... federal health care legislation, it is plain that - irrespective of how far to the right Scalia has been on the substance of the abortion dilemma - he has been dead right about the enduring controversy. ... holy days. What makes all this relevant in the abortion debate is that as Scalia is passionate about his religion, he is also passionately against the notion that the Constitution contains a ...

... the right result as a policy matter but that it was not compelled by the Constitution. Still, in Arizona, Scalia was a fervent defender of the originalist approach. “Don’t make up your mind on ... it by ear on the basis of whether, now and then, the latter approach might give you a result you like,” Justice Scalia said. “The test is over the long run does it require the society to adhere to those ...

... 'm not in sync with Associate Justice Antonin Scalia, the righty power hitter on the Supreme Court ... ostensible opposite of "inchoate." Scalia cried foul. "There is no such adjective. I know we have used it, but there is no such adjective ... continue: "But I think I am right on the law, Your Honor." But Scalia wasn't focusing on the law. He was going to finish his English ...

... words, badly miscalibrated the mechanism for amending the Constitution. And so Scalia's position, which I think is the more intuitive one, becomes unworkable--it would ... empirical political realities presented by a Constitution that does not function very well. And whereas folks like Scalia see their task as mechanistically following their interpretive principles regardless of this fact--fiat ...

... ’s new biography of Associate Justice Antonin Scalia.  Joan gave Tom Goldstein of SCOTUSblog the ... .  Highlights appear in the timeline below: 0:24 – Scalia’s family 1:52 – ... research for the book 3:00 – Scalia refuses interviews 5:35 – ... intellectual leader 10:00 – What will Scalia’s legacy be? Look for the podcast of the interview soon on iTunes. ...

... because it could bust software patents law wide open): Scalia: You know, you mention that there are all these – these new areas that didn’t exist in the past because of ... the best way to train horses? And that should have been patentable on your theory. Jakes: They might have, yes. Scalia: Well, why didn’t anybody patent those things? Jakes: I think our economy was based on ...