- Death
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- Nov 07, 2020
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- Crime
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you are sentenced to torture for a crime, yes, that is a cruel punishment. But the mere fact that somebody is tortured is - is unlawful under - under our statutes, but the Constitution happens not to address it, just as it does not address a lot of other horrible things.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I would not like to be replaced by someone who immediately sets about undoing what I've tried to do for 25-26 years.
- History
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- Nov 07, 2020
Originalism is sort of subspecies of textualism. Textualism means you are governed by the text. That's the only thing that is relevant to your decision, not whether the outcome is desirable, not whether legislative history says this or that. But the text of the statute.
- Modern
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- Nov 07, 2020
Originalism says that when you consult the text, you give it the meaning it had when it was adopted, not some later modern meaning.
- Meaning
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- Nov 07, 2020
Words have meaning. And their meaning doesn't change.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am something of a contrarian, I suppose. I feel less comfortable when everybody agrees with me. I say, 'I better reexamine my position!' I probably believe that the worst opinions in my court have been unanimous. Because there's nobody on the other side pointing out all the flaws.
- Now
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- Nov 07, 2020
And what I would say now is, yes, if a state enacted a law permitting flogging, it is immensely stupid, but it is not unconstitutional. A lot of stuff that's stupid is not unconstitutional.
- Living
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- Nov 07, 2020
I used to say that the Constitution is not a living document. It's dead, dead, dead. But I've gotten better. I no longer say that. The truth is that the Constitution is not one that morphs. It's an enduring Constitution, not a changing Constitution. That is what I've meant when I've said that the Constitution is dead.
- Decisions
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- Nov 07, 2020
The court makes an amazing amount of decisions that ought to be made by the people.
- Enemy
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- Nov 07, 2020
By formally declaring anyone opposed to same-sex marriage an enemy of human decency, the majority arms well every challenger to a state law restricting marriage to its traditional definition.
- Power
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a young man, you're dazzled by the power of the White House and all that. But power tends to corrupt.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm nervous about our civic culture. I'm not sure the Internet is largely the cause of it. It's certainly the cause of careless writing. People who get used to blurbing things on the Internet are never going to be good writers.
- Faith
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- Nov 07, 2020