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What a complete and utter ass is Antonin Scalia! Indeed. Of course, cases should
not be decided on one's personal (subjective) "morality!"
WTF? This is news?
No. It's law school, first semester, first week, con law. What a jackass!
Cases are
not decided in courts-of-law upon a subjective standard (which "morality" is). Instead,
cases in courts-of-law are decided upon an objective standard of law, period.
Abortion, in law, is
not a "moral" issue as Pope Antonin Scalia's religion dictates that it is. Nor is "gay marriage" (in law) a "moral" issue as, again, Pope Scalia's religious tenets dictate that it is. The ass. Scalia is blatantly twisting law on its head and applying his own subjective "moral" and religious views. Abortion's
Roe v. Wade and its progeny were decided upon the 14th amendment's due process clause and on the right to privacy as well as upon other individual rights contained in the Bill of Rights. Morality had squat to do with the
Roe SCOTUS opinion.
And, as for "gay marriage," it, too, has been decided upon the Massachusetts constitution's due process clause and equal protection clause, not on "morality" at all! Again, what an ass is Scalia.
The sodomy law of which Scalia waxes and whines about is
Lawrence v. Texas, Texas anti-sodomy criminal laws aimed at homosexuals wherein two gays were "caught" in the act in their own bedroom behind closed doors by an uninvited cop, then suffered criminal sanctions.
Lawrence was a 14th amendment due process clause and liberty clause case. Again, not upon "morality" grounds as the ass alleges!
Geez Louise!
I am appalled that Scalia believes that he can "lecture" at (read: talk down to) a Massachusetts law school audience (here, the New England School of Law in downtown Boston) and get away with such misinterpretation, misinformation, and self-pontifications as he whelps and whelps, on and on and on . . . what an ass! Damn, I wish I were there in the audience! I'll bet he was hooted by the student body and by the facility.
Scalia fails to understand the fundamental premise of the Bill of Rights, and as a result, of the founding fathers. The basic premise of the Bill of Rights is to protect the minority against the majority as well as to protect the individual against the government. And, that courts-of-law are a minority right of last resort, not the majority in legislative bodies. Again, what a self-righteous pontificating ass is he! All hail Pope Antonin Scalia!
Scalia is showing his age, his crimped mind,
as well as his fixation upon reversing constitutional individual rights
gained over the past century from SCOTUS. However, Scalia fills the bill when it comes to George Walker Bush's mandate:
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edited to add:
"Margaret Marshall, chief justice of the (Massachusetts) Supreme Judicial Court, and author of the controversial decision that legalized gay marriage in Massachusetts, was scheduled to sit at the head table with Scalia, but was absent due to illness."
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2006/03/15/scalia_critical_of/
Ha ha ha, good for Justice Margaret Marshall (and, I hope she gets well very quickly)!
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