A journalistic purpose could be someone with a Xerox machine in a basement.
Antonin Scalia
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A law can be both economic folly and constitutional.
Antonin Scalia
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Abortion is off the democratic stage. Prohibiting it is unconstitutional, now and forever, coast to coast, until I guess we amend the Constitution.
Antonin Scalia
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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.
Antonin Scalia
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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 Scalia
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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.
Antonin Scalia
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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.
Antonin Scalia
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What is a moderate interpretation of the text? Halfway between what it really means and what you'd like it to mean?
Antonin Scalia
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Why can't the state accede to the public's wishes?
Antonin Scalia
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Why in the world would you have it interpreted by nine lawyers?
Antonin Scalia
