Monday, October 16, 2006

Do as I say, not as I do

"[Supreme Court Justice Antonin] Scalia said unelected judges have no place deciding politically charged questions when the Constitution is silent on those issues."

Cue confused dog look....

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I was confused as well when I read that. He logic appears to be that since the Constitution doesn't spell out the right to have an abortion then it's not allowed under the Constitution. If people claim they have that right they are purely playing politics and should be ignored.

This, or course, makes everything not explicitly spelled out in the Constitution illegal because it can be labelled a "political" issue.

He's really saying that he is the only one that should be allowed to interpret the Constitution since everyone else (liberals) will get it wrong.

Anonymous said...

It also implies that Justice Scalia has no place deciding politically charged questions, since he was appointed.