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Justice Scalia: "I haven't been charged with making the Constitution come out right all the time,"

Posted by znufrii Jul 18 '12, 19:46

ummm...isn't that the point of being on the Supreme Court, especially if you consider yourself a strict constructionist?

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2012/07/18/us/politics/ap-us-supreme-court-scalia.html?ref=aponline (www.nytimes.com)

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Where does he say that? -- nm - Roger More Jul 18, 19:48 6
- was in the article I read, they must have updated it since and taken out the quote. -- nm - znufrii Jul 18, 19:50 5
  - Looks like it's in the Piers Morgan interview. Which means I have to listen to Piers Morgan :( -- nm - Roger More Jul 18, 19:50 4
    - it's in the reuters article, linked the AP one by mistake. -- (link) - znufrii Jul 18, 19:52 3
      - Here's video for context. He's basically saying that the Constitution doesn't always have the right answers, but it's still the Constitution. -- (link) - Roger More Jul 18, 19:58 2
        
        ah, that *is* a slightly differnet interpretation than comes acroos in the article. -- nm - znufrii Jul 18, 19:59 1
        
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