[Little Ray]

He said no such thing.

Citing the example of abortion, he said unelected justices too often choose to read new rights into the Constitution, at the expense of the democratic process.
"Abortion is off the democratic stage. Prohibiting it is unconstitutional, now and forever, coast to coast, until I guess we amend the Constitution," said Scalia, who was appointed to the court by President Reagan in 1986.

[Cboldt]

I think the correct way to interpret Scalia's comment is that given the state of Constitutional Law, as created by a rouge Supreme Court that makes stuff up as it goes along, no state can now make abortion illegal. However, if the Supreme Court hadn't over-reached its power, then a state could make abortion illegal.

That is, the "Constitutionality" of the issue is a reference to the Supreme Court's interpretation of the Constitution, and Scalia thinks the Supreme Court is WRONG. He goes on to note that it is also PROUD, and will not reverse itself, hence the need for a Constitutional Amendment.

[RockinRight]

Scalia's right as usual. While I abhor abortion, it IS a state issue...re-read the Constitution if necessary.

Murder (aside from abortion) is a state crime. Why should abortion be any different?