All that 'tell us what your father would think' - just to push this stupid idea? Unanimous decisions means NOTHING gets done - it take away the power coservatives have earned.
...if the Constitution is a living document, consider who ends up determining its new meaning: unelected judges with lifetime appointments – men and women who are intentionally protected from the will of voters at the ballot box.
Outstanding article. Thanks for posting. Very cogent and makes sense.
He, or rather his father, is absolutely correct. We label it activism from the bench. Mark Levin labels it judicial tyranny, and the problem stems from viewing the Constitution as a living document that changes with the changing morals, which is of course nonsense.
bookmark
Its a great article and he really understands what his father, a truly great man, was about
I disagree with one thing though. The confirmation process will always be contentious from now on. the libs want judges who put their own policy preferences before the constitution, They will never approve of anything else.
the left always cheats, always.
bmp
I don’t think Justice Scalia would be surprised. Sure miss him. He was a great intellect on the Court.
What is Christopher Scalia doing?
My son is named Christopher. It means “Christ-bringer.” :)
“The only alternative to states rights is to hand over sovereignty to the black robed deities of the court who disappear into their chambers and then tell us what orders we must obey, no matter how nonsensical or unpopular they may be.” John C Calhoun
“A freedom-loving people respectful of the rule of law may be expected to let lawyers decide what a constitutional text means; but they cannot be expected to let lawyers decide what a Constitution *ought* to say,” my father said.
Or as he put it in another speech, “no court can expect to remain immune from severe political pressure ... if it assumes the role of inventing solutions for social problems instead of merely applying those solutions prescribed in democratically adopted statutory or constitutional text.”