What Antonin Scalia Foresaw
By TERENCE P. JEFFREY (Editor’s Note: Terence P. Jeffrey is the editor-in-chief of CNSnews.com. Creators Syndicate provided this column. All rights reserved.) + + + “Why is this different from bigamy?” It was one of those lance-like questions Justice Antonin Scalia frequently threw at lawyers making flawed arguments. What Scalia’s questions (and dissenting opinions) often exposed was a Supreme Court ready to unilaterally change the meaning of the Constitution — and, thus, undermine our representative form of government. If the court had a permanent majority of justices like Scalia, representative self-government would not be at risk from the court. But today it is at risk. As it was in 2003, when the court heard Lawrence v. Texas. The question then:…Continue Reading