Scalia: Gays Have No Constitutional Rights

Here's a sampling from the recording (ascertained from various sources):

"Question comes up: Is there a constitutional right to homosexual conduct? Not a hard question for me. It's absolutely clear that nobody ever thought when the Bill of Rights was adopted that it gave a right to homosexual conduct. Homosexual conduct was criminal for 200 years in every state. Easy question."
- Antonin Scalia, Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court, during Q&A following a lecture entitled "Does the U.S. legal system work?" given at his alma mater at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland, when queried by a member of the audience, March 8, 2006.
http://www.advocate.com/news_detail_ektid28436.asp

"Foreigners, in foreign countries, have no rights under the American constitution. . . (and that) nobody has ever thought otherwise!"
- Antonin Scalia, Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court, Q&A following a lecture entitled “Does the U.S. legal system work?” given at his alma mater at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland, when queried about the constitutional rights of Guantanamo detainees, March 8, 2006.

"If he was captured by my army on a battlefield, that is where he belongs. I had a son on that battlefield and they were shooting at my son. And I'm not about to give this man who was captured in a war a full jury trial. I mean it's crazy."
- Antonin Scalia, Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court, Q&A following a lecture entitled “Does the U.S. legal system work?” given at his alma mater at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland, cutting-off a questioner and getting into his own personal life when queried as a justice about Guantanamo detainees receiving a civil court trial instead of facing military tribunals, March 8, 2006.

"I am astounded at the, the, the, I would say, hypocritical reaction in Europe, as though the Europeans always gave trials to people that they capture on the battlefield. I mean, give me a break!"
- Antonin Scalia, Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court, Q&A following a lecture entitled “Does the U.S. legal system work?” given at his alma mater at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland, bluntly chastising Europeans about their supposed reactions to Guantanamo detainees, March 8, 2006.

"War is war, and it has never been the case that when you captured a combatant you have to give them a jury trial in your civil courts. It's a crazy idea to me!"
- Antonin Scalia, Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court, cutting-off a questioner during a Q&A subsequent to a lecture entitled “Does the U.S. legal system work?” given at his alma mater at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland, March 8, 2006.

http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/2006/03/scalia-remarks-spark-furor-as-high.php
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12017271/site/newsweek/
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2006/03/26/supreme_court_justice_said_to_slam_detainee_rights/
http://www.scotusblog.com/movabletype/archives/2006/03/justice_scalia.html
http://www.law.com/jsp/dc/PubArticleDC.jsp?id=1143466740820
http://www.unifr.ch/main/news/detailD.php?nid=bi69wt46om (University of Fribourg, Switzerland, in German)

http://www.bafweb.com/60308scalia.wmv (MSFT .wmv video format, bafweb.com, Scalia at Fribourg University, video of the entire "Does the U.S. legal system work?" lecture, a follow-up Q&A, and a short interview, May 8, 2006; this is a lengthly download)

"Scalia Remarks Draw Criticism Before Guantanamo Case," All Things Considered, Monday, March 27, 2006, RealAudio(R) 4:09 minutes, Nina Totenberg, Legal Affairs Correspondent, NPR news
http://www.npr.org/dmg/dmg.php?prgCode=ATC&showDate=27-mar-2006&segNum=11&NPRMediaPref=RM&getUnderwriting=1
(snippets from Scalia's Q&A following his lecture at Fribourg University)

bio at: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/law/supreme_court/judge_scalia.html
bio at: http://supreme.lp.findlaw.com/supreme_court/justices/scalia.html

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