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In January 2004, Scalia spent time duck hunting with Vice President [[Dick Cheney]] at a private camp (guests of Wallace Carline, owner of [[Diamond Services]] in Amelia, St. Mary Parish,[http://www.livejournal.com/users/libertango/77518.html]) in southern Louisiana (reportedly travelling on Air Force 2[http://www.livejournal.com/users/libertango/77518.html]) just three weeks after the court agreed to take up the vice president's appeal in lawsuits over his handling of the Vice President [[administrationCheney's energy task forceEnergy Task Force]]. [http://truthout.org/docs_04/012004I.shtml],[http://www.latimes.com/la-na-ducks17jan17,1,4125220,print.story]
*While Scalia and Cheney are avid hunters and longtime friends, several experts in legal ethics questioned the timing of their trip and said it raised doubts about Scalia's ability to judge the case impartially.
*But Scalia rejected that concern, saying, "I do not think my impartiality could reasonably be questioned."
