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Antonin Scalia
Antonin Scalia
American Judge
Born: Mar 11, 1936
Constitution Good Law People Will You
Related authors: Clarence Thomas John Roberts Maryanne Trump Barry Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. Ruth Bader Ginsburg Sonia Sotomayor Thurgood Marshall
Society's mores have changed, and what used to be thought not to be cruel and unusual now is thought to be cruel and unusual. Antonin Scalia
Thought Society Changed Cruel Unusual Used Now
Indeed, follow your star if you want to head north and it's the North Star. But if you want to head north and it's Mars, you had better follow somebody else's star. Antonin Scalia
You Better Somebody Else Indeed Mars Follow Had Head North Want Your Star
If I had to choose, I would always take the less dynamic, indeed even the lazy person who knows what's right than the zealot in the cause of error. He may move slower, but he's headed in the right direction. Antonin Scalia
Cause Indeed Would Slower Direction Take Lazy Had He Headed Knows Always Error Than Person May Move Dynamic Choose Less Who Even Right Right Direction
As a general rule, I do not think it appropriate for judges to heap either praise or censure upon a legislative measure that comes before them, lest it be thought that their validation, invalidation, or interpretation of it is driven by their desire to expand or constrict what they personally approve or disapprove as a matter of policy. Antonin Scalia
Matter Thought Before Interpretation Think Validation Appropriate Rule Approve General General Rule Driven Disapprove Policy Judges Praise Heap Expand Legislative Censure Either Them Personally Measure Lest Desire
It's absolutely clear that whatever cruel and unusual punishments may - may mean with regard to future things, such as death by injection or the electric chair, it's clear that - that the death penalty, in and of itself, is not considered cruel and unusual punishment. Antonin Scalia
Death Future Whatever Considered Penalty Punishment Punishments Absolutely Cruel Clear Unusual Death Penalty Itself May Regard Mean Electric Chair Things
Power tends to corrupt. But the power in Washington resides in Congress, if it wants to use it. It can do anything - it can stop the Vietnam War, it can make its will felt, if it can ever get its act together to do anything. Antonin Scalia
War Together Will Power Congress Corrupt Tends Make Felt Get Stop Anything Wants Vietnam Vietnam War Act Use Washington Ever Resides
There exists in some parts of the world sanctimonious criticism of America's death penalty, as somehow unworthy of a civilized society. Antonin Scalia
Death World Criticism Society Penalty Some Somehow Civilized Civilized Society Parts Unworthy Death Penalty Exists America Sanctimonious
What is a moderate interpretation of the text? Halfway between what it really means and what you'd like it to mean? Antonin Scalia
You Interpretation Between Like Halfway Text Moderate Mean Really Means
But I'm not pro death penalty. I - I'm just anti the notion that it is not a matter for democratic choice, that it has been taken away from the democratic choice of the people by a provision of the Constitution. Antonin Scalia
Death Constitution People Matter Penalty Has-Been Taken Democratic Death Penalty Been Anti Provision Pro Just Choice Notion Away
I do accept that, with - with respect to those vague terms in the Constitution such as equal protection of the laws, due process of law, cruel and unusual punishments. I fully accept that those things have to apply to new phenomena that didn't exist at the time. Antonin Scalia
Time Respect Constitution Law Protection Those Punishments Laws Cruel New Equal Terms Equal Protection Unusual Accept Due Exist Process Fully Things Apply Phenomena Vague
A search is a search, even if it happens to disclose nothing but the bottom of a turntable. Antonin Scalia
Disclose Nothing Bottom Happens Turntable Search Even
The Court today completes the process of converting Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 from a guarantee that race or sex will not be the basis for often will. Antonin Scalia
Today Rights Will Sex Civil Civil Rights Civil Rights Act Court Often Process Title Race Converting Act Basis Guarantee
If you think aficionados of a living Constitution want to bring you flexibility, think again. You think the death penalty is a good idea? Persuade your fellow citizens to adopt it. You want a right to abortion? Persuade your fellow citizens and enact it. That's flexibility. Antonin Scalia
Death Good You Constitution Abortion Living Think Penalty Citizens Adopt Idea Fellow Fellow Citizens Enact Death Penalty Want Again Persuade Your Flexibility Right Bring Good Idea
I watched 'The Sopranos,' I saw a couple of episodes of 'Mad Men.' I loved 'Seinfeld.' In fact, I got some CDs of 'Seinfeld.' 'Seinfeld' was hilarious. Oh, boy. The Nazi soup kitchen? 'No soup for you!' Antonin Scalia
You Men Hilarious Saw Mad Mad Men Some Kitchen Seinfeld Fact Sopranos Couple Boy Got Soup Oh In Fact Loved The Sopranos Episodes Watched
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