Child Deserves a Mother and a Father--Supreme Court Edition! http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/every_child_deserves_a_mother_and_a_fath_8 Scalia daughter pleads to DUI charge The daughter of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia was sentenced to 18 months of court supervision after pleading guilty to drunken driving. Ann S. Banaszewski, 45, of Wheaton, on Wednesday accepted a plea agreement under which prosecutors dropped four other charges including endangering the life of a child and failure to secure a child younger than eight in a child-restraint system. She was arrested Feb. 12 while driving away from a fast-food restaurant in Wheaton, 20 miles west of Chicago. Three of her children were inside her 1996 Ford van when someone called... Copyright 2008 Thu, 31 May 2007 15:20:17 -0800 Tue, 12 Jun 2007 11:56:42 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Papayas I was feeling so depressed today bc of my shitty new hairstyle and the USSC decison about gender discrimination and pay inequity.

This has made me feel so much better. However, it is not quite justice. If she wasn't the daughter of the biggest conservative, racist, homophobic, classist, sexist person on the Court she may have gotten her kids taken away.

]]> Papayas http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/every_child_deserves_a_mother_and_a_fath_8#c732322 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/every_child_deserves_a_mother_and_a_fath_8#c732322 Hetero Thu, 31 May 2007 18:02:17 -0800 Comment by east coaster Sporflehehehe.

Good one, Dan :)

]]> east coaster http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/every_child_deserves_a_mother_and_a_fath_8#c732329 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/every_child_deserves_a_mother_and_a_fath_8#c732329 Hetero Thu, 31 May 2007 18:09:36 -0800 Comment by Josh While I agree that she should've gotten punished more harshly...why the heck is it illegal to fail to secure a child younger than eight in a child-restraint system? How many 7 year olds do you know who will consent to sitting in a car seat?

]]> Josh http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/every_child_deserves_a_mother_and_a_fath_8#c732369 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/every_child_deserves_a_mother_and_a_fath_8#c732369 Hetero Thu, 31 May 2007 19:48:50 -0800 Comment by Colleen A child restraint system is the generic term they use for whatever is appropriate for your aged kid- either 5 point car seat backwards for infants, forwards for babies, and boosters until 40ish pounds or seatbelts until adulthood. So- all of them.

]]> Colleen http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/every_child_deserves_a_mother_and_a_fath_8#c732400 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/every_child_deserves_a_mother_and_a_fath_8#c732400 Hetero Thu, 31 May 2007 21:43:49 -0800 Comment by Gloria Uh, kids don't consent to all kinds of stuff -- vaccination shots, sitting in car seats, wearing bike helmets. That's what parents are there for.

]]> Gloria http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/every_child_deserves_a_mother_and_a_fath_8#c732529 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/every_child_deserves_a_mother_and_a_fath_8#c732529 Hetero Fri, 01 Jun 2007 04:16:12 -0800 Comment by Acolyte what is Scalia's daughter doing driving around in a '96 Ford Van anyway???

]]> Acolyte http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/every_child_deserves_a_mother_and_a_fath_8#c732623 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/every_child_deserves_a_mother_and_a_fath_8#c732623 Hetero Fri, 01 Jun 2007 10:22:31 -0800 Comment by 2 Lesbian Moms BWAHHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAH.... stupid bitch.

]]> 2 Lesbian Moms http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/every_child_deserves_a_mother_and_a_fath_8#c732761 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/every_child_deserves_a_mother_and_a_fath_8#c732761 Hetero Fri, 01 Jun 2007 13:18:54 -0800 Comment by Red State Blues If I was Antonin Scalia's daughter I would probably be a drunk too. If his fathering is anything like his public persona, he must be a nightmare. You just can't be too suprised about this incident.

]]> Red State Blues http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/every_child_deserves_a_mother_and_a_fath_8#c732786 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/every_child_deserves_a_mother_and_a_fath_8#c732786 Hetero Fri, 01 Jun 2007 13:48:32 -0800 Comment by Greg Go figure... Those republican bible-beating drunk drivers in Wheaton finally get their come-uppance. Bet she was also talking on her cell phone and listening to Rush Limbaugh on the radio.

Wonder if she was buddies with County Prosecutor Jane Radostits...

"WHEATON, Ill. -- A county prosecutor had a blood alcohol level three times the legal limit, was driving at nearly twice the posted speed and apparently was talking on her cell phone moments before she was fatally injured in a head-on crash, according to a 33-page report issued by the DuPage County Sheriff's Department.

The report released Friday also indicated that Assistant State's Attorney Jane Radostits, 46, of Homer Glen, was apparently not wearing her seat belt when her county-issued car collided with an oncoming SUV near Winfield on May 11. The mid-afternoon crash seriously injured the SUV driver and damaged two other vehicles, police said." [ChicagoTribune.com]

The icing:

* "A week after the crash, DuPage County State's Attorney Joseph Birkett revealed that Radostits' blood alcohol content was .25 percent, or three times the legal level of intoxication. The new report confirmed that finding, and said she was driving at 81 to 85 mph in a 45 mph zone at the time of the crash."

* "'This is about as egregious as it gets,' Stefanowicz said. 'My client was injured due to the arrogance of the DuPage County state's attorney's office.

'It's appalling that office, which has been quoted in the past as stating that driving intoxicated is an intentional act and never just a mistake, could be so brazen.' "

]]> Greg http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/every_child_deserves_a_mother_and_a_fath_8#c732929 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/every_child_deserves_a_mother_and_a_fath_8#c732929 Hetero Fri, 01 Jun 2007 22:21:31 -0800 Comment by tuiomqh lhkeiyrax qnfd pkybtg xlwkn dyat eobvfugc slpbixjh cuhmgez

]]> tuiomqh lhkeiyrax http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/every_child_deserves_a_mother_and_a_fath_8#c735851 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/every_child_deserves_a_mother_and_a_fath_8#c735851 Hetero Tue, 05 Jun 2007 21:49:25 -0800 Comment by ryizbcxea ntfxudr taojedu yzrfhtmso oxrybikn xuzsn zpoxml cpqdko pwrauc http://www.ngjxmdwe.ukjdchtr.com

]]> ryizbcxea ntfxudr http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/every_child_deserves_a_mother_and_a_fath_8#c735852 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/every_child_deserves_a_mother_and_a_fath_8#c735852 Hetero Tue, 05 Jun 2007 21:50:07 -0800 Comment by Bill MSN I NIIPET
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