Like other human institutions, courts and juries are not perfect. One cannot have a system of criminal punishment without accepting the possibility that someone will be punished mistakenly. Antonin Scalia acceptcourtcriminal Change image and share on social
My view is regardless of whether you think prohibiting abortion is good or whether you think prohibiting abortion is bad, regardless of how you come out on that, my only point is the Constitution does not say anything about it. It leaves it up to democratic choice. Antonin Scalia abortionbadchoice share on social
Wringing your hands about states' rights, forget it. They're gone. Basically, the federal government can do whatever it wants. Who's going to protect the states? My court? Ha - we're feds! Antonin Scalia basicallycourtfed Change image and share on social
If we're picking people to draw out of their own conscience and experience a 'new' Constitution, we should not look principally for good lawyers. We should look to people who agree with us. When we are in that mode, you realize we have rendered the Constitution useless. Antonin Scalia agreeconscienceconstitution share on social
I'm nervous about our civic culture. I'm not sure the Internet is largely the cause of it. It's certainly the cause of careless writing. People who get used to blurbing things on the Internet are never going to be good writers. Antonin Scalia blurbcarelesscivic share on social
I'm an originalist and a textualist, not a nut. Antonin Scalia nutoriginalisttextualist Change image and share on social
More important than your obligation to follow your conscience, or at least prior to it, is your obligation to form your conscience correctly. Antonin Scalia consciencecorrectlyfollow Change image and share on social
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 constitutioncriminalityinsulate Change image and share on social
You could have 50 different states having 50 different regulations... until they were all litigated out. Antonin Scalia litigateregulationstate Change image and share on social
If we cannot have moral feelings against homosexuality, can we have it against murder? Can we have it against other things? Antonin Scalia feelinghomosexualitymoral Change image and share on social
