Do not Pringle-ize Moore, part two.

JUSTICE SCALIA: So any Federal employee can go crashing around conducting searches and seizures?

MR. McCULLOUGH [Virginia Dep. Solicitor General]: So long --

JUSTICE SCALIA: So long as he has probable cause?

MR. McCULLOUGH: That's correct.

JUSTICE SCALIA: That's fantastic.

(Laughter.)

JUSTICE SCALIA: Do you really think that?

MR. McCULLOUGH: I think if there is State action, it doesn't matter that you're wearing a badge or

that you've gone through the police academy.

JUSTICE SCALIA: Or that you are an administrative law judge at the, you know, Bureau of

Customs? It doesn't matter?

MR. McCULLOUGH: I think that's right. That if you have -- if the State --

JUSTICE SCALIA: What about a janitor? You're a janitor, a federally employed janitor.

MR. McCULLOUGH: Your Honor --

JUSTICE SCALIA: His neighbor is growing marijuana, and he's just as offended as a Supreme Court Justice would be. Can he conduct a search?

MR. McCULLOUGH: I think if he's doing it on behalf of the State, the answer is yes.

JUSTICE SCALIA: Wow.

Although Justice Scalia would not be on the bench if I had my choice, kudos to him for the above-quoted part of the oral argument.

Once again, do not Pringle-ize Moore.