Certainly one cannot ban cross burning in the sanctity of his bedroom.
ANTONIN SCALIARather than rewriting the law under the pretense of interpreting it, the Court should have left it to Congress to decide what to do about the Act’s limitation of tax credits to state Exchanges.
More Antonin Scalia Quotes
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Who ever thought that intimacy and spirituality [whatever that means] were freedoms? And if intimacy is, one would think Freedom of Intimacy is abridged rather than expanded by marriage. Ask the nearest hippie.
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To many Americans, everything from the Easter morning to the Ascension had to be made up by the groveling enthusiasts as part of their plan to get themselves martyred.
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This is an execution, not surgery. Where does that come from, that you must find the method of execution that causes the least pain?
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This is so absurd that it has, to my knowledge, never been contemplated.
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People look at rights as if they were muscles — the more you exercise them, the better they get.
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Is it really so easy to determine that smacking someone in the face to find out where he has hidden the bomb that is about to blow up Los Angeles is prohibited by the Constitution?
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A journalistic purpose could be someone with a Xerox machine in a basement.
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The Constitution does not trust judges to make determinations of criminal guilt.
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In the eyes of government we are just one race here. It is American.
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If you think aficionados of a living Constitution want to bring you flexibility, think again. You think the death penalty is a good idea? Persuade your fellow citizens to adopt it. You want a right to abortion? Persuade your fellow citizens and enact it. That’s flexibility.
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You could have 50 different states having 50 different regulations until they were all litigated out.
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To be honest about it, that is the view of Christians taken by modern society. Surely those who adhere to all or most of these traditional Christian beliefs are to be regarded as simpleminded.
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Devout Christians are destined to be regarded as fools in modern society. We are fools for Christ’s sake. We must pray for courage to endure the scorn of the sophisticated world.
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Day by day, case by case, the Supreme Court is busy designing a Constitution for a country I do not recognize.
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The wise do not investigate such silliness.
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