{"id":950,"date":"2010-11-25T16:45:57","date_gmt":"2010-11-25T21:45:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/crcl\/?p=950"},"modified":"2016-11-17T08:30:23","modified_gmt":"2016-11-17T13:30:23","slug":"j-scalia-big-surprise-slams-idea-of-living-constitution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/crcl\/j-scalia-big-surprise-slams-idea-of-living-constitution\/","title":{"rendered":"J. Scalia (big surprise) slams idea of living constitution"},"content":{"rendered":"

In a speech so outrageous that, for a second, I was certain that it had to have been written by the folks at The Onion, Justice Scalia argued that deviation from strict interpretation of the Constitution had led to a judicial “right” to abortion and decriminalized homosexual conduct.<\/p>\n

The remarks were made at a University of Richmond luncheon lecture entitled \u201cDo Words Matter?\u201d \u00a0The Supreme Court Justice stated that the high court\u00a0had distorted the meaning of \u201cdue process,\u201d and had “made up” a concept of due process that turned the Constitution into a gateway for legal abortion and other behaviors, which the constitutional authors never intended and viewed as criminal.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe due process clause has been distorted so it\u2019s no longer a guarantee of process but a guarantee of liberty,\u201d Scalia expounded. \u201cBut some of the liberties the Supreme Court has found to be protected by that word – liberty – nobody thought constituted a liberty when the 14th Amendment was adopted. Homosexual sodomy? It was criminal in all the states. Abortion? It was criminal in all the states.\u201d<\/p>\n

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