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To: Texas Songwriter
I love Scalia.

Me too. Here's a bit from the Houston Chronicle with some added material: Justice Scalia critical of 'living Constitution'

Scalia said if the American people want to ban or uphold issues like abortion, the death penalty or gay rights, they need to convince their fellow citizens to do so and not leave it up to judges. "The Constitution has nothing to say about it either way," said Scalia, who has discussed his stance in many other speeches.

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When the public supported the right of women to vote, Scalia said, Congress passed the 19th Amendment to the Constitution. Scalia said that would not happen today, but instead judges would simply read in such a right into the Constitution's equal protection clause, which doesn't address the subject. "You should not use the Constitution as a means to enforce your own social views," he said.

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"We want a moderate judge. What in the world is a moderate judge?" he said. "What is a moderate interpretation of the Constitution? Halfway between what it really says and what you'd like it to say?"

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70 posted on 05/05/2005 6:44:37 PM PDT by DumpsterDiver
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To: DumpsterDiver

Scalia asked:

"What is a moderate interpretation of the Constitution? Halfway between what it really says and what you'd like it to say?"


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-- The right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.


A man decreed to be a felon [in a foreign court] can be deprived of his right to keep & bear arms, according to Scalia & Thomas..

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1392339/posts


72 posted on 05/05/2005 7:07:47 PM PDT by P_A_I
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