The court must be living in another world. Day-by-day, case-by-case, it is busy designing a Constitution for a country I do not recognize.
Antonin Scalia: “The court must be living in another world. Day-by-day, case-by-case, it is busy designing a Constitution for a country I…”
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Scalia critiques the Supreme Court's interpretation of the Constitution.
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