Scalia Defends Original Meaning
Published On Thursday, October 02, 2008 11:48 PM
By ATHENA Y. JIANG
Crimson Staff Writer
Supreme Court Justice Antonin G. Scalia defended constitutional originalism at Harvard Law School yesterday, punctuating the final moments of his speech by shouting “I don’t have to prove that originalism is perfect!” to a packed, applause-filled room.
Scalia, who graduated magna cum laude from the Law School in 1960, delivered the inaugural Herbert W. Vaughn Lecture, a biannual address that will focus on the “founding principles and core doctrines” of the U.S. Constitution.
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Scalia Defends Original Meaning
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308Mike
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Scalia Defends Original Meaning
Linkarooni
POLITICIANS & DIAPERS NEED TO BE CHANGED OFTEN AND FOR THE SAME REASON
A person properly schooled in right and wrong is safe with any weapon. A person with no idea of good and evil is unsafe with a knitting needle, or the cap from a ballpoint pen.
I remain pessimistic given the way BATF and the anti gun crowd have become tape worms in the guts of the Republic. - toad
A person properly schooled in right and wrong is safe with any weapon. A person with no idea of good and evil is unsafe with a knitting needle, or the cap from a ballpoint pen.
I remain pessimistic given the way BATF and the anti gun crowd have become tape worms in the guts of the Republic. - toad
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rightisright
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Re: Scalia Defends Original Meaning
Has science figured out a way to clone his brain and insert it into John McCain's head yet?
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Frankingun
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Re: Scalia Defends Original Meaning
The shameful thing is that constitutional originalism needs defending. Without it, the Constitution is just words, like hope and change.