There will be no shortage of observations about Antonin Scalia out there on the net today. But that shouldn't stop us from adding to the pile.
His death was a great loss to those of us who value the Constitution. I've called the approach "strict constructionist," but "originalist" seemed to be the favorite descriptive yesterday. In any event, Scalia appreciated the Constitution as the first and last word on a question of whether something is or isn't unconstitutional.
My favorite exchange involving Justice Scalia was about the use of foreign courts as precedent for U.S. law. Of note was his observation that those judges and justices who favored international law as precedent were picking and choosing only the foreign laws which supported positions they supported and ignoring the ones that didn't. See Full written transcript of Scalia-Breyer debate on foreign law.
We've talked about the next justice appointments previously on this blog, and I remain a one issue voter for primary purposes -- the candidate who I believe will make the best appoint(s) to the Supreme Court. Ted Cruz is still at the top of the list.
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