Will troops be forced upon the citizenry, for billiting ? No. Will there be rationing, as there was during both World Wars ? Doubtful in the extreme. Are the Supremes gonna institute some strange reinvention of the Constitution ? ONLY IF THE DEMS HOLD EVERY SEAT !
Speaking of the Dems, if this is Scalia's position, then imagine what Ruth Bader-Ginsberg's position must be!
You're right, there have been historical abridgements, but those should never have happened in the first place--the administrations of FDR, Woodrow Wilson, and Lincoln were not known for their restraint. Emergency is always the cloak of the tyrant.
And we don't live in the kind of society that existed under Lincoln and even as far forward as FDR--back then, there were still strong, organic values and self-reliant individuals out in the countryside. Modern Americans, however, have been dumbed-down by 50 years of Hollywood and public schools, and it's more likely that any would-be abusers of power will be able to get away with a lot more, and there will be less resistance. Clinton was returned to office twice, after all....