Happens To All Of Us Department: He's a real traffic stopper: Supreme Court Justice Scalia ticketed for causing four-car accident

By Kimberly Atkins The Daily Record Newswire A funny thing happened to Justice Antonin Scalia on his way to the Supreme Court Tuesday. The Court's most senior associate justice was ticketed for causing a four-car accident at the height of rush hour on the George Washington Parkway just outside of Washington. At about 9 a.m., Scalia was driving his shiny black BMW from his Northern Virginia home en route to the Court. According to media reports, Scalia rear-ended another car, which may have been stopped on the highway. ''It slammed into the car in front of his, which pushed the other two forward,'' former NBC reporter Brooke Salkoff - who saw the whole thing go down - told The Washington Post. Salkoff said she recognized the justice as she rolled by the accident scene. Everyone walked away without a scratch, but Scalia's car had to be towed, and he was given a $70 ticket by U.S. Park Police. He can appeal the citation, although Park Police spokesman David Schlosser quipped to The Los Angeles Times: ''He probably hasn't a clue how to contest a traffic ticket.'' Scalia made it to the Court in time for 10 a.m. oral arguments in the much-anticipated case of Wal-Mart Stores v. Dukes. But for the entire first half of oral arguments Tuesday in the case, the normally loquacious Scalia didn't utter a word. Published: Mon, Apr 4, 2011