Antonin Scalia

In a dissenting opinion in Zivotofsky v. Kerry, he wrote that Thomas' reading of the Constitution “produces a presidency more reminiscent of George III than George Washington."

He WAS Antonin Scalia!

Scalia would not have liked recess appointments

Kathy Bates is playing him in the biopic.

R4 lol I always felt Paul Sorvino or James Gandolfini would have been good casting

He would have gone along with Trump. Guaranteed.

I doubt it, Scalia thought president's were officers of the Court. However, he was no Bill Rehnquist. Scalia might change his opinion

What does president possess?

Oh look another Trump thread

This was one of Scalia's last speeches. He makes a pretty compelling case for originalism/textualism. It is also very witty.

Scalia would do exactly as Trump wants because of fear of assassination

[quote]R6: He would have gone along with Trump. Guaranteed.

I concur. Antonin Scalia was Opus Dei.

I'm not so sure if he would

I wonder how he would have liked working with "I Like Beer" and Amy Covid Babies.

Send that trash back to Sicily!

The one thing the Supreme Court values more than anything is its own power. Their fear of having that power circumvented may be our only hope left to reign things in.

Scalia was himself a beneficiary of the same affirmative action practices that he (and Republicans) railed against.

To those of you who for some reason think that Scalia would have "reveled in knocking Trump down a few pegs" - never EVER give a right wing asshole the benefit of the doubt.

What the fuck is wrong with you??

Why do you think America has turned into Nazi Germany 2.0?!?

I think he was a crooked hateful slug (took gifts as much as Clarance pubic hair on the coke can Thomas) who voted not based on the his interpretation of the constitution, but on his own narrow minded anachronistic beliefs - most of the time.

[quote]our only hope left to reign things in

[bold]OK, I'm going to say this one more time for those of you in the cheap seats.[/bold]

rain: water falling from the sky

rein: the leather straps and metal pieces (bit) that you use to ride/control a horse; often used in the phrase "free rein," i.e., loosening your control of the horse's reins and letting it run as fast as it wants. When used in that way, the expression means to let a person do whatever s/he wants.

reign: what a king or queen does when the rule a country

[quote] the rule

Thanks for specifying the rules.

I used to enjoy reading his pissy, bitter, bitchy dissents on gay rights cases in which he was in the minority.

Scalia was fundamentally corrupt, so all of you are barking up the wrong tree. He was a sellout and behind the venal direction the court has taken.

[quote]I think he would have reveled in knocking Trump down a few pegs.

With thoughts like that, who needs enemy conspirators?

Ronald Reagan chief advisor re: Scalia's affirmative action pick. And I'm eyetalian myself but I hate blowhard bozos like this fat fuck

[quote] “In the course of our discussion with Reagan the first time we were talking about the candidates … we had talked about Scalia. Reagan had asked me whether Scalia was of Italian extraction. I think he used the word ‘extraction,’ and I said, ‘Yes, he’s of Italian extraction.’ Reagan said, ‘That’s the man I want to nominate, so I want to meet him.’ We brought Scalia in… . The president met Scalia, and he offered Scalia the job right on the spot, in about 15 minutes, very little ceremony here. Scalia accepted on the spot. He was delighted. That was it… .

[quote] “I think [Reagan] felt that it would be great to put an Italian American on the Supreme Court. He had all the usual American instincts: ‘We don’t have an Italian American on the court, so we ought to have one.’ He really felt good about doing that. It wasn’t principle so much as that kind of emotional commitment.”

Scalia was a DEI hire.

I think he would not have been MAGA

He was a principled conservative who would have been appalled by Trump.

R28 - principled?

Who are all these people on this thread defending this douchebag? Orginalism/Textualism is a bullshit legal philosophical stance to defend conservative viewpoints and to stop any progress.

If they truly believed that, we wouldn't have women's rights, freed slaves, voting for non-land owning citizens, even the 2nd amendment would be interpreted for just guns manufactured in the 18th century.

Wake up - he was an evil man.

I went to college with Scalia's son Paul, who's now a priest happily de-gayifying people everywhere. He was an asshole then; he's a monster now.

My brother-in-law went to law school with Paul's big brother. Apparently at least one of their professors delighted in trashing Scalia's decisions, while his son raised his hand in vain.

Scalia would vote depending on how much kompromat Putin had on him.

As for his being principled, although I don’t recall the specifics now, I do remember a decision he wrote out of principle that upset Republicans.

I loved my evenings at the opera with Nino.

R32 Yeah, he was more "liberal" on defendant rights than many of his "liberal" justices

Scalia might only *seem* sane when looking at him relative to the extremists who now occupy the court. They are profoundly hard right. It is not unlike being in an abusive relationship. Reminds me of Stockholm syndrome, where the victim minimizes the actions of an abuser or even forms some kind of attachment to an abuser for the sake of survival.

The United Stated has been in an abusive relationship with Republicans. Not all of us by choice.

He was a Fascist pig. He would have loved Trump like Rudy.

[quote]Apparently at least one of their professors delighted in trashing Scalia's decisions, while his son raised his hand in vain.

I love this, thank you so much.

He was a despicable, homophobic bastard. I hated him.

Just because he wrote a few opinions that didn't suck or he did some nice things, it does not make him a good or honest man.

You all know that you can't succeed being evil 100% of the time, right? Sociopaths know this. You have to charm some people, do some things unexpected, etc. to throw them off so they don't outright condemn you.

What next? You all going to defend Thomas and Alito as being misunderstood?

[quote]the 2nd amendment would be interpreted for just guns manufactured in the 18th century

I always wondered why the judges who call themselves "originalists" never thought that would be a good thing. I sure do!

I wonder if Reagan had seen Amadeus before selecting Scalia. He would have seen that the Italians were the ones scheming. Also, he surely saw The Godfather. It’s not clear why he wanted to pick an Italian, unless it was due to knowing some in real life.

He was a Nazi. He would have loved this. There was no “jurist” in there at all. He did whatever helped republicans the most.

Dirty and immoral judge. He and that Uncle Tom crook Thomas were birds of a feather.

He was literally unfuckable. Such an ugly human inside and out.

[QUOTE]Antonin Scalia was Opus Dei.

He wasn't. Opus Dei denied he was a member. Arch-conservative and maybe sympathetic, sure. It's hard to think of someone with a Jesuit education going the OD way.

Closeted, self-loathing homosexual who died in bed with a man (or boy?) on Valentine's weekend while his nanny-granny wife sat home. His body was moved to that resort/hunting range place in Texas to avoid scandal.

Nino the Goon would have let Trump have everything he wanted.

And yet, R44, rumors were rampant way back when that Justice Scalia and his priest son Paul were in fact closet O.D. who introduced fellow Jesuit-education veteran Clarence Thomas to that group.

Scalia would have licked Trump's boots and signed off on ANYTHING that would be harmful to Dems, gays, POCs and non-Christians.

He was not a principled man at all - he was a demon disguised and propped up as some intellectual. But he was a dishonest intellectual and was a complete disgrace to the institution.

Don’t ever give ANY Republican the benefit of the doubt. Ever.

R48 disagree