Scalia urges literalism
Constitution is ‘dead’ text, justice claims
The Constitution is not a living document, although many courts and legal experts treat it as such today, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia argued at a Yale Political Union debate on Thursday.
A staunch conservative and self-proclaimed “originalist,” Scalia said the Constitution should be interpreted in terms of its text and the intentions of its framers, not in the context of personal beliefs or current societal conventions. While some students at the speech said they disagreed with the justice’s argument, many said his eloquence and wit at the podium made his presentation...
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