Ya Gotta Love Judge Scalia
Supreme Court Justice Scalia is an outspoken judge and a very Constitutional supporting judge, which sometimes get him trouble with the looney left. But he also is a judge that follows the Constitution as he should, and expects our laws and Gov't to follow it too. This is evident in his answers in his recent debate against the ACLU.
Whether it is abortion, affirmative action in college admissions, flag burning, the Ten Commandments being displayed on public lands or the seizer of private lands, all must abide by our Constitution. And Justice Scalia is a great example of a judge that looks to the Constitution as the source for determining the legality of these types of issues, not foreign laws or public opinion. The Supreme Court needs more Scalias, hell the whole Federal Court systems needs to be full of Scalias! Then this country could run the way our Founding Fathers set it up to run, not as a 'feel good' society, but as a structured society in which people's God given rights are respected and the Gov't is held accountable to following the Constitution as written.
I wonder if we can clone Scalia?
Mr Minority
Justice Antonin Scalia on Sunday defended some of his Supreme Court opinions, arguing that nothing in the Constitution supports abortion rights and the use of race in school admissions.
Scalia, a leading conservative voice on the high court, sparred in a one-hour televised debate with American Civil Liberties Union president Nadine Strossen. He said unelected judges have no place deciding politically charged questions when the Constitution is silent on those issues.
Arguing that liberal judges in the past improperly established new political rights such as abortion, Scalia warned, "Someday, you're going to get a very conservative Supreme Court and regret that approach."
"On controversial issues on stuff like homosexual rights, abortion, we debate with each other and persuade each other and vote on it either through representatives or a constitutional amendment," the Reagan appointee said.
"Whether it's good or bad is not my job. My job is simply to say if those things you find desirable are contained in the Constitution," he said.
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"There are some rights that are so fundamental that no majority can take them away from any minority, no matter how small or unpopular that minority might be," she said. "And who is better positioned to represent and defend and be the ultimate backstop for rights of individuals and minorities than those who are not directly accountable in the electoral process _ namely federal judges?"
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"The Constitution very clearly forbids discrimination on the basis of race," Scalia said in response to a question by moderator Pete Williams of NBC. "It doesn't seem to me to allow Michigan to say we think it's good to discriminate on the basis of race when you want to make sure everyone is exposed to different backgrounds. We cannot use race as the test of diversity."
Whether it is abortion, affirmative action in college admissions, flag burning, the Ten Commandments being displayed on public lands or the seizer of private lands, all must abide by our Constitution. And Justice Scalia is a great example of a judge that looks to the Constitution as the source for determining the legality of these types of issues, not foreign laws or public opinion. The Supreme Court needs more Scalias, hell the whole Federal Court systems needs to be full of Scalias! Then this country could run the way our Founding Fathers set it up to run, not as a 'feel good' society, but as a structured society in which people's God given rights are respected and the Gov't is held accountable to following the Constitution as written.
I wonder if we can clone Scalia?
Mr Minority
