[Conservative Coulter Fan]

"One can understand his words as referring only to lawfully constituted authority, or even only to lawfully constituted authority that rules justly. But the core of his message is that government—however you want to limit that concept—derives its moral authority from God. It is the “minister of God” with powers to “revenge,” to “execute wrath,” including even wrath by the sword (which is unmistakably a reference to the death penalty)." -Justice Antonin Scalia, God's Justice and Ours [Scalia on Capital Punishment]

[St.Chuck]

Interesting article by Justice Scalia.

Nice that he addressed Romans 13. He actually touched on a few issues that come to mind when reading that passage. He comes across as quite the statist. He seems gleeful that he was told the encyclical, Evangelium Vitae, is non-binding, but misses the entire point of the death penalty's inclusion in the encyclical. It is disappointing that he degrades the wisdom of the Church in it's quest to facilitate the deepest and most thorough respect for life in the hearts of Her followers.