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...members of the Court's conservative wing seemed to think so. They favored a broader interpretation that included individual rights. "The two clauses go together beautifully: Since we need a militia, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed," said Justice Antonin Scalia. In a spirited back-and-forth with the district's lawyer, former solicitor general Walter Dellinger, Chief Justice John Roberts scoffed at the D.C. ban's sweeping restrictions. "What is reasonable about a total ban on possession?" he asked. Justice Samuel Alito joined his colleagues, pointing out that...
...Publicly embrace Supreme Court Justices Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas...
...professional, it has become a $3 million-a-year business, recording 29 albums and touring widely. Among its repertoire: My Momma Told Me: You Better Sleep Around (inspired by Monica Lewinsky); The Angina Monologues (Dick Cheney) and The Sound of Music-inspired How Do You Solve a Problem Like Scalia? Strauss was 60 and had pancreatic cancer...
...Justices are polite in conference, the muzzles come off when they set pen to paper. For many years, the sharpest tongue on the Supreme Court belonged to Justice Antonin Scalia, whose stinging, highly quotable and sometimes quite personal dissents made him a hero to conservatives back when they weren't winning all the time. Now that they are, his operatic style has spread. You never know anymore, as you read an opinion, when the case law is going to give way to aggrieved wailings and self-righteous asides. Even Roberts, whose opinions are characterized by clear prose and occasional sports...
...their original obscene and/or overtly hostile significance, even while "impoverishing language and manners." The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that "obscene" speech does not enjoy First Amendment protection, and may in certain cases be criminal to express. Still, at least one of the nine U.S. justices, Sicilian-American Antonin Scalia, has some personal experience to work from. Last year when a reporter asked what he had to say to his critics, the brilliant judge responded: "I say "Vaffanculo!" If it is indeed a question of context, let the record show that Scalia had a big smile on his face...