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A law can be both economic folly and constitutional.

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Topics: Both Constitutional Economic Folly Law

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Why can't the state accede to the public's wishes?

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Topics: Public State Why Wishes

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A journalistic purpose could be someone with a Xerox machine in a basement.

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Topics: Basement Could Journalistic Machine Purpose Someone Xerox

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You could have 50 different states having 50 different regulations... until they were all litigated out.

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Topics: Could Different Having Out Regulations States Until Were You

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If you are sentenced to torture for a crime, yes, that is a cruel punishment. But the mere fact that somebody is tortured is - is unlawful under - under our statutes, but the Constitution happens not to address it, just as it does not address a lot of other horrible things.

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Topics: Address Constitution Crime Cruel Does Fact Happens Horrible Horrible Things Just Lot Mere Other Our Punishment Somebody Things Torture Tortured Yes You

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I try to be an honest originalist! I will take the bitter with the sweet!

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Topics: Bitter Honest Sweet Take Try Will

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It's not up to the courts to invent new minorities that get special protections.

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Topics: Courts Get Invent Minorities New Special Up

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The court makes an amazing amount of decisions that ought to be made by the people.

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There are those who contend that it does not benefit African-Americans to get them into the University of Texas where they do not do well, as opposed to having them go to a less-advanced school, a slower-track school where they do well.

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I spent my junior year in Switzerland. On the way back home, I spent some time in England, and I remember going to Hyde Park Corner. And there was a Roman Catholic priest in his collar, standing on a soapbox, preaching the Catholic faith and being heckled by a group. And I thought, 'My goodness.' I thought that was admirable.

~Antonin Scalia

Topics: Admirable Back Being Catholic Collar Corner England Faith Going Goodness Group His Home Junior Junior Year Park Preaching Priest Remember Roman Roman Catholic Some Spent Standing Switzerland Thought Time Way Year I Remember

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Judge

Born: March 11th, 1936

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