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cheyanne

(733 posts) Sun Feb 14, 2016, 10:23 AM Feb 2016

Sorry, Scalia will be remembered as a laughingstock.

See
http://www.firstthings.com/article/2002/05/gods-justice-and-ours

This is an article Scalia wrote explaining why he had no problem with the death penalty, but the fun part is where he explains where democracy went wrong . . .

spoiler alert: it has to do with divine right of kings . . .

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Sorry, Scalia will be remembered as a laughingstock. (Original Post) cheyanne Feb 2016 OP

I am sick of all the talk this AM about how he was all about not imposing one's own beliefs chelsea0011 Feb 2016 #1

Let us never forget this quote: yourpaljoey Feb 2016 #2

chelsea0011

(10,115 posts)

1. I am sick of all the talk this AM about how he was all about not imposing one's own beliefs

Reply to cheyanne (Original post)

Sun Feb 14, 2016, 10:33 AM

Feb 2016

in deciding law. Enough!

yourpaljoey

(2,166 posts)

2. Let us never forget this quote:

Reply to cheyanne (Original post)

Sun Feb 14, 2016, 10:36 AM

Feb 2016

"Mere factual innocence is no reason not to carry out a death sentence properly reached."

He was a monster; now the monster is gone.

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