Erhan Önal's Blog

Wednesday, April 20, 2005

Justice Scalia - Why is he so great?

Although I could not attend the talk on Sunday (I had a bit of a hangover), I think it is a good idea to shed some light on precious conservatives that shape our lives in my blog, at least from time to time. So what is this fuss about Justice Scalia - why is he admired so much by the right wingers? It is usually said that he is an "originalist", which means he does not try to stretch the meaning of the constitution like some demented liberal. With the same token, if the constitution is talking about "other people", we should really implement that. So three fifths of "other people" should be counted in a state to determine its population. Since originalism is so great, let's "strictly interpret" this passage. Never mind the fact that nothing is the same since the 18th century - this is what conservatives do, they preserve values, NO MATTER what the value is.

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