Antonin Scalia

Antonin Scalia observes in court that the government cannot compel a citizen to purchase broccoli, and the government’s lawyers are Struck Dumb. They clearly do not spend time in my local pub. Every week some bonehead appears there with the “broccoli” canard. And there is a simple answer to that stupid assertion: The government can bomb Pakistan with drones; the government can declare one man the property of another; the government can intern Japanese citizens; the government can declare a...Read Full Story

Sir William Blackstone (1723–1780) via Wikimedia One reason to examine the reception of English common law in the American colonies is the reliance by modern originalists (like Antonin Scalia) on the generalized understandings of what the Constitution meant in light of its common-law context. But finding that stability may not be as easy as it might seem, at least in part because jurists of the time were, in many ways, as sophisticated as we are today in arguing with, against, and around...Read Full Story

Sir William Blackstone (1723–1780) via Wikimedia One reason to examine the reception of English common law in the American colonies is the reliance by modern originalists (like Antonin Scalia) on the generalized understandings of what the Constitution meant in light of its common-law context. But finding that stability may not be as easy as it might seem, at least in part because jurists of the time were, in many ways, as sophisticated as we are today in arguing with, against, and around...Read Full Story

Antonin Scalia, current Supreme Court justice and originalist extraordinaire, wrote “Common-Law Courts in a Civil Law System” as a part of A Matter of Interpretation: Federal Courts and the Law. In it explains his approach to legal reasoning and especially to Constitutional interpretation, and especially rejects both legislative history and the so-called “living Constitution” of liberal justices like Stephen Breyer. One particular point struck me as I read through Scalia’s article: for him...Read Full Story

In this issue of The Institutional Risk Analyst, we return to the Lehman Brothers, Madoff and MF Global bankruptcies to talk about how the largest banks have wired US bankruptcy laws to their own advantage. Specifically, the 2005 changes to the bankruptcy code, combined with the traditional American caution regarding pre-judgement restraint on the parties surrounding a bankruptcy, has provided American banks with a free pass to facilitate fraud with no accountability For the Full Post: IEHI...Read Full Story

Antonin Scalia, current Supreme Court justice and originalist extraordinaire, wrote “Common-Law Courts in a Civil Law System” as a part of A Matter of Interpretation: Federal Courts and the Law. In it explains his approach to legal reasoning and especially to Constitutional interpretation, and especially rejects both legislative history and the so-called “living Constitution” of liberal justices like Stephen Breyer. One particular point struck me as I read through Scalia’s article: for him...Read Full Story

Barney Frank's recognition of Antonin Scalia's contempt for gays and lesbians has gotten predictable pushback from the likes of Fox News and Ann Althouse. The latter asserts that Frank is "either lying about having read [Lawrence v. Texas], lying about what Scalia wrote, or an embarrassingly incompetent reader." Given how tendentious Althouse's argument is, I would pretty careful about these kinds of charges.The most disingenuous sleight-of-hand in Althouse's argument is to imply that the...Read Full Story

This is absolutely disgusting... Townhall.com has a video of the interview with Barney "MY BOY LOLLIPOP" Frank calling Antonin Scalia a Homophobe. He wants to introduce MORE "HATE" crime legislation but not at the moment because SCOTUS doesn't lean his way. Isn't that telling? If the Islamists get their way, Mr. Frank... your "legisation" will be about as meaningless as Democrats in 2010.Read Full Story

Few people realize how perverted geniuses can change society. Justice Scalia is one of those perverted geniuses. His interpretation of the Second Amendment was not "originalism". Travel back with me to 1789, the year of the great compromise. The 13 colonies had just signed the Treaty of Paris and they were working out a change from the Articles of Confederation to a Constitutional Republican form of Government. There were to be three branches. The Legislative, the Executive, and the Judiciary...Read Full Story

Wikizines are interactive magazines that anyone can create or edit - and this one is about Antonin Scalia. Here you can find fresh voices and respond in real time. Some members write articles about recent news and trends related to the wikizine's topic, others recount relevant personal stories or share their favorite pictures and video clips. Got an interesting idea or story to share with other members of this wikizine? Well, then put on your journalist's cap and add your own article!Read Full Story