David Lat, in a brief assemblage of Antonin Scalia anecdotes, gives this one:
“…A lot of stuff that’s stupid is not unconstitutional.”
“I gave a talk once where I said they ought to pass out to all federal judges a stamp, and the stamp says—Whack! [Pounds his fist.]—STUPID BUT CONSTITUTIONAL. Whack! [Pounds again.] STUPID BUT CONSTITUTIONAL! Whack! STUPID BUT CONSTITUTIONAL … [Laughs.] And then somebody sent me one.”
And now the Twitter user has posted a relevant picture [link now broken].
P.S., a Twitter exchange shedding more light:
@Chazperin @walterolson @overlawyered My sister took the picture, but she's not on Twitter, so I'll take the credit.
— Christopher J Scalia (@cjscalia) February 11, 2017
One Comment
Unfortunately, too many judges make decisions not on the law but on what seems “fair” or “right”. That is not their job.