Scalia critical of what he calls the "judge-moralist"

Boston.com ^ | March 15, 2006 | unknown

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BOSTON --U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia railed against the era of the "judge-moralist," saying judges are no better qualified than "Joe Sixpack" to decide moral questions such as abortion and gay marriage. Article Tools

"Anyone who thinks the country's most prominent lawyers reflect the views of the people needs a reality check," he said during a speech to New England School of Law students and faculty at a Law Day banquet on Wednesday night.

The 70-year-old justice said the public, through elected Legislatures -- not the courts -- should decide watershed questions such as the legality of abortion.

[rocksblues]

This is the truth but liberals will deny it!

[SuziQ]

So Margaret Marshall was too 'ill' to be there? Yeah, right!

[lepton]

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[tpaine]

Scalia decried his own court's recent overturning of a state anti-sodomy law -- [He] said a panel of judges is not inherently qualified to determine the morality of such behavior.
-- "Judicial hegemony" has replaced the publics right to decide important moral questions, he said.

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Since when has 'majority rule' trumped our Constitution's rule of law, and given the public a "right to decide important moral questions"?
We decided with the ratification of our "Law of the Land" that our individual rights to life, liberty, or property, under due process of law, were not to be infringed by majority rule.

-- We decided to be governed by a "Republican Form of Government", not by a democratic form of moral majority rule.

[LK44-40]

"Anyone who thinks the country's most prominent lawyers reflect the views of the people needs a reality check," [Scalia] said.

He is ~DA~ ~MAN~!!

[meema]

May Justice Sclia live long and prosper.

[wittyone]

Scalia decried his own court's recent overturning of a state anti-sodomy law, joking that he personally believes "sexual orgies eliminate tension and ought to be encouraged," but said a panel of judges is not inherently qualified to determine the morality of such behavior.

Ya really gotta love this guy...

[saradippity]

He said that the public through the elected legislatures should decide. Kind of what you said,no? You should go read the linked article. Lots of good stuff and funny too. He's really a national treasure.

[Giant Conservative]

Scalia is just so damn cool.