Why can’t the state accede to the public’s wishes?
ANTONIN SCALIACertainly one cannot ban cross burning in the sanctity of his bedroom.
More Antonin Scalia Quotes
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[The Freedom of Information Act is] the Taj Mahal of the Doctrine of Unanticipated Consequences, the Sistine Chapel of Cost-Benefit Analysis Ignored.
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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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The principal purpose of stare decisis is to protect reliance interest and further stability in the law.
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Words have meaning. And their meaning doesn’t change.
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Persuade your fellow citizens it’s a good idea and pass a law. That’s what democracy is all about. It’s not about nine superannuated judges who have been there too long, imposing these demands on society.
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Bear in mind that brains and learning, like muscle and physical skill, are articles of commerce. They are bought and sold. You can hire them by the year or by the hour. The only thing in the world not for sale is character.
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Certainly the Constitution does not require discrimination on the basis of sex. The only issue is whether it prohibits it. It doesn’t.
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Why in the world would you have it interpreted by nine lawyers?
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Rather 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.
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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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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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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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The virtue of a democratic system with a [constitutionally guaranteed right to free speech] is that it readily enables the people, over time, to be persuaded that what they took for granted is not so, and to change their laws accordingly.
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Interior decorating is a rock-hard science compared to psychology practiced by amateurs.
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