Scalia Is Everywhere -- Even as a Bobblehead

Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia is everywhere these days �- speaking on C-SPAN, flying off to conferences, and, coming soon, appearing as his very own bobblehead doll.

The Scalia doll is the latest in a series of highly prized, limited-edition dolls created by [The] Green Bag, the irreverent law review published at George Mason University School of Law.

Lately, Scalia has been making an unusual number of public appearances and speeches.

So why is Scalia doing all this public speaking? Friends say it is not a campaign for higher office -- namely, the position of chief justice, should Rehnquist leave the post. But they offer few alternative theories. . .

[One] possibility is that all the commentary suggesting he rubs people -- including fellow justices -- the wrong way is getting to him. One unfriendly theory about why Bush might appoint Scalia as chief justice is that it would have a bench-clearing effect -- leading numerous other justices to resign rather than work under Scalia's leadership, and giving Bush more seats to fill. "As much as I love him, he's not good in the sandbox," said Cardozo School of Law professor Marci Hamilton of Scalia at a recent conference.

Details here from Tony Mauro of Legal Times via Law.com.