Antonin Scalia Quotes
Words no longer have meaning if an Exchange that is not established by a State is “established by the State”.
Antonin ScaliaAntonin Scalia 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.
Antonin ScaliaAntonin Scalia 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.
Antonin ScaliaAntonin Scalia The right of parents to direct the upbringing of their children is among the unalienable rights with which the Declaration of Independence proclaims ‘all Men are endowed by their Creator.’
Antonin ScaliaAntonin Scalia Interior decorating is a rock-hard science compared to psychology practiced by amateurs.
Antonin ScaliaAntonin Scalia 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.
Antonin ScaliaAntonin Scalia The Constitution does not trust judges to make determinations of criminal guilt.
Antonin ScaliaAntonin Scalia The court’s job is to uphold the Constitution and you don’t call that off in times of crisis. Would the framers have allowed this practice?
Antonin ScaliaAntonin Scalia A law can be both economic folly and constitutional.
Antonin ScaliaAntonin Scalia If we cannot have moral feelings against homosexuality, can we have it against murder? Can we have it against other things?
Antonin ScaliaAntonin Scalia 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.
Antonin ScaliaAntonin Scalia Why in the world would you have it interpreted by nine lawyers?
Antonin ScaliaAntonin Scalia Power tends to corrupt. But the power in Washington resides in Congress, if it wants to use it. It can do anything-it can stop the Vietnam War. It can make its will felt, if it can ever get its act together to do anything.
Antonin ScaliaAntonin Scalia In a big family the first child is kind of like the first pancake. If it’s not perfect, that’s okay, there are a lot more coming along.
Antonin ScaliaAntonin Scalia 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.
Antonin ScaliaAntonin Scalia 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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