If you condemn someone who has committed a crime to be tortured, that would be unconstitutional. Antonin Scalia commitcondemncrime Change image and share on social
A man who has made no enemies is probably not a very good man. Antonin Scalia enemygoodmake Change image and share on social
If you think aficionados of a living Constitution want to bring you flexibility, think again. You think the death penalty is a good idea? Persuade your fellow citizens to adopt it. You want a right to abortion? Persuade your fellow citizens and enact it. That's flexibility. Antonin Scalia abortionadoptaficionado share on social
Why can't the state accede to the public's wishes? Antonin Scalia accedepublicstate 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
What secret knowledge, one must wonder, is breathed into lawyers when they become Justices of this Court that enables them to discern that a practice which the text of the Constitution does not clearly proscribe, and which our people have regarded as constitutional for 200 years, is in fact unconstitutional? Antonin Scalia breatheconstitutionconstitutional share on social
I try to be an honest originalist! I will take the bitter with the sweet! Antonin Scalia bitterhonestoriginalist Change image and share on social
It's absolutely clear that whatever cruel and unusual punishments may - may mean with regard to future things, such as death by injection or the electric chair, it's clear that - that the death penalty, in and of itself, is not considered cruel and unusual punishment. Antonin Scalia absolutelychairclear share on social
Many Americans do not want persons who openly engage in homosexual conduct as partners in their business, as scoutmasters for their children, as teachers in their children's schools, or as boarders in their home. They view this as protecting themselves and their families from a lifestyle that they believe to be immoral and destructive. Antonin Scalia americanboarderbusiness share on social
Because values change, legislatures abolish the death penalty, permit same-sex marriage if they want, abolish laws against homosexual conduct. That's how the change in a society occurs. Society doesn't change through a Constitution. Antonin Scalia abolishchangeconduct share on social