Posted on 11/21/2004 12:08:57 AM PST by AM2000
>> Scalia is extremely sound on the law as written, but IMO he's a little bit too trusting of the whims of the majority. The Framers placed strict limits on what government could do, and made it tough to loosen those limits, with good reason.
I agree. Scalia is way off-base on that one. A difficult amendment process is the hallmark of our Constitution. The problem is not with the amendment process but with one of the amendments, the 17th, which weakened (virtually destroyed) the balance of power. Prior to the 17th the senators were subjects of their individual state legislatures, and could be recalled if they did not follow the whims of their legislatures. After the 17th, all power was consolidated in Washington, leading to legislative and judicial tyranny, which has led to socialism, which has placed our great civilization in danger.
SCALIA is the greatest. My only disagreement with him is that I would NOT wish to see the Constitution more easily amended. Other than that, he is the best.
Oh, and he should listen to his wife more. If you are a strict-constructionist, you should know that it is not necessary to interpret everything as free speech from a constitutional viewpoint. The courts have broadened the meaning of free speech to include various acts, and even pornography, which was not the original intent of the Bill of Rghts. The courts have also ignored some very clear provisions of the Bill of Rights, merely because they were inconvenient to their ideological predilections.
It is good to see someone like Scalia well received in Univ. of Michigan, one of the most liberal places in the land. Notice what the demonstrators were like! The were, first, sneaky. They were, as usual, rude.
They were from the "social work" area, one of the saddest groups around. If they ever finish their studies, they will get paid less than someone with a small lawn-mowing business, and the law-mowing business at least accomplishes something.
I think that it is highly unprofessional for an instructor to lead students in political activity like this, because it sets the stage for favoratism based on the degree of cooperation of his students. If this were sexual harrassment, people would be pointing out that the professor is in a power position, unfairly extorting favors from his underlings. It is the same here: the ones who help stroke the professor in his political activities will get the good grades and recommendations.
That also explains why leftism gets entrenched in many areas: conservative academics have an uphill struggle even to survive long enough to get tenured.
EEEEEEKKKK!!! Don't mess with the Constitution!
Security is so lax that backpacks are being permitted into this kind of venue? I'm sure the enemy has noted that with interest...
No it SHOULDN'T. It's like this for certain and I don't want it to change. We will turn into Hitler's Germany and Stalin's Russia if it is changed.
Scalia said that's why he supports the death penalty and believes abortion shouldn't have become legal by the court's ruling in 1973.
Better a public debate and vote on an amendment that grants explicitly limited power than to end up with something like that steaming pile of socialist sophistry we refer to in polite company as the New Deal Commerce Clause.
The high court re-interperted the Constitution. The Supreme Court serves to judge the constitutionality of all other law by comparing that law to the Constitution. The Constitution is the reference upon which all other law is compared and a reference is not subject to re-interpertation.
"On every question of construction [of the Constitution], let us carry ourselves back to the time when the Constitution was adopted, recollect the spirit manifested in the debates, and instead of trying what meaning may be squeezed out of the text, or invent against it, conform to the probable one in which it was passed."
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