What do Jessica McBride and Justice Antonin Scalia have in common? Judicial philosophy? Intellectual curiosity? A love of Cuban cigars?No, it's a wish that television's fictional Jack Bauer were in charge of Homeland Security.
"Jack Bauer saved Los Angeles. ... He saved hundreds of thousands of lives," Judge Scalia said at a conference where Bauer's fictional exploits were the topic. Story.
Then there's McBride, who wrote:
One suspects that if [Bauer had] been at the controls before 9/11, the attacks might have been stopped.They both acknowledge that Bauer is fictional. But they both wish he weren't.
At least McBride's not likely to end up on the Supreme Court.
