tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5041404668013008872.post6284199601320009124..comments2023-10-31T07:08:49.579-07:00Comments on RADARSITE: Barney Frank Attacks Antonin ScaliaRoger W. Gardnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10255672744176037466noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5041404668013008872.post-16452111541364416092009-03-24T14:43:00.000-07:002009-03-24T14:43:00.000-07:00In an recent interview with Hoover Institution, el...In an recent interview with Hoover Institution, elaborating on his earlier statement that “devotees of The Living Constitution do not seek to facilitate social change but to prevent it”[1], Justice Scalia said: <BR/><BR/>To make things change you don’t need a constitution. The function of a Constitution is to rigidify, to ossify, NOT to facilitate change. You want change? All you need is a legislature and a ballot box. Things will change as fast as you like. My constitution, very flexible, when you want a right to abortion, persuade your fellow citizens that it's a good idea. And pass a law. And then you find out, the results are worse than we ever thought, you can repeal the law. That’s flexibility. The reason people want the Supreme Court to declare that abortion is a constitutional right is precisely to rigidify that right, it means it sweeps across all fifty states and it is a law now and forever or until the Supreme Court changes its mind. That’s not flexibility.<BR/><BR/>1. Scalia, A., & Gutmann, A. (1998). A Matter of Interpretation: Federal Courts and the Law. Princeton University Press.Saqib Alihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02387888275653820697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5041404668013008872.post-42863217205256469272009-03-24T13:05:00.000-07:002009-03-24T13:05:00.000-07:00I doubt Scalia even noticed. I can here him in cha...I doubt Scalia even noticed. I can here him in chambers now, "Hey Clarence, shake your ass and run out and get me a decaff double mocha latte and make it quick."<BR/><BR/> He'd be foolish to mess with Barney anyway. Hell, the man caused a housing bubble and an asset devaluation that tanked the world economy according to right wing fools. You don't tug on Superman's cape.Ducky's herehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14608115001116619877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5041404668013008872.post-22480663468197847962009-03-24T02:19:00.000-07:002009-03-24T02:19:00.000-07:00Excellent Post - Barney Frank gives new meaning to...Excellent Post - Barney Frank gives new meaning to the phrase "bottom feeder" - in regards to his baseless attack on Scalia, one has to wonder if it is Frank's way of getting attention or if the man truly believes what he is spewing forth. What boggles the mind is how those in the 4th District continue to re-elect the man? (Granted he does bring the bacon home to the fishing industry, however, that is a sad price to pay for the nation’s economy in general.) Scalia has been very clear on where he stands vis a vis any marriage amendment - for states’ rights - he cites the Constitution for reference, whereas, Frank would discard that document.Tina Hemondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04116707390046000723noreply@blogger.com