Antonin Scalia Quotes

This Court has never held that the Constitution forbids the execution of a convicted defendant who has had a full and fair trial but is later able to convince a habeas court that he is ‘actually’ innocent.

You're looking at me as though I'm weird. My God! Are you so out of touch with most of America, most of which believes in the Devil? I mean, Jesus Christ believed in the Devil! It's in the Gospels! You travel in circles that are so, so removed from mainstream America that you are appalled that anybody would believe in the Devil! Most of mankind has believed in the Devil, for all of history. Many more intelligent people than you or me have believed in the Devil.

A written constitution is needed to protect values AGAINST prevailing wisdom.

It is myopic to base sweeping change on the narrow experience of a few years.

Interior decorating is a rock-hard science compared to psychology practiced by amateurs.