Scalia on Constitutional Interpretation

[Drake Tungsten]

Paraphrasing is a crime now?

[Sava]

Originally posted by Drake Tungsten
Paraphrasing is a crime now?

nah, but taking it out of context is... or rather, should be

[Drake Tungsten]

How is it out of context?

[Sava]

I think the second word, that you conveniently omitted, changes the entire meaning of the quote.

[Drake Tungsten]

It's implied, isn't it? I wouldn't be criticizing wise consistency, would I?

[Sava]

Originally posted by Drake Tungsten
It's implied, isn't it?

nope, unless I'm the only one to miss the implication

I wouldn't be criticizing wise consistency, would I?

according to what you said, there wouldn't be such a thing

[Drake Tungsten]

To each his own, I guess. I've seen Emerson's quote paraphrased the way I used it before and its meaning never confused me...

[Sava]

Originally posted by Drake Tungsten
To each his own, I guess. I've seen Emerson's quote paraphrased the way I used it before and its meaning never confused me...

well I'm ignorant and wasn't aware of the Emerson quote

[asleepathewheel]

Originally posted by Sava
nah, but taking it out of context is... or rather, should be

like some of those Scalia quotes you took out of context

[Sava]

Originally posted by asleepathewheel


like some of those Scalia quotes you took out of context

what is out of context about "homosexual agenda" or any of the other bigotted crap that douchebag said?

[asleepathewheel]

The best way to ensure tranquility is to allow unreasonable searches and seizures. We will have a tranquil society.

Source: AP via Yahoo Online; February 25, 2001

He joked that if judges could interpret the Constitution's goals as set out in the preamble without being bound by the document's full text, ``bye, bye Fourth Amendment. The best way to ensure tranquility is to allow unreasonable searches and seizures. We will have a tranquil society.''

That's a bit different than your quote, wouldn't you say?

[Sava]

link?

[asleepathewheel]

Originally posted by Sava
link?

roflmao!

You posted that quote first, don't you know where it came from?

[Sava]

Originally posted by asleepathewheel


roflmao!

You posted that quote first, don't you know where it came from?

I searched for Scalia quotes and found that. I didn't cut and paste it from an original source.

Plus, even if you are right, that's far from the worst of his quotes. The point still stands that the man is a bigot and unfit to be a judge, let alone a Supreme Court Justice.

[asleepathewheel]

Originally posted by Sava
I searched for Scalia quotes and found that. I didn't cut and paste it from an original source.

honesty

not exactly a great source, but I have no reason to think its manufactured: http://www.ifrl-pac.com/e-mail_nwsltr/010226/

Originally posted by Sava
Plus, even if you are right, that's far from the worst of his quotes.

Actually your interpretation of his statement is. Gay marriage (which effects a minute percentage of the population) vs the 4th amendment (which effects every single American).

Originally posted by Sava
The point still stands that the man is a bigot and unfit to be a judge, let alone a Supreme Court Justice.

bigot: yes
unfit to be a judge: no


Sava, have you ever actually read a Scalia opinion? Not just a cut/paste job on someone's blog, but the actual text?