For in order for capitalism to work — in order for it to produce a good and a stable society — the traditional Christian virtues are essential.
ANTONIN SCALIAWith respect to public acknowledgment of religious belief, it is entirely clear from our nation’s historical practices that the Establishment Clause permits this disregard of polytheists and believers in unconcerned deities, just as it permits the disregard of devout atheists.
More Antonin Scalia Quotes
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[The] government has room to scale back individual rights during wartime without violating the Constitution. The Constitution just sets minimums. Most of the rights that you enjoy go way beyond what the Constitution requires.
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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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It is difficult to maintain the illusion that we are interpreting a Constitution, rather than inventing one.
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The death penalty? Give me a break. It’s easy. Abortion? Absolutely easy. Nobody ever thought the constitution prevented restrictions on abortion. Homosexual sodomy? Come on. For 200 years, it was criminal in every state.
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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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The Court today completes the process of converting Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 from a guarantee that race or sex will not be the basis for often will.
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The Constitution does not trust judges to make determinations of criminal guilt.
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This is so absurd that it has, to my knowledge, never been contemplated.
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Words no longer have meaning if an Exchange that is not established by a State is “established by the State”.
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The principal purpose of stare decisis is to protect reliance interest and further stability in the law.
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If we cannot have moral feelings against homosexuality, can we have it against murder? Can we have it against other things?
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If you’re going to be a good and faithful judge, you have to resign yourself to the fact that you’re not always going to like the conclusions you reach. If you like them all the time, you’re probably doing something wrong.
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There is nothing new in the realization that the Constitution sometimes insulates the criminality of a few in order to protect the privacy of us all.
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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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You could have 50 different states having 50 different regulations until they were all litigated out.
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