Scalia blasts 'liberal moralists'
Tuesday, August 30, 2005
Story by Brenda Sneedwell
Whining before a packed auditorium at Chapman
University, Supreme Court justice Scalia said he
was saddened to see the Supreme Court deciding
human rights issues not literally expressed within
the Constitution, such as abortion, gay rights and
the death penalty. He said that rights are a prize
that people win in a popularity contest, and as
such the government's legislative bodies were
better suited to dealing with them then the court.
"I am questioning the propriety -- indeed, the
sanity -- of having human-rights decisions such
as these made for the entire society ... by a
constitutionally created court," he said.
Scalia also railed against the principle of the
"living Constitution," saying it has led the Senate
to try to appoint politically "moderate" judges
instead of right wing whack jobs.
Scalia, who describes himself as a "die-hard
constitutionalist," pointed to his own Italian
roots and how at one time Italian Americans
faced a great deal of institutionalized
discrimination.
"I have chosen to learn from the oppressors
and not the oppression," Scalia explained.
"I ***** on the graves of Sacco and Venzetti,"
he said, "And I look forward to an America
where anyone I don't like can share their fate."
As a strict constitutionalist, Scalia does not
believe that the constitution of the United
States is relevant to the protection of human
rights.
"The constitution," Scalia explained," is really
a collection of chicken soup recipes written in
code. The Bill of Rights has no more to do with
rights," he insisted, "then it does with paying
bills."
Scalia's conscience could not be reached for comment.
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